But for Sharon Latham, this bit of early work would become the start of a lifelong association with the band.
What started with shooting gigs at Knebworth, the Etihad and Maine Road became, over the decades, a chance to shoot Noel Gallagher on the road with his band.
Now, those photographs are being put on display at the Gibson Gallery in London, and paint a fascinating picture of a life on the road with one of the biggest stars of the Britpop era.
For our interview, Latham rings in from a football pitch in Burnley, Lancashire – apt, considering that football is how she got to know Noel in the first place.
“My first major photography job was as Man City's club photographer,” she says. “That’s where I met Noel. Originally Noel and Liam used to come to the games, until things went wrong. And then Liam would be on one side of the stadium and Noel would be on the other. I always used to bump into him.”
The turning point came when Latham took a photograph of Noel on-pitch when Man City won the league in 2012.
“It’s such an amazing candid shot, and he asked if he could have the picture. And then I got this text, I was like, ‘No, it's not really Noel Gallagher!’ And from there, we’ve stayed friends.”
When Latham quit her job in 2016, Gallagher was nonplussed. “He said, ‘But it's the best club in the world. What are you going to do?’ and jokingly, I said, ‘It's okay. I’ll come on tour with you.’ And he went, ‘okay’.”
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