An Ideal For Living archives the images that document the changing culture of modern Britain.
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An Ideal For Living archives the images that document the changing culture of modern Britain.
Read the full story: from counterculture to pop culture, the everyday to the extraordinary: explore eighty years of british identity | read | i-D
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Derek Ridgers is a photographer who is best known for his outlandish portraits of punks, pervs and nightclubbers. His new book is Punk London 1977.
WHO ARE YOU?
Derek Ridgers
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
65
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Twickenham
WHAT DO YOU DO?
Photographer
TELL US WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE YOUR AGE?
If there were no mirrors it would be exactly like being 25.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE NOW THAT YOU DIDN’T HAVE AT 25?
Three grandchildren
WHAT ABOUT SEX?
Heterosexual.
AND RELATIONSHIPS?
Married
HOW FREE DO YOU FEEL?
With a small but close knit family, I probably feel more free than I have any right to be.
WHAT ARE YOU PROUD OF?
My grandchildren
WHAT KEEPS YOU INSPIRED?
The people I meet.
WHEN ARE YOU HAPPIEST?
When I am with my grand children.
AND WHERE DOES YOUR CREATIVITY GO?
Into my work.
WHAT’S YOUR PHILOSOPHY OF LIVING?
I don't have one.
AND DYING?
I'm fine with it but just not yet thanks.
ARE YOU STILL DREAMING?
Yes
WHAT WAS A RECENT OUTRAGEOUS ACTION OF YOURS?
I haven't done anything outrageous for 25 years at least.
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I spent four decades capturing images of alternative London’s unique counter-cultural history
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The Photographers’ Gallery is not a ragged building. Large windows run straight up and down; inside, the decor is clean, cool and modern with black tile floors and light wooden tabletops. Not, in other words, the most punk venue in London. And yet gathered in the café, chatting amiably, are figures from just about every... Read more »
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Ahead of the launch of his book Punk London 1977 tonight, the legendary subculture photographer recalls decades shooting London’s outsiders
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