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National Portrait Gallery, London - Photographic Portrait of the Month for December 2007
Tony Wilson. 1950-2007

We are selling a limited edition of the photo in order to raise money for the two hospitals where Tony was treated this year.

They're handmade 16 x 20 inch gelatin silver archive photographic prints in an edition of thirty signed by Kevin Cummins.

No further prints will be made in this edition. Proceeds go to Manchester Royal Infirmary (Kidneys for Life charity) and Christie's Hospital.

email kevin@kevincummins.co.uk for further details

Prints cost £450 each plus £10 P&P UK and EU. and £20 worldwide. This is a great opportunity to own a Kevin Cummins original, as Kevin's prints usually sell for around £1000.

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National Portrait Gallery, London
Photographic Portrait of the Month
Tony Wilson. 1950-2007
Broadcaster, record company executive and entrepreneur.

Born in Salford, Lancashire, Wilson read English at Jesus College, Cambridge before beginning his lifelong career as reporter and presenter for Granada television in Manchester. Hosting the pioneering culture and music programme So It Goes (1976-7), Wilson championed up-coming bands, including The Sex Pistols and was a keen promoter of the cultural status of Manchester throughout his career. Wilson co-founded the Factory nightclub in 1978 and the Factory Records label was launched soon after, signing bands including Joy Division, New Order, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark and The Happy Mondays. In 1982 Wilson set up the internationally renowned ‘Madchester’ nightclub, the Hacienda, which during the 1990s hosted bands including The Stone Roses and Oasis, and was fictionalized in Michael Winterbottom’s film 24 Hour Party People (2002).

By Kevin Cummins (b. 1953)
Hacienda nightclub, Manchester, 10 May 1985

Cummins became one of the prime photographers of the Manchester punk scene in the late 1970s and for ten years was the chief photographer for NME. He has contributed to major publications including The Times, Vogue and Mojo and is currently working on a photographic retrospective of Manchester musicians to be published by Faber and Faber in 2008.