JILL FURMANOVSKY IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG
ABERYSTWYTH, CEREDIGION, OCTOBER 2016
(released on the Ffoton podcast 1 April 2017)

Jill Furmanovsky has been a professional photographer since 1972.
She is best known for her images of rock bands and in 1972 she became the official photographer for London’s premiere rock venue The Rainbow Theatre. She has photographed all the big names in rock from Led Zeppelin to Oasis and in 1992 won the Jane Bown Observer Portrait award for the portrait of Charlie Watts. In 1998 she established Rockarchive to encourage recognition for the art and protect the rights of rock photographers.

Ffoton had the great pleasure of meeting and talking with Jill in Aberystwyth at the 2016 EYE International Photography Festival.

Jill has published two books: The Moment: 25 Years of Rock Photography, 1995; and 
Was There Then: Oasis - A Photographic Journey, 1997

View more of Jill's work on her website: www.jillfurmanovsky.com
And on Rock Archive: www.rockarchive.com
Gallery images © Jill Furmanovsky. Used with permission of the photographer.

Ray Davies image © Emyr Young. Images of Jill Furmanovsky © Brian Carroll 2016.

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