Kevin Cummins

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outside his apartment in New York in 2016, Kevin C ummins has captured the many faces of Bowie, including previously unpublished material, and created a book that is essential for Bowie fans everywhere.

"AS IC ONIC PHOTOGRAPHER, ADVENTUROUS FAN AND INSIDER EYE-WITNESS, KEVIN C UMMINS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE THE C ULTURAL AC TION IS. MIXING MEMORY & DESIRE WILL MAKE YOU SEE DAVID BOWIE IN A SURPRISING AND STIMULATING NEW WAY." -PAUL MORLEY "DAVID BOWIE WAS ON A C REATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH MUSIC , FASHION AND ART. A JOURNEY UNPARALLELED IN POPULAR C ULTURE. WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS FOR US THAT KEVIN C UMMINS WAS THERE TO C APTURE THIS JOURNEY. HIS WONDERFUL BOOK SHOWS US EXAC TLY WHY BOWIE WAS SO UNIQUE." -NOEL GALLAGHER "KEVIN BRILLIANTLY C APTURES THE ESSENC E OF THE GREAT MAN IN THESE REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS. C UMMINS IS SO ADEPT AT BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIER OF THE C AMERA, YOU SENSE BOWIE IS C OMPLETELY AT EASE WHEN THEY WORKED TOGETHER" -GOLDIE The career of celebrated photographer Kevin C ummins began on 29th June 1973 when, as a nineteen-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 of Kevin C ummins' 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, the majority of which have never been published until now. From those legendary Bowie gigs in the early 1970s, through to a poignant image taken outside his apartment in New York in 2016, C ummins has captured the many faces of Bowie and created a book that is essential for Bowie fans everywhere.