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Amilna Estêvão © Derek Ridgers. Brooklyn, 2017.
@derekridgers. Forty years of photographing faces. Punk, nightlife, subculture, portraiture. The rawness that defined the early work should have softened by now. It hasn't.
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One of the first prints on Print Swap. Edition of 10. Swaps open Thursday.
Link in bio.
#printswap #derekridgers #limitededitionprint

LUCI FIRE — LONDON NIGHTLIFE

Raw. Unfiltered. Alive.

A body in motion, caught between attitude and instinct.
Derek Ridgers doesn’t just photograph nightlife — he archives its pulse. From punk to club culture, his lens has witnessed decades of underground energy without ever losing its edge.

This is London as it really is.
Sweat, style, and freedom.

—

Brut. Sans filtre. Vivant.

Un corps en mouvement, entre attitude et instinct.
Derek Ridgers ne photographie pas la nuit — il en capture le battement. Du punk aux clubs, son regard traverse les décennies sans jamais perdre sa force.

Londres, la vraie.
Sueur, style, liberté.

—

📸 Luci Fire, Torture Garden, 2009
© Derek Ridgers

Special thanks @derekridgers
A true pleasure to republish such talent.

#londonnightlife #derekRidgers #clubculture #postculture #underground

A CULTURAL DIARY.
PARIS — LONDON — NEW YORK.
NEXT ISSUE SOON.

LUCI FIRE — LONDON NIGHTLIFE

Raw. Unfiltered. Alive.

A body in motion, caught between attitude and instinct.
Derek Ridgers doesn’t just photograph nightlife — he archives its pulse. From punk to club culture, his lens has witnessed decades of underground energy without ever losing its edge.

This is London as it really is.
Sweat, style, and freedom.

—

Brut. Sans filtre. Vivant.

Un corps en mouvement, entre attitude et instinct.
Derek Ridgers ne photographie pas la nuit — il en capture le battement. Du punk aux clubs, son regard traverse les décennies sans jamais perdre sa force.

Londres, la vraie.
Sueur, style, liberté.

—

📸 Luci Fire, Torture Garden, 2009
© Derek Ridgers

Special thanks @derekridgers
A true pleasure to republish such talent.

#londonnightlife #derekRidgers #clubculture #postculture #underground

A CULTURAL DIARY.
PARIS — LONDON — NEW YORK.
NEXT ISSUE SOON.

Miss Crash, Torture Garden@ SEOne, 2010.

* Currently in my 50th year of shooting London nightlife.

@unravelproductions

Name unknown, Le Beat Route, Soho 1981.

* Currently in my 50th year of shooting London nightlife.

@unravelproductions

Luci Fire, Torture Garden 2009.

* Currently in my 50th year of shooting London nightlife.

@unravelproductions

Steve, Heaven 1981.

* Currently in my 50th year of shooting London nightlife.

@unravelproductions

Sergio @ Boombox, Hoxton 2006.

* Currently in my 50th year of shooting London nightlife.

@unravelproductions

Punks (names unknown) @ The Vortex, Wardour Street 1977.

* Currently in my 50th year of shooting London nightlife.

My book ‘Punk London 1977’ is still available from Carpet Bombing Culture.

@unravelproductions@carpetbombingculture

The incredible portraiture and reflections of identity by artist @derekridgers ⚫️⚪️👯🛼

The incredible portraiture and reflections of identity by artist @derekridgers ⚫️⚪️👯🛼

The incredible portraiture and reflections of identity by artist @derekridgers ⚫️⚪️👯🛼

The incredible portraiture and reflections of identity by artist @derekridgers ⚫️⚪️👯🛼

The incredible portraiture and reflections of identity by artist @derekridgers ⚫️⚪️👯🛼

The incredible portraiture and reflections of identity by artist @derekridgers ⚫️⚪️👯🛼

The incredible portraiture and reflections of identity by artist @derekridgers ⚫️⚪️👯🛼

The incredible portraiture and reflections of identity by artist @derekridgers ⚫️⚪️👯🛼

The incredible portraiture and reflections of identity by artist @derekridgers ⚫️⚪️👯🛼

From Britpop battles and Girl Power to rave scene, a new exhibition, @barbicancentre @barbicanmusiclibrary - 1996: 30 Years On, curated by @dominicmohanmedia , revisits the year that changed British pop culture forever.

Derek Ridgers portraits of Keith Flint, Skin, Blur and Spice Girls show us that culture isn’t just created through music - it’s created through image, identity and attitude @derekridgers
Defining an era before SM

01. Keith Flint, Prodigy ‘Firestarter’ video Aldwych Tube Station, 1996
02. Skin, Skunk Anansie, 1996
03. Blur, Islington, 1996
04. Spice Girls, 1996

#1996 #coolbritanniamusic #derekridgers #derekridgersphotography #barbicanmusiclibrary

From Britpop battles and Girl Power to rave scene, a new exhibition, @barbicancentre @barbicanmusiclibrary - 1996: 30 Years On, curated by @dominicmohanmedia , revisits the year that changed British pop culture forever.

Derek Ridgers portraits of Keith Flint, Skin, Blur and Spice Girls show us that culture isn’t just created through music - it’s created through image, identity and attitude @derekridgers
Defining an era before SM

01. Keith Flint, Prodigy ‘Firestarter’ video Aldwych Tube Station, 1996
02. Skin, Skunk Anansie, 1996
03. Blur, Islington, 1996
04. Spice Girls, 1996

#1996 #coolbritanniamusic #derekridgers #derekridgersphotography #barbicanmusiclibrary

From Britpop battles and Girl Power to rave scene, a new exhibition, @barbicancentre @barbicanmusiclibrary - 1996: 30 Years On, curated by @dominicmohanmedia , revisits the year that changed British pop culture forever.

Derek Ridgers portraits of Keith Flint, Skin, Blur and Spice Girls show us that culture isn’t just created through music - it’s created through image, identity and attitude @derekridgers
Defining an era before SM

01. Keith Flint, Prodigy ‘Firestarter’ video Aldwych Tube Station, 1996
02. Skin, Skunk Anansie, 1996
03. Blur, Islington, 1996
04. Spice Girls, 1996

#1996 #coolbritanniamusic #derekridgers #derekridgersphotography #barbicanmusiclibrary

From Britpop battles and Girl Power to rave scene, a new exhibition, @barbicancentre @barbicanmusiclibrary - 1996: 30 Years On, curated by @dominicmohanmedia , revisits the year that changed British pop culture forever.

Derek Ridgers portraits of Keith Flint, Skin, Blur and Spice Girls show us that culture isn’t just created through music - it’s created through image, identity and attitude @derekridgers
Defining an era before SM

01. Keith Flint, Prodigy ‘Firestarter’ video Aldwych Tube Station, 1996
02. Skin, Skunk Anansie, 1996
03. Blur, Islington, 1996
04. Spice Girls, 1996

#1996 #coolbritanniamusic #derekridgers #derekridgersphotography #barbicanmusiclibrary

SWEET FACE. DIRTY LIGHT. PERFECT CONTROL.

Nothing is innocent here.
Not the red. Not the gaze. Not the silence.

Derek Ridgers captures more than a moment —
he exposes an attitude.

Fragility dressed as provocation.
Softness holding something darker underneath.

Florence Rose doesn’t perform.
She exists in tension.

And the camera knows it.

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DOUCEUR TROUBLANTE. LUMIÈRE SALE. CONTRÔLE TOTAL.

Rien n’est innocent ici.
Ni le rouge. Ni le regard. Ni le silence.

Derek Ridgers ne capture pas un instant —
il révèle une attitude.

Une fragilité qui flirte avec la provocation.
Une douceur qui cache quelque chose de plus sombre.

Florence Rose ne joue pas.
Elle existe dans la tension.

Et l’objectif le sait.

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#derekidgers #portraitphotography #undergroundculture #redaesthetic #culturalfanzine

© Photo: Derek Ridgers
Model: @florenceros.e
Production: @unravelproductions
Additional: @iammattking

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A CULTURAL DIARY.
PARIS — LONDON — NEW YORK.
NEXT ISSUE SOON.

Millar Wyatt at Tainted Pleasure at the Social Basement on Friday.

@princessmillar_@iammattking@unravelproductions