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Punk. London.1977. Most people blinked and missed it. Many spent a
decade trying to catch up. Derek Ridgers stumbled across it by
accident, where it was, in the beating filthy heart of the Roxy in
middle of a derelict slum called Covent Garden. Stumbling through
the moshpits trying to keep hold of a borrowed camera. 1977. Punk
London brings you 152 pages of photography featuring the birth of
the the most exciting cultural phenomenon in UK history. Currents
and vibes, flows and backwash, trends and anti-trends splashing
around in the cauldron of youth culture in the city of London, and
the lost rebels haunting their suburban bedrooms - jumping the
train uptown to get into the legendary Roxy. All converged, for one
priceless moment, an outpouring of a truly original, DIY, anarchic,
underground scene. Ridgers captured the first wave. Kids in the
crowd, never before seen. The punks who made their own clothes
because you couldn't buy punk clothes. The punks who got beaten up
time and again for making themselves into targets. Rebellion before
it got easy. You won't see these kids anywhere in the magazines.
They weren't trying to get famous. 1977 will happen again. 1977 is
happening somewhere, for someone, right now.
`It was the best of times it was the worst of times.' Maligned,
misunderstood and fetishized the 1980's stands as the decade when
post-modern life began in the west, and London was at the epicenter
of this shift. An explosion of creativity took place against a
backdrop of radical social change. London became a city of tribes.
The vast youth culture categories of the preceding decades
shattered into shards. It was the decade that sub-culture as a way
of life reached it's zenith before giving way to it's inevitable
scene surfing conclusion. Ridgers documented this cultural moment
obsessively. Punks, post-punks, cyber-punks, gothic punks, mods,
hard mods, Trojan skins, racist skins, ska, reggae, dub, early
electronica, synth pop, acid house, happy hardcore, Blitz Kids, New
Romantics, Hip-Hop, Rap, Electro, Break Beat, Techno, Rave - these
were all sub-cultural spaces with scenes attached in London in the
1980's. Unlike now, subcultures in the 1980's were not casual
playthings - they were a way of life for their participants. They
inspired profound loyalty. They were a beautiful a doomed flowering
of the hope for a better world. Derek Ridger's exquisite street
portrait photography has captured this creative decade beautifully.
Derek Ridgers is one of the UK's foremost portrait photographers
with a career spanning forty years. He is best known for his
photography of music, film and club/street culture - photographing
everyone from James Brown to The Spice Girls, from Clint Eastwood
to Johnny Depp. During his career, Ridgers has worked for many
publications, including Time Out, The Sunday Telegraph, NME, The
Face, Loaded, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Independent, GQ Style
and Arena.
For some, heaven will not be a perpetual dawn but rather an endless
night - an eternity of the wild hours between dusk and sunrise.The
Dark Carnival is a celebration of human beings given the rare space
to play out their fantasy visions of themselves, the fleeting
impressions of people dressed up for the glorious night caught in
all their decadent glory. A unique collection of portraits
personally selected by one of the UKs foremost portrait
photographers covering alternative London's unique counter-cultural
history from Punks, New Romantics, Goths, Disco Queens, Soul Boys,
Fetish Worshippers, Rockers, Cyberpunks, Ravers, Clubbers and Party
Animals. Derek Ridgers has been a feature in the clubs and on the
streets of the capital for over 50 years - indulging in his
obsession for documenting the people dressed up for the glorious
night.Anyone who loves street style, youth subcultures, portrait
photography and the curious human penchant for playing dressing up,
will find this collection a darkly fascinating celebration of both
night life and decadence.Packed with images exploring DIY fashion,
self-expression and the fabulous strangeness of the human animal,
ravers of all kinds will spend happy hours gazing at this book, at
once a piece of social history and a visual poem, an expression of
the fascinations of the author, a feast of luscious crepuscular
imagery.
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