Jon Savage and Jill : All About the Archive

Talk : Jill Furmanovsky and Jon Savage in conversation

May 9th at 6.00pm

‘By nature, most serious musicians regarded photo-sessions as a necessary chore. this was all very well but it didn’t produce the eye-zinging images required by Smash Hits and The Face. My main technique with them was to work as quickly as possible, road-runner style. If they looked startled or even slightly upset when I announced the shoot was over, I knew I had probably accomplished the task.’

‘By nature, most serious musicians regarded photo-sessions as a necessary chore. this was all very well but it didn’t produce the eye-zinging images required by Smash Hits and The Face. My main technique with them was to work as quickly as possible, road-runner style. If they looked startled or even slightly upset when I announced the shoot was over, I knew I had probably accomplished the task.’

‘By nature, most serious musicians regarded photo-sessions as a necessary chore. this was all very well but it didn’t produce the eye-zinging images required by Smash Hits and The Face. My main technique with them was to work as quickly as possible, road-runner style. If they looked startled or even slightly upset when I announced the shoot was over, I knew I had probably accomplished the task.’

‘By nature, most serious musicians regarded photo-sessions as a necessary chore. this was all very well but it didn’t produce the eye-zinging images required by Smash Hits and The Face. My main technique with them was to work as quickly as possible, road-runner style. If they looked startled or even slightly upset when I announced the shoot was over, I knew I had probably accomplished the task.’

‘By nature, most serious musicians regarded photo-sessions as a necessary chore. this was all very well but it didn’t produce the eye-zinging images required by Smash Hits and The Face. My main technique with them was to work as quickly as possible, road-runner style. If they looked startled or even slightly upset when I announced the shoot was over, I knew I had probably accomplished the task.’