London Subculture 1979-1981
Yan Morvan Cafe Royal

London Subculture 1979-1981

Pages

36

Format

Paperback

Release date

2021

Publisher

Cafe Royal

Weight

4 oz

Size

14cm x 20cm
Looking back on his time in London, Morvan recalls that he received a mixed welcome from the kids he photographed. “The skinheads all tried to punch me in the face and steal my camera,” he says. “They didn’t like the French. But the punks were always friendly and funny. They liked being photographed.” His pictures – of the mosh pit at a Killing Joke gig or of rude boys chucking rocks at derelict factory buildings – capture a lot of the violent energy he encountered. “And always at the heart of it all,” he says, “was the incredible wild poetry of the bands and the music.”