Ridgers Derek - The London Youth Portraits - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Between 1978 and 1987, renowned British photographer Derek Ridgers captured London youth culture in all its glory. With skinheads punks and new romantics in clubs and on the street his images have come to define a seminal decade of British subculture. Broadly based on the now out of print book 78/87 London Youth this showcases a completely fresh selection of images from the depths of Ridgers exceptional archive including many previously unseen beautifully printed and bound in an oversized volume. Each picture is a tribute to the trials and triumphs of youth and a precious document of style and culture in 1980s England from the height of punk to the birth of acid house. Several have been exhibited internationally in cities as far - ranging as Moscow Adelaide and Beverly Hills in the National Portrait Gallery Tate Britain and Somerset House. Ridgers has also collaborated with a number of major fashion houses including Saint Laurent and Gucci and his images continue to inspire photographers artists and fashion designers around the world. As time passes this kind of observational photography attains a new importance Sean O Hagan The Observer Ridgers portraits of young boys and girls are weighted with a raw poetry and beauty Cory Reynolds artbook. com
Title: The London Youth Portraits
Author(s): Ridgers Derek
Publisher: Acc Art Books
Barcode: 9781788842532
Pages: 176 Pages, 64 Illustrations, Black And White; 23 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 6/20/2024
Category: Photographs: Collections