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printed front (two blacksfor an amazing depth to the images +silver pantone)
160 photos (in black and white)
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Over 160 rareandpreviously unpublishedimages by photographerJohn Ingledew. Alimited edition of 800 numbered copies, this evocative and insightful book covers different facets of theskinhead revival in Britain in the late 1970s.
Withcommentary by Johnthroughout and a foreword byJon Swinstead, founder ofThe Museum of Youth Culture, this book provides aunique perspectiveinto a tribe fromthe golden age of British youth culture, when punks, rockabillies, teds, new romantics and the mod andskinhead revivalsall had their ownvibrant scene.
Every youth cult needsgreat music, greatclothing, greatfootwearand a greathaircut. Thesenew skinheads had it all; the boundless energy ofThe SpecialsandMadnessprovided the soundtrack,Ben Sherman,Crombie,Levi’sandFred Perrythe clothes andDr. Marten’sthe boots – abarber’s clippersrounding off the style with anumber one,two or three.
Thereturn of young skinheadsto thefootballterraces of West London is pictured along with photographs of the gang of skins that congregated inthe West End of London, whose members took the look in anextreme directionwithfacial
tattooingpreviously only seen in sideshows and U.S.prison yards.John got to know this groupand photographed some of them atgigs, ondays out,being tattooedandin their homes, as well as when they hung out terrifying the tourists in Leicester Square. He returned to the scene twice more to photograph theskinhead girls of Bristol, and finally the skinspassionate about Jamaican musicwho’dtravelled from all over the countryto attend concerts by legendsPrince BusterandLaurel Aitken,The Godfather of Ska.
Two previous booksof John Ingledew’s photographs have been published focusing onfootball fans; he has also writtenthree booksforphotographyanddesignstudents and is a VisitingProfessorat theUniversity of West London; John’s work is in the collection ofThe National Portrait Galleryand his photographs have featured in recentmajor UK exhibitions,Grown Up in Britain – 100 Years of Teenage KicksandFrom the Caribbean to Coventry.
