
Punks
- Publisher
- GOST Books
- Year
- 2013
- ISBN
- 978-0-9574272-6-6
- Specifications
- Hardback with screen printed cloth cover
250 x 195 mm
80 pages, printed duotone + silver + spot varnish
Edition of 1000 copies
Essay by Karen Knorr and Olivier Richon
Photographers Karen Knorr and Olivier Richon documented the London Punk scene between 1976 and 1977. Of the resulting black and white photographs, many remained unpublished for over 30 years, and were brought together for the first time in this book. The word punk is associated with a style and attitude formed by disenchantment, nihilism, visual violence and theatricality. At the time these photographs were taken there were approximately 3 million young people unemployed in Europe. Some of those captured by Richon and Knorr were still at school, others out of work and those who worked during the day were punk at night. The photographs revolve around the Roxy in Covent Garden and the Global Village in Charing Cross. For this early student collaboration, the photographers, both new to London, directly engaged with the young subjects, encouraging performance and playful interaction. The series was exhibited at The Photographers' Gallery in 1978 and included in 'Another London' at Tate Britain in 2012.