Between 1978 and 1987, British photographer Derek Ridgers photographed the faces of London’s serious and stylish youth-culture, from punk, through skinhead boot boys and New Romantic decadence to the birth of acid house.
Babs Soho 1987
Mark Leicester Square 1981
Mark Taboo 85
Martin Billys 1978
New Romantic – Chelsea 1980
78-87 London Youth, by Derek Ridgers is published by Damiani.
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