Derek Ridgers was invited to the Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol to be interviewed for Martin’s ‘Sofa Sessions’ series. They discuss Derek’s photographic career and his extensive youth culture archive.
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Shane Taylor will be hosting his second photo-walk exclusively for Art in Mayfair on Friday 21st June, 11.00 – 13.00.
The masterclass-style photo-walk will follow this year’s Art in Mayfair Sculpture Trail and explore street-photo opportunities around Mayfair, including some of Shane’s favourite and most photographed streets.
Shane will be happy to chat and offer photography advice along the walk.
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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.
Derek's latest book 'The London Youth Portraits' published by ACC Art Books, celebrates his finest portraiture from this period, including unpublished portraits.
'I only visited Ku once and that was in 1984. It was the night Divine played. It was a bit like Camden Place transposed to the Med. The building itself was like no other club I’ve been to before or since, insofar as it was more like a James Bond film set than a club. Half of it was in the open air, there was a swimming pool and a water slide in the shape of the neck of a dragon.'
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HighSnobiety licensed Derek Ridgers snogging couple image taken at the club Gossips 1978 for their editorial feature ‘Pearls, Pins & Provocateurs’ on how the punk aesthetic continues to influence fashion and challenge social norms.
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Derek Ridgers 80's club portraits exhibiting in Everything at Once: Postmodernity, 1967 - 1992, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn. The great age of subcultures, disco, punk and techno-pop and shoulder pads! Exhibition runs until 24th January 2024.
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Celebrating 50 years of the Original Timberland Boot, ‘This is Not a Boot: The Story of an Icon’ documentary chronicling the legacy of the Yellow Boot and its impact on music, style and culture features Dave Swindells archive rave images.
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YMC has linked up with legendary nightlife photographer Dave Swindells for a T-shirt capsule, competition and charity fundraiser. The collaboration celebrates Swindells’ book Ibiza ’89.
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Shane Taylor was commissioned by Belmond to photograph Florence, the charming renaissance city of Italy, for their Mondes Volume II magazine. The global compass on modern culture, ‘Mondes’ taps into the best of timeless travel through the lens of some of the world’s most renowned creatives.
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Dave Swindells iconic image taken at the opening night of the club Amnesia, Ibiza in 1989 features on the artwork for Radio Slave’s new track release ‘Amnesia’ featuring Cagedbaby published by Rekids.
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