Kevin Cummins has said that he played a part in building the myths surrounding Joy Division and the other Manchester bands he has photographed. The legendary NME snapper also told The Quietus that he tried to get references to Manchester City football club into his photographs of Stone Roses guitarist and Manchester United fan John Squire. Cummins said: "I was probably more conscious than the bands that I was part of their myth-making process. So, for example, I'd never release pictures of Ian Curtis smiling. "Because that's not how I wanted them to look, and it's not how they wanted to look, and it's (more)...
- 10/1/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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