Skins
Gavin Watson
$60.78
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2023
Summary
Skins by Gavin Watson is arguably the single most important record of ‘70s skinhead culture in Britain. Rightly celebrated as a true classic of photobook publishing, the book is now reissued in a high-quality new edition under close supervision from the photographer.
The scores of black and white shots offer a fascinating glimpse into a skinhead community that was multi-cultural, tightly knit and, above all else, fiercely proud of its look. These are classic photographs of historical …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788842167 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788842162 |
| Author: | Gavin Watson |
| Publisher: | ACC Art Books |
| Imprint: | ACC Art Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 778g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 210mm x 260mm |
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Critics Review
“Skins by Gavin Watson has been argued as being ‘the single most important record’ of 1970s skinhead culture in Britain, who have possibly been one of the most reviled yet misunderstood of the nation’s youth subcultures.” - Daily Mail
Interview with Gavin Watson: “This book is a remarkable document of a group of kids…working class boys and girls growing up out in the suburbs—with a style, and a music, and a look, and an anger and a joy to call their own—It’s called Skins and it’s the photography of Gavin Watson” - BBC Robert Elms Radio Show
“Gavin Watson documented his friends as they came of age at the heart of a misunderstood community.” - i-D
“Gavin Watson’s cult documentary photo book Skins chronicles the radical and inclusive spirit which originally animated the emerging skinhead culture of 70s Britain.” - Dazed
“Watson’s work is especially important for a number of reasons: it is, first of all, one look at the scene from inside, and therefore for sure documentary interest; also, looking at his clicks, you can examine the evolution of interests of the crew, from the punk and skinhead era up to the years of raves. ” [Google translate from Italian] - Garageland
Gavin Watson
Gavin Watson was born in London in 1965 and grew up on a council estate in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He bought a Hanimex camera from Woolworths in his early teens and began to take photographs. Upon leaving school at the age of 16, Watson moved back to London and became a darkroom assistant at Camera Press. He continued to photograph his younger brother Neville and their group of skinhead friends in High Wycombe.
The ‘Wycombe Skins’ were part of the working-class skinhead subculture brought together by a love of ska music and fashion. Although skinhead style had become associated with the right-wing extremism of political groups like the National Front in the 1970s, Watson’s photographs document a time and place where the subculture was racially mixed and inclusive. Director Shane Meadows has cited Watson’s photographs as an inspiration for his film This is England (2006).
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