David Bowie Mixing memory and desire

From the legendary Bowie gigs in the early 1970s, through to a poignant image taken outside his apartment in New York in 2016, Kevin Cummins has captured the many faces of Bowie, including previously unpublished material, and created a book that is essential for Bowie fans everywhere.

The career of celebrated pop photographer Kevin Cummins began on 29th June 1973 when as a 19-year-old photography student he photographed David Bowie. That image is now in the renowned photography collection of the V&A Museum and marked the beginning Kevin Cummins' four-decade-long visual chronicle of David Bowie's remarkable career.  David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire includes some of the best portraits of Bowie ever taken and contains extensive never-before-published imagery of David Bowie from Kevin Cummins' archive, making this a must-have visual treat for Bowie fans everywhere.

Manchester-born Kevin Cummins has an international reputation as one of the world's leading photographers and is famed for his iconic portraits of musicians including Joy Division, David Bowie, Nick Cave, Mick Jagger, Patti Smith and Oasis. These photographs have appeared on magazine covers and in art galleries and museums including the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and in cities including New York, Buenos Aires, Berlin, Bologna and many others.
 
Chief photographer at the NME for over ten years, Kevin captured some of the best known images in modern music history - his work has decorated bedroom walls the world over.