The Story of Reading 2017 in Fifty Photographs
29 August 2017, 20:00
Photography by
Burak Cingi
We take you to this year’s bank holiday rock staple in a stunning set of fifty photographs documenting the bands, the people and the magic. Featuring Sigrid, Cosima, Charli XCX, Alma, J Hus, IDER, Loyle Carner, Tired Lion, Ray BLK, Baby in Vain, Marika Hackman, Wolf Alice and many more. Photos by Burak Cingi.
![Site reading17 bc5](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/site_reading17_bc5.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141703&s=1df003968d0e258208aa9e81b19c7cb2)
![Portrait sigrid reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/portrait_sigrid_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141705&s=cf293f795a3d9c3160c28e42fd1343c0)
![J hus reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/j_hus_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141714&s=bcd2add1ec6c8cd92710733afb113f8c)
![Crowd reading17 bc2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/crowd_reading17_bc2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141716&s=862c2aedabcd14733916ea19ecaa7b52)
![Charli xcx reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/charli_xcx_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141718&s=f8c5b42c4abc536f9e3e2995f26b5ef5)
![Portrait anne marie reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/portrait_anne-marie_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141723&s=2547bff745e1c1385f4bd354c187eaad)
![Cosima reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/cosima_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141726&s=01a99f2384d555049b3bb7c85471f26c)
![Alma reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/alma_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141729&s=c13f2fffc05c16b1e8e68a5750b0f05a)
![Portrait bastille reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/portrait_bastille_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141730&s=22d2d5196eb8ce4f8f040698c5142b1f)
![Loyle carner reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/loyle_carner_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141734&s=5d480d881bf28446d152d6a43c3d5ec3)
![Crowd reading17 bc4](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/crowd_reading17_bc4.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141735&s=c0c86a45e358ce836d8b15378bdc511f)
![Portrait glass animals reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/portrait_glass_animals_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141740&s=8af586d4149114a0e3d1eebf3b1f7188)
![Marika hackman reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/marika_hackman_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141743&s=70ed6aa5f3b5af10c00bbeba8f69fa5f)
![Pins reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/pins_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141745&s=92f61f4b6a74988afdb097c50bcc7741)
![Portrait pond reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/portrait_pond_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141746&s=3026827386906683ad0d0ab0f16c7951)
![Wolf alice reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/wolf_alice_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141749&s=6faccd5f873933cf871eb70e3c35ae66)
![Ider reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/ider_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141750&s=ef1cb5cc1163347eaa14a81f69df318c)
![Portrait sundara karma reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/portrait_sundara_karma_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141753&s=de33495ce77ef057702fe065e3b61939)
![Ray blk reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/ray_blk_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141757&s=b56266c328beff7e7cb68460cd7ca6c1)
![Wiley reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/wiley_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141758&s=4f94a87bc777614c6eb8eeab5edbb2ea)
![Portrait baby in vain reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/portrait_baby_in_vain_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141759&s=65aa545aa2c213f289ce6ac06a91fb0a)
![Crowd reading17 bc3](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/crowd_reading17_bc3.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141766&s=916854d83b25cb21575dc03ca8b20061)
![Migos reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/migos_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141767&s=f7a60ae2392a8bdad343511f1b5ffc92)
![Crowd reading17 bc1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/crowd_reading17_bc1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141769&s=d4e691901e10d17a444f2e68165fc83f)
![Pvris reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/pvris_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141770&s=c127081feeaa6b1bdfadd74695f50b82)
![The amazons reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/the_amazons_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141772&s=5768ea92d526a6b5853271ac91d65862)
![Portrait tired lion reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/portrait_tired_lion_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141773&s=dbc7984588adbcfd7240365a97048f8a)
![Circa waves reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/circa_waves_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141776&s=baad59c4c632f0ff9db002ea58bea6b6)
![Stefflon don reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/stefflon_don_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141777&s=a0b25525df101a581b0f0149c5765b34)
![Portrait yonaka reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/portrait_yonaka_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141779&s=f3d02ec906d8a5cf2081a0fa9d4ac152)
![Lethal bizzle reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/lethal_bizzle_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141782&s=6468c59b0919256f6517936054fdde18)
![Mondo cozmo reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/mondo_cozmo_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141782&s=6a461a7ae12af9d992e2c977d19a1fad)
![Portrait black lips reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/portrait_black_lips_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141784&s=081f1aa80b8ef25099fe764b4799fdf5)
![Will joseph cook reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/will_joseph_cook_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141788&s=838dc10379cc8c9c45dc6956d404bf15)
![Ten tonnes reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/ten_tonnes_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141789&s=f531ada5ac217027e0768d81ddd2a358)
![Portrait tom grennan reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/portrait_tom_grennan_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141791&s=0e32668ecac0d79241867b98ac5bc779)
![Goldie reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/goldie_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141793&s=7f5eced9cba8ee8e112eac01203ce5a3)
![Idles reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/idles_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141795&s=5114421ef457b3cd1e689862b3eb4d9c)
![Life reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/life_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141796&s=e8540dd8521fa47d430a60b2f6b35fcf)
![Site reading17 bc2](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/site_reading17_bc2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141799&s=9a222ef955fbc5328f3f2bfc1d702411)
![Major lazer reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/major_lazer_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141801&s=cfab5fdc0599a141da7f79ae9c5c7174)
![Sg lewis reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/sg_lewis_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141805&s=5449ed17a11f33fd24b27a97ff4f0896)
![Site reading17 bc1](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/site_reading17_bc1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141807&s=f1e626e83606a498ba681f5c1eb195a3)
![At the drive in reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/at_the_drive_in_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141808&s=d900296222e95a1d79baefe62749bf86)
![Kasabian reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/kasabian_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141811&s=9de847a727c97bafda389d96c15b3b20)
![Liam gallagher reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/liam_gallagher_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141812&s=57c39a254c6830be150d89520cd9eacb)
![Muse reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/muse_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141815&s=be6a05b2192939b4409dcece03023c17)
![Qotsa reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/qotsa_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141820&s=2738afe1dcc03d107aef7298491d29c5)
![Haim reading17 bc](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/haim_reading17_bc.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141822&s=516953dc9e0d0b4e50d7580ebff50c51)
![Site reading17 bc4](https://best-fit.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/galleries/2017/the-story-of-reading-2017-in-fifty-photographs/site_reading17_bc4.jpg?w=1200&h=800&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1648141824&s=b436933f8f13a6ab51d3baa0ec7f0011)
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