Michael Spencer Jones (born 1961) is a British art photographer and music video director, best known for his work with Oasis and The Verve. [1] [2]
He attended Bournemouth & Poole College Art – now the Arts University Bournemouth from 1983 to 1986, where he studied photography and film, gaining a distinction. [1]
Some of his iconic imagery helped define the Britpop era including his image which appeared on Oasis record breaking debut album, Definitely Maybe, in 1994. [1] [3] Two of Spencer Jones’ cover photographs—Definitely Maybe (#14) and " This Is Music" (#79)—featured in Q magazine's "The Hundred Best Record Covers of All Time" list published in 2001. [4]
He is noted for his surrealist and sometimes experimental approach to photography and has produced a number of record sleeves for UK number one albums, including Urban Hymns ( The Verve) and two Oasis albums, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? and Be Here Now. Spencer Jones is also noted for his portrait work, most notably a series of photographs he produced for the Children in War exhibition [5] at the Imperial War Museum North.
In 2015 he founded Spellbound Galleries specialising in limited edition music photography and in 2016 brought out his first book Supersonic – The Oasis Photographs published by Omnibus Press. A collection of mainly unseen photographs of Oasis. [6]
- ^ a b c "Michael Spencer Jones's best photo: Oasis's Definitely Maybe album cover". The Guardian. 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Oasis photographer unearths unprocessed Morning Glory picture from 1995". The Irish News.
- ^ "Oasis – The Stories Behind Their Cryptic Album And Single Sleeve Art". NME. 18 August 2015.
- ^ Q Magazine. Q Magazine. 2001.
- ^ "Prince Philip Declares The Imperial War Museum North Open". Culture 24.
- ^ McGeorge, Alistair (29 November 2016). "Unseen Oasis photos and candid outtakes revealed in new book by personal snapper". Daily Mirror.
Michael Spencer Jones (born 1961) is a British art photographer and music video director, best known for his work with Oasis and The Verve. [1] [2]
He attended Bournemouth & Poole College Art – now the Arts University Bournemouth from 1983 to 1986, where he studied photography and film, gaining a distinction. [1]
Some of his iconic imagery helped define the Britpop era including his image which appeared on Oasis record breaking debut album, Definitely Maybe, in 1994. [1] [3] Two of Spencer Jones’ cover photographs—Definitely Maybe (#14) and " This Is Music" (#79)—featured in Q magazine's "The Hundred Best Record Covers of All Time" list published in 2001. [4]
He is noted for his surrealist and sometimes experimental approach to photography and has produced a number of record sleeves for UK number one albums, including Urban Hymns ( The Verve) and two Oasis albums, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? and Be Here Now. Spencer Jones is also noted for his portrait work, most notably a series of photographs he produced for the Children in War exhibition [5] at the Imperial War Museum North.
In 2015 he founded Spellbound Galleries specialising in limited edition music photography and in 2016 brought out his first book Supersonic – The Oasis Photographs published by Omnibus Press. A collection of mainly unseen photographs of Oasis. [6]
- ^ a b c "Michael Spencer Jones's best photo: Oasis's Definitely Maybe album cover". The Guardian. 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Oasis photographer unearths unprocessed Morning Glory picture from 1995". The Irish News.
- ^ "Oasis – The Stories Behind Their Cryptic Album And Single Sleeve Art". NME. 18 August 2015.
- ^ Q Magazine. Q Magazine. 2001.
- ^ "Prince Philip Declares The Imperial War Museum North Open". Culture 24.
- ^ McGeorge, Alistair (29 November 2016). "Unseen Oasis photos and candid outtakes revealed in new book by personal snapper". Daily Mirror.