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In The Eighties Portraits From Another Time
In The Eighties Portraits From Another Time
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Description: 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.
Title: In The Eighties Portraits From Another Time
Brand: Carpet Bombing Culture
Barcode: 9781908211569
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 10/1/2017
Category: Photographs: Portraits
Description: 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.
Title: In The Eighties Portraits From Another Time
Brand: Carpet Bombing Culture
Barcode: 9781908211569
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 10/1/2017
Category: Photographs: Portraits
