As Britpop shined its bright light in the 90's and England hit a cultural Renaissance through music, film and politics, no one came to capture the moments like Brian Cannon. Cannon, who photographed iconic album covers and sleeves for The Verve, Oasis, Groove Armada, Ash, Inspirational Carpets and many others, became the man with the "eye" for Britpop. His unique style of photography was like capturing the feeling of what it is like to be enhanced by heavy drugs and a state of euphoria.
This past year, Cannon had his work displayed at the British Music Experience at the O2 in London and was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Global Annual Design Awards this past November. Aside from his massive success as a music photographer, Cannon is also the owner of Microdot, a graphic design company that celebrated its 21 years in the business this past year.
Back to the O2 exhibit, was it difficult picking certain works to showcase? Did you leave something out that you felt was important but could not feature?