The Others is the new book by Derek Ridgers. Published by IDEA, the book presents one hundred previously unpublished photographs taken in London clubs and parties during many long nights in the 1980s.
The Others was the name Derek gave to a folder on his hard drive – a label for the photographs not published elsewhere. Angela Hill and David Owen of IDEA loved the name and made it the title. Together they edited 650 images in the folder to select the 100 that appear in the book. The individuality and often the vulnerability of the subjects is particularly striking. The Others no longer describes the photographs but the people in the pictures. As Derek says; “The people in this book are less identifiable as part of a clearly defined youth cult. They are not all punks or skinheads or new romantics: these are the others.”
The foreword for The Others was written by Richard Habberley, original Blitz kid and now New York model agent; “The photographs in this book capture the beautiful bedsit elite and the nights they spent at clubs like Le Beat Route, Cha-Cha, Heaven, The Mud Club, and Cafe De Paris.”
“At Taboo, doorman Mark Vaultier would hold up a gilt vanity mirror to the face of anyone who asked why they couldn’t get in and say ‘THAT’S WHY!’ When Steve Strange turned Mick Jagger away at Blitz the line was drawn between the establishment and ‘The Others’.”
BOOK
The Others
by Derek Ridgers
Published by IDEA in an edition of 1000 copies.
Softcover. 124 pages. 24 x 29cm.
£35 / $55 / €50 / ¥6,300
http://www.idea-books.com
