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I took these photos 42 years ago today -6 January 1979. Walk in Silence. #JoyDivision #Manchester
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Here's a photo I took of Albert FInney in Salford in 1986, in the house where he was born - for Salford City Art Gallery #RIP
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This is a great gig photo in an era where there aren’t that many, and the opportunity to take one is very limited. It tells a story on its own. It encapsulates the whole comeback in one absolutely brilliant image. I don’t know who took it but it’s great #Oasis
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Why not put the full quote in to show his actual concern, rather than turning a load of morons against him again. What a shithouse tweet
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On this day in 1979 - 6 January - I photographed Ian Curtis in Hulme for an NME cover. I also shot Joy Division on Epping Walk Bridge in the snow. @joydivision #JoyDivision
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It’s 41 years #otd that I shot @joydivision in the snow ... #JoyDivision #IanCurtis #Hulme on 6 January 1979
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This Charming Man. RIP Andy. My heartfelt condolences to all family and friends x #AndyRourke
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It’s 45 years today that Ian Curtis tragically died. I took this photo in Hulme, Manchester on 06.01.79. Walk in Silence… #IanCurtis #joydivision
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On this day in 1979 - 6 January - I photographed Joy Division on the Epping Walk Bridge in Hulme, Manchester for an NME cover feature. @joydivision #JoyDivision
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On this day 45 years ago - 6 January 1979 - I photographed Ian Curtis in Hulme, Manchester for #NME #JoyDivision
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A photo I took of Marianne Faithfull in November 1981 #RIPMarianne #MarianneFailthfull
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This was the first Oasis photo I shot for the @NME - we flew to Amsterdam - the band travelled overnight on the ferry. When I got there only Noel was there - the rest of them had been deported for fighting with Chelsea fans #timstwitterlisteningparty @BoneheadsPage
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I needed a cover shot. I was aware that a solo shot of the singer is stronger than a band shot. I had 6 frames left so I got Ian next to a lamp post at the foot of the bridge. The others were trying to make him laugh. I told him to zone out #TimsTwitterListeningParty @peterhook
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A photo I took of David Bowie, outside Tea & Sympathy - in the Village in NYC - a couple of days after his 50th birthday. The session was for an NME cover. This photo wasn't ever used. #Bowie
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A photo I took of #TerryHall at United in '85 for NME. He thought it'd be amusing to do the session at OT. So I took him in the Scoreboard End, set the shot up, and just before I took a photo, told him he was standing exactly where I stood when we relegated them in '74 #ManCity
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RIP Eddie Large - a true Blue #ManCity the photo is one I took v Forest at Maine Rd, when we used to let him sit on the bench ...
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What a horribly bitter piece. HMV Tower Records & Virgin were all staffed by people who loved music (in my experience). I learned about US Punk at Virgin in Manchester & about Jazz at Tower on Piccadilly. And memo to sneering writer: Fopp is owned by HMV theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Eventually I got the shot I wanted #TimsListeningParty #JoyDivision #Closer @peterhook @stephenpdmorris
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A photo I took of David Bowie the day after his 50th birthday gig in the Village #NYC @DavidBowieReal
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The morning after the TJ's gig, I was waiting in the hotel lobby, finally Liam turned up & said 'hello'. I looked up, saw the sign above his head & told him not to move and grabbed my camera and took this pic, which was the cover shot for our NME piece #timstwitterlisteningparty
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On this day in 1989 - 5 November - I photographed The Stone Roses in a Manchester photo studio, in predominantly sky blue and white paint, for the cover of NME #TheStoneRoses #StoneRoses #ManCity
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One racist doesn’t represent any single one of us #ManCity fans. Gary Neville is right. A racist prime minister gives racists a mandate to publicly air their prejudice. I love my club & I despise scum like this who attach themselves to us. Fuck off back to your hole in the ground
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When I was in Manchester last week to shoot @BlossomsBand for @ManCity @pumafootball, I took a photo of the view from the bridge to match my shot of it during the #JoyDivision shoot in 1979. It's fair to say: Manchester has changed
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Some people really are fucking tedious pricks. I’m a photographer. It’s actually my job. When I photograph people I like, & a lot of you like, I like to share those photos, & stories around the shoots. If you don’t like it, then fuck off & stop posting criticism on my socials
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I took a photo of the bridge in 2010 - it still screams @joydivision without them on it #TimsTwitterListeningParty @peterhook #UnknownPleasures
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A photo I took backstage of Andy Rourke with Mani at Manchester versus Cancer in 2007 at the MEN Arena #AndyRourke #Mani
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There isn’t a better front man in the world - Jagger is the closest - and I’ve been to a lot of gigs. Liam is superb. What a gig. What a show. What a performance #Oasis #OasisWembley
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On 18.05.80, Ian Curtis died at home in Macclesfield.
"Never again will I weep
And wring my hands
And beat my head against the wall
Because
Me nolentem fata trahunt
But
When I have had enough
I will arise
And go unto my Father
And I will say to Him:
Father, I have had enough"
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This is one of my favourite photos I’ve taken over the years. Bernard Sumner 6am NYC July 1983 @neworder
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It would have been #IanCurtis’s 64th birthday today - ‘Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone’ - photos ©️Kevin Cummins
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Then we went to Hulme. The idea was to have them looking south over the bridge - aspirational - looking to London for fame & fortune etc. But when I got them in position & was walking down to roadside it just looked perfect #TimsTwitterListeningParty @peterhook #UnknownPleasures
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Let’s not forget: record stores were like drop in centres. Nobody rushed you out. You could stay for ages, listening to music & talking about music to staff & customers alike. Discovering something new thanks to knowledgable staff was an absolute thrill ...
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According to British Transport Police in London, it's illegal to wear this T shirt. So this is where to buy them ... punx.uk/product/fuck-boris-t…
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In celebration of the 77th anniversary of David Bowie’s birthday, here’s a photo I took of #Bowie in Dublin in August 1991.
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In Dec 78 Paul Morley convinced NME that we should do a piece about emerging Manc bands. We did The Passage, Spherical Objects & #JoyDivision . My editor didn't think any of them warranted a cover. I'd shot the other two, then I shot JD on 6 Jan 79 #TimsTwitterListeningParty
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Lovely to see @Johnny_Marr and @gillian_gilbert and lots of other old friends, at the British Pop Archive launch tonight, at the John Rylands Library in Manchester. Photo ©️Kevin Cummins #NewOrder #JohnnyMarr
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Have the commentators mentioned how much United’s back four cost yet? You know, like they do with #ManCity every fucking week
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Here's a photo I took of Warsaw #JoyDivision at their first ever gig on 29 May 1977 at The Electric Circus. This is copied from the NME. I have no prints and the negatives went missing years ago.
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A brilliant ‘fuck you’ to the premier league by the south stand #ManCity “Pannick on the Streets of London” @WeAre1894
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The hotel barman realised this was out of his remit so he called last orders. Noel was at the bar. There were 26 of us. "I'll have 6 double gin & tonics. He'll have 6 points of Guinness and 6 whisky chasers, he'll have 6 ... " The barman decided to stay #timstwitterlisteningparty
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Ian Curtis: 15 07 56 – 18 05 80
"When you're standing on the crossroads that you cannot comprehend
Just remember that death is not the end
And all your dreams have vanished and you don't know what's up the bend
Just remember that death is not the end" Bob Dylan
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This is probably the most popular pic from the Maine Rd session. We just wandered into the ground, nobody seemed bothered, it was pre-season. Needless to say Liam wanted to be photographed on the pitch but we talked him out of it @BoneheadsPage #timstwitterlisteningparty #ManCity
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Fanta cans and Coke cans everywhere. All filled with piss, because the lazy fuckers couldn't be bothered walking down a flight of stairs to the toilet. #JoyDivision #Closer #TimsListeningParty @peterhook @stephenpdmorris
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Lovely to see my first surprise visitor to my #JoyDivision show: Neil Tennant, who happily left later with a signed book.
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Congratulations to Liverpool who join Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City with their first @premierleague title.
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That was exhausting. Hope you all enjoyed it. You all owe me a pint 😂🤣 next time I'm in your neighbourhood - which won't be for some time I suspect ... #timstwitterlisteningparty @BoneheadsPage - here's a photo from July 94 outside the Pev in Manchester
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Here's a photo I took last year of Kling Klang Studios - the birthplace of #Kraftwerk in Dusseldorf. A sad day today indeed ...
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A huge loss to the city and the football world. RIP Bobby and Franny: you both made Manchester great. Next week we play Utd at OT, where can pay our respects to both players. #BobbyCharlton #FrancisLee #ManCity #ManUnited. I took this photo at Colin Bell's Testimonial at Maine Rd
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Definitely a favourite shot. For camera fans, I'd just bought a 20mm lens & was determined to use it at every opportunity. The MacFisheries bag was to catch water from a leak. Health & Safety wasn't top of TJ Davidson's list. #TimsListeningParty @peterhook #closer #JoyDivision
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I think I did quite well seeing as it was freezing cold, I was running out of film, they were constantly dicking around as well as moaning about the cold etc #TimsTwitterListeningParty @peterhook #UnknownPleasures I thought these were stronger than the bridge pic at the time
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Absolutely heartbroken to hear the devasting news about Colin Bell. He gave generations of us #ManCity fans so much pleasure. One of football's all time greats and The King of Maine Road. My deepest condolencies to all family & friends and to everyone at the club #RIP #ColinBell
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Awfullly sad news about Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers - @StranglersSite - brilliant and hugely influential keyboard player. Here's a photo I took in the dressing room at the Electric Circus in Manchester on 5 June 1977 ... #RIP
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The following month we did a range of photos around London for Creation just to get them used to being photographed. Liam was exhausting ... he kept jumping on the back of buses and I was having to chase after him #timstwitterlisteningparty @BoneheadsPage
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Here's a photo I took of Bernard in the rehearsal room playing bass #JoyDivision #TimsTwitterListeningParty @peterhook
#Closer
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and finally: a photo I really wanted to use in my forthcoming Britpop book: While We Were Getting High (pub Sept), but I just couldn't make it work ... #Oasis @liamgallagher @BoneheadsPage #timstwitterlisteningparty
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I got them to walk around a bit - I didn't really want a traditional rock pic. I wanted it to be really urban and bleak - this is a favourite from this part of the session ... #TimsTwitterListeningParty @peterhook #UnknownPleasures @joydivision
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On this day in 1977 - 25 December🎄 - I photographed the Sex Pistols at Ivanhoe's in Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
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For those of you going to see #Oasis at #Wembley over the next few weeks, I have a free outdoor exhibition on and around Wembley Park tube and Wembley Way, leading to the Stadium. It's showing from now until end of September. Enjoy it wembleypark.com/wembley-park…
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Thanks everyone. Here's a bonus photo from Futurama at the Queen's Hall in Leeds - the world's First Science Fiction Festival, no less - Sept 79. #JoyDivision #Closer40 #TimsListeningParty @peterhook @stephenpdmorris
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I’ve just had an early copy of my Britpop book, and it looks great. Really happy with it. @Octopus_Books
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This will always be your city - Sergio Aguero mural, off Dale St, Manchester #ManCity #StreetArt #GOAT
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A photo I took of a Smiths fan by the cemetery gates - at Southern Cemetery, Manchester. #Morrissey #TimsTwitterListeningParty @Tim_Burgess @mikejoycedrums @StreetStephen
#TheQueenisDead
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Tomorrow, 6 January, is the 40th anniversary of my @joydivision photo session in the snow. I've written a piece about it for tomorrow's @ManCity v @OfficialRUFC matchday magazine & how Rotherham United unwittingly played a part in my shooting it
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30 years ago today - 4 August 1991 - I was in Dublin to photograph David Bowie for an #NME cover feature. It was the first time I’d ever met him, and I was so nervous, I had to use a tripod to stop the camera from shaking. @DavidBowieReal #OTD #Bowie
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Marc Bolan died 47 years ago today. I truly can’t believe it’s so long ago now. I spent two days working with him just three weeks prior to his untimely death and he remains one of the most lovely people I’ve ever met. Keep a little Marc in your heart #MarcBolan
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I can now exclusively reveal the cover for my forthcoming book: While We Were Getting High: Britpop & the ‘90s - published by @Octopus_Books. It'll be available to buy from 24 September - from all good book shops, and online retailers too. @liamgallagher
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We went into Chinatown in Manc get a New York vibe as #Oasis were about to play there. Then we could use these pics. The @BoneheadsPage pic was fine but what I didn't notice was a Manc orange & white bus at the end of the road on the rest of the shots #timstwitterlisteningparty
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On this day in 1977 - 30 June - I photographed a band called Warsaw, who were opening for Generation X at Rafters in Manchester #JoyDivision
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Moving tribute re Andy from Morrissey morrisseycentral.com/message…
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It’s a good job photographers exist, to photograph our idols. So how about crediting us for our sterling work, instead of constantly filling your socials with our uncredited photos
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Thanks for all your support. Most enjoyable - generally. I had a bloke tell me how he would have made the portrait of Ian a better shot, & someone who told me that I'd taken my 2010 bridge shot from the wrong side (it was taken to the west) #TimsTwitterListeningParty @peterhook
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When we got back to Pompey hotel, the pool was next to the bar. Liam chucked all thefurniture in the pool. 'You daft bastard, where are we going to sit. Get it out.' he had to fish it all out so as we could sit down and have a drink -crowd shot at gig #timstwitterlisteningparty
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The #ManCity photos were really popular. I'd done a session a couple of months earlier with them wearing City shirts / playing football. Needless to say it was a matter of seconds before it kicked off in more ways than one @BoneheadsPage #timstwitterlisteningparty
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Here's a photo I took of Jean Alexander / Hilda Ogden for Salford City Art Galleries in 1987 @itvcorrie
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On this day 46 years ago - 6 January 1979 - I photographed Ian Curtis and #JoyDivision in the snow around Manchester #IanCurtis - this frame is from a contact sheet which is available at paulstolper.com
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