Education
Cummins studied photography in Salford.
(Kevin Cummins took The Smiths publicity stills, shot coun...)
Kevin Cummins took The Smiths publicity stills, shot countless features for NME and other magazines, tracked their gigs and travelled the world with Morrissey, Marr, Rourke and Joyce. When The Smiths emerged from Manchester in 1983, Kevin Cummins was ideally placed to record the group's progress. The former art and design student had been photographing bands in his hometown from the late 70s onwards. Kevin Cummins took The Smiths publicity stills, shot countless features for NME and other magazines, tracked their gigs and travelled the world with Morrissey, Marr, Rourke and Joyce.
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Cummins studied photography in Salford.
He started photographing rock bands in the mid-1970s in Manchester. Cummins had a 25-year association with the NME, including 10 years as their chief photographer. He has photographed numerous bands and musicians including Joy Division, Manic Street Preachers, The Clash, Sex Pistols, R.E.M., U2, Patti Smith, Marc Bolan, The Smiths, Roisin Murphy, Oasis, Foo Fighters, Michael Hutchence, The Stone Roses and Buzzcocks.
His images have been seen as a contributing factor in the rise of the Madchester and Cool Britannia scenes.
Cummins"s photographs have been used extensively in cinema and television documentaries including Grant Gee"s Joy Division and John Dower"s Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Population 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. A lifelong Manchester City supporter, Cummins documented City"s final season at Maine Road in the book We"re Not Really Here
Cummings has also at various points been a paid employee of Manchester United Football Club.
1981 Stage Struck – Royal Exchange, Manchester
1983 Rock Stars – The Orchard, Dartford, Kent
1983 Access all Areas – Royal Exchange, Manchester
1985 Silent Faces – Oldham City Art Gallery
1986 Minor Characters – The Scott Gallery, Lancaster
1986 Cummins 10 – The Cornerhouse, Manchester (Participant of the Festival of the Tenth Summer)
1986-1996 The Way We Were – Wigan Heritage Centre
1987 Salfordians – Viewpoint Gallery, Salford
1994 Salfordians – Salford City Art Gallery
2002 The Smiths and Beyond – Proud Central, London
2003 We"re Not Really Here – Richard Goodall Gallery, Manchester
2006 Arca: Joy Division – Paul Stolper Gallery, London
2007 Score – Proud Gallery at Austin Reed, London
2009 "The Crucial 30: Post Punk Liverpool" by Kevin Cummins at The Hard Day"s Night Hotel Gallery, Liverpool
2009 MANCHESTER: Looking for the Light Through the Pouring Rain.
Photographs by Kevin Cummins – Richard Goodall Gallery, Manchester
2010 MANCHESTER: SO MUCH TO ANSWER FOR … KEVIN CUMMINS at Spazio Gerra, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2011 Exemplar: Joy Division at Proud Gallery, London.
(Kevin Cummins took The Smiths publicity stills, shot coun...)