
Skipping to Armageddon
Photographs of Current 93 and Friends
Ruth Bayer(Author)
Strange Attractor Press
Published on 23. April 2019
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-907222-45-0 (ISBN)
Description
More than 100 iconic photographs of key players in the English musical post-punk underground, taken by Ruth Bayer."Like much of the music made by the artists who entrusted her to reflect their mercurial spirits, Bayer's pictures are magic."
-from the introduction by Michel FaberThis book brings together, for the first time, the music photography of Ruth Bayer, who has documented key players in the English musical post-punk underground since the mid 1980s. With unprecedented access and intimacy, Ruth has photographed luminaries and legends including Marc Almond, Little Annie, John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Cyclobe, Shirley Collins, Baby Dee, Norbert Kox, Tony (TS) McPhee, Steven Stapleton, David Tibet, Tiny Tim, and many others, in a career spanning three decades. Skipping To Armageddon offers a unique collection, featuring more than 100 timeless and iconic images of some of the most influential, eccentric and sometimes controversial musicians of their times.
-from the introduction by Michel FaberThis book brings together, for the first time, the music photography of Ruth Bayer, who has documented key players in the English musical post-punk underground since the mid 1980s. With unprecedented access and intimacy, Ruth has photographed luminaries and legends including Marc Almond, Little Annie, John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Cyclobe, Shirley Collins, Baby Dee, Norbert Kox, Tony (TS) McPhee, Steven Stapleton, David Tibet, Tiny Tim, and many others, in a career spanning three decades. Skipping To Armageddon offers a unique collection, featuring more than 100 timeless and iconic images of some of the most influential, eccentric and sometimes controversial musicians of their times.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
120 color illus.; 240 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-907222-45-0 (9781907222450)
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