About this book
Oasis The Masterplan tells the story of how Oasis cemented their identity. Hardcover; 2025, Weldon Owen.
256 pages
Dimensions: 10.25"l x 7.5"w
Hand signed by author/photographer*
*Preorder your signed copy today and secure your invitation to our private book signing and artist talk on Thursday, September 4, 2025. If you can’t join us, your signed book will ship on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
In Oasis: The Masterplan Noel Gallagher’s thoughts on football, fashion and music sit alongside his recollections of that year and those of Cummins himself, as well as cultural commentary from Gail Crowther. We see how Oasis played with fashion and were taught how to pose and present themselves as they approached the summer when their first album, Definitely Maybe was released. The story from that moment on is well-known. This book reveals just how effective the masterplan was to get them to that point.
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 include Joy Division: Juvenes, Morrissey:Alone and Palely Loitering, Britpop: While We Were Getting High, Telling Stories: Photographs of The Fall and David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire.
About this book
Oasis The Masterplan tells the story of how Oasis cemented their identity. Hardcover; 2025, Weldon Owen.
256 pages
Dimensions: 10.25"l x 7.5"w
Hand signed by author/photographer*
*Preorder your signed copy today and secure your invitation to our private book signing and artist talk on Thursday, September 4, 2025. If you can’t join us, your signed book will ship on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
In Oasis: The Masterplan Noel Gallagher’s thoughts on football, fashion and music sit alongside his recollections of that year and those of Cummins himself, as well as cultural commentary from Gail Crowther. We see how Oasis played with fashion and were taught how to pose and present themselves as they approached the summer when their first album, Definitely Maybe was released. The story from that moment on is well-known. This book reveals just how effective the masterplan was to get them to that point.
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 include Joy Division: Juvenes, Morrissey:Alone and Palely Loitering, Britpop: While We Were Getting High, Telling Stories: Photographs of The Fall and David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire.
