Noel Gallagher surprises Oasis photographer Jill Furmanovsky with icon prize at Abbey Road Music Photography Awards

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Noel Gallagher made a surprise appearance at the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards yesterday (October 3) to honour Oasis photographer Jill Furmanovsky.Furmanovsky has shot some of music’s biggest names, including Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Debbie Harry, Joy Division, Amy Winehouse and more.Her work with the Gallagher brothers over the years culminated in the release of both Oasis – Was There Then: A Photographic Journey (1997) and Oasis at Knebworth (2021).Yesterday (October 3), Noel Gallagher honoured her 53-year career by presenting her with the ICON award. “She’s a very, very dear friend of mine,” he said at the event, which also saw Nile Rodgers, Debbie Harry, David Gilmour, Siouxsie Sioux and Sting send in video tributes.“It’s been an honour to have been associated with her for 30 years.

I can only say that she is as lovely as she seems, she’s one of my best friends, and I adore her.” He went on to call her the “best photographer ever”.In 2009, Furmanovsky shared exclusive behind-the-scene pictures of the band with NME, and said “the air was crackling with tension” when she shot them in Paris in 1995. “Liam had been in the hotel bar all night and was still drunk in the morning,” she recalled.