Kevin Cummins (photographer)

Kevin Cummins (born 1953, Manchester, England)[1] is a British photographer known for photographs of rock bands and musicians including Mick Jagger, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Morrissey, Courtney Love, Patti Smith, George Clinton, Thomas Dolby, and David Bowie.

For other people named Kevin Cummins, see Kevin Cummins (disambiguation).

Kevin Cummins
Born1953 (age 68–69)[1]
Manchester, England
NationalityBritish
EducationSalford College[2]
Known forPhotography
Websitewww.kevincummins.co.uk

Career

Cummins studied photography in Salford.[3] He started photographing rock bands in the mid-1970s in Manchester.[4] Cummins had a 25-year association with the NME,[5] including 10 years as their chief photographer.[6] He has photographed numerous bands and musicians including Joy Division, Manic Street Preachers,[7] The Clash,[8] Sex Pistols,[9] R.E.M., U2, Patti Smith, Marc Bolan, The Smiths, Róisín Murphy, Oasis, Foo Fighters, George Clinton, Thomas Dolby, Michael Hutchence, The Stone Roses[10] and Buzzcocks. His images have been seen as a contributing factor in the rise of the Madchester and Cool Britannia scenes.[11]

Cummins was instrumental in establishing City Life,[12] Manchester's what's on guide and was a founding contributor to The Face, the style magazine where he won an award for Magazine Cover of the Year.[13]

Cummins's photographs have been used extensively in cinema and TV documentaries including Grant Gee's Joy Division and John Dower's Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop.[14]

He worked extensively for the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester when it opened in the late 1970s through to mid-1980s. He shoots regularly for the National Theatre in London, most recently Harper Regan and Mrs Affleck.[15]

A lifelong Manchester City F.C. supporter,[16] Cummins documented City's final season at Maine Road in the book We're Not Really Here.[17]

In 2005, British pop artist Peter Blake produced a screen print based on one of Cummins' Joy Division prints.[18]

Publications
  • The Smiths and Beyond (2002)
  • We're Not Really Here: Manchester City's Final Season at Maine Road[17]
  • Juvenes[19]
  • Manchester: Looking For the Light Through the Pouring Rain[20][21]
  • Joy Division (Rizzoli, 2010)[22]
  • New Order (Rizzoli, 2015)
  • Assassinated Beauty: the photos of Manic St Preachers[23]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Awards and honours

In November 2009, Cummins was awarded an Outstanding Contribution to Music Photography award by the music industry website: Record of the Day.[28]

In 2015 Cummins was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Arts) by Manchester Metropolitan University.[29]

References
  1. "Kevin Cummins (1953–), Photographer". npg.org.uk. London: National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  2. Phillips, Sarah (2011). "Photographer Kevin Cummins's best shot". theguardian.com. The Guardian.
  3. "Rock can be a hard place - Media, News - The Independent". 27 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009.
  4. Cummins, Kevin (2007). "Closer to the birth of a music legend". theguardian.com. The Observer.
  5. "Photographer Kevin Cummins and Steven Wells honoured at music industry awards". nme.com. New Musical Express. 27 November 2009.
  6. "Wilson: a portrait". bbc.co.uk.
  7. Cummins, Kevin. "Richey Edwards". The Observer. 14 December 2008. Retrieved on 3 February 2009
  8. Savage, Jon. "Spit and polish". The Guardian. 24 September 1999. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  9. "'My family were horrified': Unseen Sex Pistols photos to go on show in London". The Guardian. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. "25 things you didn't know about The Stone Roses: NME recreates an iconic cover by Kevin Cummins". nme.com. New Musical Express. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009.
  11. "Biography of Kevin Cummins which appears on Red Eye's site" (PDF).
  12. "Short biography on Vauxhall's Style Council website (takes quite a long time to load up)". Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  13. "Kevin Cummins". Rockarchive. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  14. "Kevin Cummins (III)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  15. "NT : What's On : Productions : Mrs Affleck". National Theatre. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  16. "Maine Road finale charted". 9 September 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  17. We're Not Really Here: Manchester City's Final Season at Maine Road (2003)
  18. "Peter Blake Love Portfolio Archived 31 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine". Paul Stolper. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  19. "Juvenes: The Joy Division Photographs Of Kevin Cummins - Record Collector Magazine". 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  20. "Manchester: Looking for the Light Through the Pouring Rain". newstatesman.com. Faber & Faber. 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  21. "Kevin Cummins on Manchester music". The Guardian. 19 September 2009. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  22. "Rizzoli website".
  23. Nightingale, Jo (2014). "Assassinated Beauty: Photographs of Manic Street Preachers by Kevin Cummins : book review". Faber & Faber. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  24. "cerysmaticfactory.info". cerysmaticfactory.info.
  25. "Look back in angst". theguardian.com. 6 April 2002.
  26. "Paul Stolper Gallery". Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  27. Sampson, Kevin (2009). "From Berlin to Bootle". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009.
  28. "Record of the Day full list of 2009 awards". Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  29. Anon (2015). "Kevin Cummins receives honorary degree". mmu.ac.uk. Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University.
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