Kevin Cummins (photographer) explained

Kevin Cummins
Birth Place:Manchester, England
Education:Salford College[1]
Nationality:British
Known For:Photography

Kevin Cummins (born 1953)[2] is a British photographer known for his work with rock bands and musicians.[3] [4] [5] [6] His work is held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery[2] and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.[7]

Career

Cummins studied photography at Salford College.[8] He started photographing rock bands in the mid-1970s in Manchester.[9] Cummins had a 25-year association with the NME,[10] including 10 years as their chief photographer.[11] He has photographed numerous bands and musicians. His images have been seen as a contributing factor in the rise of the Madchester and Cool Britannia scenes.[12]

Cummins was instrumental in establishing City Life,[13] 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.[14]

Cummins's photographs have been used extensively in cinema and TV documentaries, including Grant Gee's Joy Division and John Dower's .[15]

He worked extensively for the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester when it opened in the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. He shoots regularly for the National Theatre in London, most recently for Harper Regan and Mrs. Affleck.[16]

A lifelong Manchester City F.C. supporter,[17] Cummins documented City's final season at Maine Road in the book We're Not Really Here.[18]

In 2005, British pop artist Peter Blake produced a screen print based on one of Cummins' Joy Division prints.[19]

Publications

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.[32]

In 2015 Cummins was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Arts) by Manchester Metropolitan University.[33]

Collections

Cummins' work is held in the following permanent collections:

4 prints (as of 12 October 2022)[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Photographer Kevin Cummins's best shot. theguardian.com. The Guardian. Sarah. Phillips. 2011.
  2. Web site: 2022-10-12. Kevin Cummins - National Portrait Gallery. www.npg.org.uk.
  3. Cummins, Kevin. "Richey Edwards". The Observer. 14 December 2008. Retrieved on 3 February 2009
  4. [Jon Savage|Savage, Jon]
  5. Web site: 2021-09-08. 'My family were horrified': Unseen Sex Pistols photos to go on show in London. 8 September 2021. The Guardian.
  6. Web site: 25 things you didn't know about The Stone Roses: NME recreates an iconic cover by Kevin Cummins. https://web.archive.org/web/20090419160126/https://www.nme.com/gallery/25_things_you_didn't_know_about_the_stone_roses/124337/2/1. 2009-04-19. New Musical Express. nme.com.
  7. Web site: Victoria and Albert. Museum. 2022-10-12. Search Results - V&A Explore the Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum.
  8. Web site: Rock can be a hard place - Media, News - The Independent. https://web.archive.org/web/20090927050301/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/rock-can-be-a-hard-place-653660.html. dead. 2009-09-27. 27 September 2009.
  9. Web site: Cummins. Kevin. Closer to the birth of a music legend. The Observer. 2007. theguardian.com.
  10. Web site: Photographer Kevin Cummins and Steven Wells honoured at music industry awards. 27 November 2009. nme.com. New Musical Express.
  11. Web site: Wilson: a portrait. bbc.co.uk.
  12. Web site: Biography of Kevin Cummins which appears on Red Eye's site.
  13. Web site: Short biography on Vauxhall's Style Council website (takes quite a long time to load up) . 22 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090130031422/http://vauxhallcollective.co.uk/site/style-council/#/profile/stylecouncil/18 . 30 January 2009 . dead .
  14. "Kevin Cummins". Rockarchive. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  15. "Kevin Cummins (III)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  16. "NT : What's On : Productions : Mrs Affleck". National Theatre. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  17. Web site: Maine Road finale charted. 9 September 2003. BBC News.
  18. We're Not Really Here: Manchester City's Final Season at Maine Road (2003)
  19. "Peter Blake Love Portfolio ". Paul Stolper. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  20. Web site: 2021-09-09. Juvenes: The Joy Division Photographs Of Kevin Cummins - Record Collector Magazine. 2008.
  21. News: 2022-10-12. Joy Division: Photographer Kevin Cummins on capturing the post-punk icons. BBC News. 27 October 2021.
  22. Web site: 2021-09-09. Manchester: Looking for the Light Through the Pouring Rain. newstatesman.com. New Statesman. 2009.
  23. News: 2021-09-09. Kevin Cummins on Manchester music. The Guardian. 19 September 2009. 0261-3077.
  24. Web site: Jo. Nightingale. 2021-09-09. Assassinated Beauty: Photographs of Manic Street Preachers by Kevin Cummins : book review. Faber & Faber. 2014.
  25. Web site: cerysmaticfactory.info. cerysmaticfactory.info.
  26. Web site: Look back in angst. 6 April 2002. theguardian.com.
  27. Web site: Paul Stolper Gallery . 3 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081231194426/http://www.paulstolper.com/gallery/img.php?id_img=47 . 31 December 2008 . dead .
  28. Web site: From Berlin to Bootle. . Kevin. Sampson. 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090520042254/http://www.newstatesman.com/art/2009/05/kevin-cummins-eric-liverpool. 2009-05-20.
  29. Web site: Sarah. Anderson. 2022-10-12. Beautiful Joy Division shots from Kevin Cummins' new exhibition. 16 January 2012.
  30. News: 2022-10-12. New Order by Kevin Cummins - a new show in Manchester. The Guardian. 24 June 2014. 0261-3077.
  31. Web site: Sarah. Walters. 2022-10-12. Never before seen photos of New Order in Manchester exhibition. 10 June 2014. Manchester Evening News.
  32. Web site: Record of the Day full list of 2009 awards . 13 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521192507/http://www.recordoftheday.com/awards/awards-2009-winners.php . 21 May 2011 . dead .
  33. Web site: Kevin Cummins receives honorary degree. mmu.ac.uk. Manchester Metropolitan University. Manchester. 2015.

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