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French war photographer Yan Morvan arrived in London as Maggie Thatcher came to power and was instantly fascinated by the thriving punk/skin/mod subcultures which he strove to document. From The Observer: “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.”
Two books, London Punk & Protest is b&w, ranging from punks to the Notting Hill carnival and Police flashpoints therein, London Subculture is colour and encompasses Mods, punks, skins, Two-Tone, Killing Joke audience at the Music Machine and all the streetlife of London during those years
London Subculture 1979–1981
36 pages A5
colour print
London Punk & Protest 1979–1981
32 pages A5
b/w print