The Teds - Couverture rigide

Smith, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1911306057 ISBN 13 : 9781911306054

Editeur : Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

1956, sixty years ago, was a watershed year for Teds. In September that year the Bill Haley film 'Rock Around The Clock' arrived in the UK. With five records in the top twenty, Haley was a major star and the film screened at some three hundred cinemas across the country. It wasn't long before the riots started. At London's Elephant and Castle Trocadero seats were slashed, and when the police attempted to disperse a throng of jiving, singing teenagers, bottles and fireworks were thrown; four shop windows were smashed. Two police were injured and nine Teds arrested. There was further trouble in many other cities including Manchester and London whilst in Birmingham, Blackpool, and Belfast the film was banned. Whilst the appearance of Teds can be traced back a couple of years earlier, 1956 was the true Year of The Ted the year in which they became central to youth culture in the UK and could no longer be ignored. Originally published in 1979 'The Teds' looks at this phenomenon. A classic of British documentary photography, it is a vivid and absorbing book combining image and text to tell a fascinating story that spans some three decades.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Chris Steele-Perkins joined Magnum Photos in 1979. Alongside extensive work in the developing world he has continued to document Britain, with his 40 year overview, 'England, my England', being published in 2009 and 'A Place in the Country', his tenth book, in 2014. An award winning photographer, Chris Steele-Perkins exhibits regularly throughout the world and continues to publish in major magazines worldwide.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dewi Lewis Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1911306057
• ISBN 13: 9781911306054
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128