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Ian Curtis performing at Leigh Festival, 1979 — Limited Edition Print

Ian Curtis is photographed performing with his band Joy Division at the Leigh Rock and Music Festival in Leigh in England, August 1979. The event was a 3-day mini-festival co-hosted by Zoo Records and Factory Records.

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  • Edition of 75
  • Signed and numbered on the front by Kevin Cummins
  • Gelatin Silver Print
Gelatin Silver Print

Before the advent of digital technology at the end of the twentieth century, the gelatin silver process had been the most commonly used method of making black and white prints since the 1890s. A negative image is transferred to light-sensitive paper that has four layers: a paper base, a white opaque coating of gelatin and barium sulfate that creates a smooth surface, the gelatin layer that holds the silver grains of the photographic image, and a protective gelatin overcoat. Properly exposed gelatin silver prints are quite stable if exhibited under controlled light conditions.

Until the 1970s, art photographers used this process almost exclusively to create high-quality black and white prints. Color photography was considered a commercial medium, not suited to serious artistic expression. Today, as fewer and fewer photographers are working in darkrooms, gelatin silver printing is quickly becoming an antiquated, historic process.

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Kevin Cummins

About the Artist

Manchester born Kevin Cummins has an international reputation as one of the world's leading photographers.  His photographs of key moments in the Manchester music scene created a new way of looking at Manchester and remain embedded in the cultural memory of the north.

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