• David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire by Kevin Cummins
  • David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire by Kevin Cummins
  • David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire by Kevin Cummins
  • David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire by Kevin Cummins
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David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire

Photographs by Kevin Cummins
  • Author
    • Kevin Cummins
Edition of 150
£495
£495

Title information

  • Published: Nov 23 2023
  • Pages: 256
  • 2640 g
  • 300 x 378mm
  • ISBN: 9781788404518
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About the Special Edition

The ultimate visual history of David Bowie, Mixing Memory & Desire features never-before-seen images from the archive of renowned photographer 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 Cummins has captured the many faces of Bowie, and created a book that is essential for Bowie fans everywhere.


This special edition collector’s set is limited to 150 copies and comprises:

  • One copy of an exclusive edition of David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire, with a foreword by Jeremy Deller, hand-signed by Kevin Cummins.
  • A 7x9" colour print portrait of David Bowie hand-signed by Kevin Cummins.
  • Presented together in an elegant specially-printed Perspex slipcase.
  • A numbered certificate of authenticity hand-signed by Kevin Cummins.

About Kevin Cummins

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 Ian Curtis, Bowie, The Smiths, Iggy Pop, Bjork, Debbie Harry, Bob Marley, Public Enemy, Patti Smith and Oasis. These photographs have appeared on magazine covers and in galleries and museums worldwide, including Brooklyn Museum, Sydney Opera House, Pace Gallery, and other cities including New York, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Berlin, London, and Bologna. His work is included in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery, V&A Museum and Manchester City Art Gallery.


Cummins had a 20-year association with British Rock 'bible' NME, where he created many of the best-known images in modern music history. He was awarded an honorary doctorate (arts) by Manchester Metropolitan University in 2015. His monographs for Octopus include Joy Division: Juvenes, Morrissey: Alone and Palely Loitering, Britpop: While We Were Getting High and Telling Stories: Photographs of The Fall.

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Customers in North America

In order to uphold territorial restrictions, we are unable to ship this product to the United States and Canada. Customers in the US and Canada can order this edition via the Weldon Owen website.


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