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Kevin Cummins, the legendary music photographer,  and Dick Carruthers, the acclaimed music film maker, have been confirmed as keynote interviewees at this year’s In The City music conference, which takes place in Manchester on October 5^th, 6^th and 7^th under the overall heading of, “It’s All About The Music, Stupid.”

Kevin Cummins started his career in the late 1970s and was one of the first photographers to document Manchester’s burgeoning punk scene. His iconic photographs of Joy Division, Buzzcocks and others brought him to the attention of the London music magazines and he became 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 next year.

In 1985, the night before the Heysel disaster, Tony Wilson interviewed Kevin Cummins in Oldham about his latest exhibition for the TV news show Granada Reports.  Accompanied by live music performed by a very special guest, Kevin will be looking back and remembering the culture & defining images of that era. As a preview to this very special event a selection of Kevin’s photographs will also be posted on the In The City website at www.inthecity.co.uk and visitors to the site will be encouraged to vote for their favourite image. The most popular photograph will then be discussed during the keynote interview.

Kevin Cummins said, “Obviously I’m delighted to be asked to be involved in this year’s In The City – expect something special.”

Whether it’s The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Take That, Oasis, Snow Patrol or many others, Dick Carruthers is the ‘go-to’ guy when these superstars want to shoot their definitive live concert film, produce their access-all-areas documentary or put together their career encompassing DVD boxsets. In fact it’s probably easier to list the high profile artists that London based Carruthers hasn’t worked with in recent years.

Focusing on just one of his long-term clients Dick will be interviewed at ITC 2008 about the various challenges involved  in filming legendary Manchester band Oasis throughout the years – covering the early live shoots at Maine Road and Earls Court, the mega gigs at Knebworth in 1996 and Wembley Stadium in 2000 (broadcast live on SKY and to 17 other countries),  plus the big gigs at Finsbury park, Lancashire County Cricket Club and the City of Manchester stadium ( amongst other stadiums) in 2005, Dick will also give an insight into the documentaries and EPKs he has made with the band as well  as the acclaimed, multi-award winning ‘Definitely Maybe’  10 year anniversary DVD boxset that came out in 2004.        

Dick Carruthers said, “I’m honoured to have been asked to take part in this year’s In The City, it’s a venerable event and I’m looking forward to being able to share some of my experiences with the audience there.”