“When you are working with bands, who have no concept of time, you have to have lots of patience. I usually describe my job as 90% sitting in hotel lobbies waiting for people to turn up and 10% photography”

Kevin Cummins is one of the world’s most respected music and portrait photographers. He has enjoyed a celebrated career, photographing iconic artists such as David Bowie, Oasis and The Stone Roses. After studying photography in Salford, Kevin embarked on a career that would place him at the forefront of music photography. The emerging punk scene in Manchester dominated his early work and he became one of the main documentary photographers of the era.