Thames & Hudson to publish iconic Oasis book by photographer Jill Furmanovsky and Noel Gallagher

Exciting news today for fans of Oasis (and who isn't, right?). See the timely media release below and official cover for a book that will cast a renewed focus on one of rock's all-time great bands...Robert Kinsler

Thames & Hudson to publish iconic Oasis book by photographer Jill Furmanovsky and Noel Gallagher

Book cover image: Courtesy of Thames & Hudson

 

Tristan de Lancey, Creative Director at Thames & Hudson, has bought World All Language rights to OASIS: Trying to find a way out of nowhere by Jill Furmanovsky and Noel Gallagher from Vicki McIvor at Take Three Management. Thames & Hudson has sold rights in three countries thus far: in France to Editions Seghers (Editions Robert Laffont); in Italy to Lizard Rizzoli (Gruppo Mondadori); and in Japan to Sekai Bunka Publishing Inc. The book will be published by Thames & Hudson in the UK, US, and Australia in hardcover this Fall 2025.

 

Organized chronologically, OASIS: Trying to find a way out of nowhere contains more than 500 photographs, contact sheets, and sequenced film strips of the band on stage, backstage, on the road, in the studio, and behind the scenes. This beautiful volume, edited by Noel Gallagher, will present classic highlights and unseen images from Jill Furmanovsky’s complete Oasis archive. Given unprecedented access to countless worldwide Oasis performances and recording sessions, she was able to intimately document the relationship between Noel and Liam Gallagher up to their split, creating a poignant visual diary that is more than the sum of its parts. In this book she extends the visual story to 2025*, capturing the band in rehearsal for the upcoming reunion tour.

 

*Definitely… Maybe

 

Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards, 

London, UK, October 3, 2024.

Noel Gallagher and “ICON” Award winner 

Jill Furmanovsky

PHOTO CREDIT: Dave Hogan/Hogan Media/Shutterstock

Accompanying the images is illuminating commentary by Noel Gallagher, who relates the inside stories of the events pictured in many of the shoots, demonstrating an honest and touching relationship between band and photographer. An additional three essays by music journalists provide context to the band’s story and an introduction by Jill Furmanovsky celebrates the supreme significance of Oasis in her 50+ years photographing musicians.

 

Jill Furmanovsky has photographed legendary rock musicians for more than 50 years, including Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Blondie, The Clash, The Ramones, The Pretenders, Joy Division, Leonard Cohen, Amy Winehouse, and Oasis. In 2024 she received a Lifetime Achievement award from Amateur Photography magazine; the Legend of the year award from So.Co for Image of Music Awards; and the Abbey Road ICON award, at which award ceremony Noel described Jill as “one of my best friends.”

 

Noel Gallagher is the primary songwriter, lead guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of Oasis, the band that defined the era of Cool Britannia. In August 1994 Oasis’s first album, Definitely Maybe, entered the UK charts at number one and received widespread critical and commercial success, as did their next two albums, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) and Be Here Now (1997). The band split in 2009 but are reforming for a worldwide tour in 2025.

 

Jill Furmanovsky commented: “From the first time I photographed Oasis in December 1994 until my last shoot with them in August 2009 when they split, I was permitted closeness and the gift of almost unlimited access. I was just the right age and had just the right amount of experience to shoot the merry band of musicians (and they were wonderfully entertaining) fronted by the extraordinarily talented Gallagher brothers.  I would say this is my best body of work as a photographer. It was made with love and an understanding of what a fan might like to see. Much of the material here has never been published before and I hope Oasis fans will enjoy that. I'd especially like to thank Noel for his contribution to and support for the book. It has been a joy to work with the design and editorial team at Thames & Hudson who worked tirelessly to give the work the gravitas it deserves.”

 

Noel Gallagher commented: “It’s been an honor to have been associated with Jill for 30 years.”

 

Tristan de Lancey, Creative Director at Thames & Hudson, commented: “Amidst all the excitement of the Oasis reunion, I was delighted to sign up Jill and Noel’s book. Jill’s body of work with Oasis is extraordinary and unsurpassed and includes swathes of candid behind-the-scenes material, much of which, incredibly, is being scanned for the first time. Her three-decade friendship with Noel, Liam, and other band members is known to many; what’s less known and utterly unique is her ability to capture the band in those in-between moments—off-guard and true. The energy, the humor, and—yes—the tensions ripple through each and every frame. Combine all of this with first-hand commentary from Noel, insightful anecdotes from Jill, and three documentary essays, all packaged beautifully in a statement format, I’m expecting readers of all generations to be blown away. It’s nothing short of a monograph on steroids—with a surprise ending—publishing worldwide on the eve of their autumn Wembley concerts.”

 

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