Simon Barker: Punk's Dead

Simon Barker: Punk's Dead

From 1976 to 1978, the young photographer Simon Barker was a member of the "Bromley Contingent"--a group of avid Sex Pistols fans who comprised the groupâ€™s inner circle at the height of the punk movement. Many of them, such as Jordan and Siouxsie Sioux, were notorious for their daredevil dress sense, and several--such as Sioux, Steven Severin, Adam Ant, Poly Styrene, Billy Idol, Viv Albertine and Ari Up--went on to form some of the most important bands of the era. This compilation of previously unseen photographs by Barker shows these founders of punk in their earliest incarnations--in bedrooms and kitchens, at public gigs and private parties--before media and commerce sunk their claws into punkâ€™s iconoclastic look and class politics. Taken with the simplest and cheapest pocket cameras, the photographs in this collection constitute Barkerâ€™s "family album for the years 1976 to 1978." In the spirit of the Pistolsâ€™ "God Save the Queen," the volume closes with a photographic sequence taken by Barker during the 1976 Jubilee celebrations, which shows Romanian tyrant Nicolae Ceausescu hobnobbing with the Queen of England in the royal procession.
Country USA
Brand Barker, Simon (PHT)/ Bracewell, Michael/ Suzuki, Damo/ Tatchell, Peter/ Clark, Michael
Manufacturer Divus
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2014-04-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9788086450650

Country	USA
Brand	Barker, Simon (PHT)/ Bracewell, Michael/ Suzuki, Damo/ Tatchell, Peter/ Clark, Michael
Manufacturer	Divus
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2014-04-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9788086450650

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