Between the band and the bouncers lies a thin strip of hallowed ground on which careers are made in a flash. Kevin Cummins began photographing musicians as a student in the 1970s, spent ten years as the NME’s chief photographer and is now one of the UK’s most revered portrait photographers.
6 Feb 2008
Angela Meredith
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Between the band and the bouncers lies a thin strip of hallowed ground on which careers are made in a flash. Kevin Cummins began photographing musicians as a student in the 1970s, spent ten years as the NME’s chief photographer and is now one of the UK’s most revered portrait photographers. Tomorrow marks the publication of a limited edition of his Joy Division images, entitled ‘Juvenes’. Angela Meredith turns the focus on the man and his work.
Kevin Cummins’ career got off to an early start: both his father and grandfather were keen photographers and had darkrooms at home.
Angela Meredith is a freelance journalist/writer who covers the Arts, travel and leisure and consumer health. Her work has appeared on websites such as Men’s Health, Discovery Health and TravelZoo – and this year she worked on the launch of the website Moneypage.com as Travel/Leisure writer. She contributes accident and health and safety news to a personal injury website and has written extensively for the b2b journal Pharmacy Business. Angela is a former winner of Soho Theatre’s Verity Bargate Award for new playwrights and has written for BBC TV. In 2007 she was short listed for the Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook’s New Novel Award. She began her career as an actress and still acts occasionally. She is a full member of the NUJ and Equity and has a BA (Joint Hons) in Literature & History of Art and an MA in Literature.
