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Gallery: Skinheads

published on 6 October 2016

Skinheads is a term describing members of a British youth cult. A reaction to the Hippy culture of the sixties and seventies, and strongly influenced by Mods and Jamaican rude boy culture, the skinhead movement itself was started in the mid-sixties by working-class youths in England. Nick Knight immersing himself in skinhead culture and documenting the honest emotions of the youth culture. Strongly attracted to the fashion, music and daily lives of the skinhead youth of the early eighties, he was able to create a genuine portrait of the movement. The images Knight took were published as a book in 1982, and this project helped launch his career as a professional photographer. For this exhibition, Skinheads was exhibited in print for the first time.

Skinheads is a term describing members of a British youth cult. A reaction to the Hippy culture of the sixties and seventies, and strongly influenced by Mods and Jamaican rude boy culture, the skinhead movement itself was started in the mid-sixties by working-class youths in England. Nick Knight immersing himself in skinhead culture and documenting the honest emotions of the youth culture. Strongly attracted to the fashion, music and daily lives of the skinhead youth of the early eighties, he was able to create a genuine portrait of the movement. The images Knight took were published as a book in 1982, and this project helped launch his career as a professional photographer. For this exhibition, Skinheads was exhibited in print for the first time.

Nick Knight, 'Dougie', hand-coated pigment print, (89.56 x 59.84 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Mike "Raven": White at Louie's', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 24.08 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Dougie and Brenda', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 23.97 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'A Twelve Year Old Skinhead', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 24.05 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Mad John's Bottom Lip', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 24.29 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Nicky Crane Goulston Street', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 25.47 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Nicky Crane and friend, Goulston Street', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 25.59 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Skin Heading', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 24.17 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Nicky Crane Kicking', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 24.17 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Crazy Paul', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 24.09 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Sunday Mod Bashing in Bethnal Green', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 79.76 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Brick Lane', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 34.05 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Acklam Hall I', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 25.31 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Acklam Hall II', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 25.39 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Acklam Hall III', hand-coated pigment print, (34.05 x 25.31 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
Nick Knight, 'Hammersmith Palais', hand-coated pigment print, (84.48 x 60 inches), 1979-1980, printed 2016
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