I started out, in the mid-'70s, taking photographs of rock bands that I liked but not because I really wanted to photograph them. Initially, I was pretending to be a photographer, simply so that I could go up to the front of the crowd and be a bit closer to the bands. But, I found I was gradually developing an interest in the photos I took.
Only a very small proportion of us take those excesses with us into later life. In the age before everyone had a camera, it was worthwhile, in my opi… - Derek Ridgers
Only a very small proportion of us take those excesses with us into later life. In the age before everyone had a camera, it was worthwhile, in my opi…
- Derek Ridgers
I went from being an underpaid ad man to quite a successful photographer in a very short time. Success breeds confidence and as soon as I got properl… - Derek Ridgers
I went from being an underpaid ad man to quite a successful photographer in a very short time. Success breeds confidence and as soon as I got properl…
It's more about subtracting every single buck from the tourists that still flock there. Gentrification and the need for developers to maximize their … - Derek Ridgers
It's more about subtracting every single buck from the tourists that still flock there. Gentrification and the need for developers to maximize their …
When I was starting, I was very much influenced by the straight up, eyes to camera style of August Sander. He is really the only one. Had I known the… - Derek Ridgers
When I was starting, I was very much influenced by the straight up, eyes to camera style of August Sander. He is really the only one. Had I known the…
The big downside to the global village that the Internet has created is that nothing has time to grow out of the public gaze and, even more dangerous… - Derek Ridgers
The big downside to the global village that the Internet has created is that nothing has time to grow out of the public gaze and, even more dangerous…
Many nightclubs from this era were very loud and very dark. Plus some of the best ones were incredibly crowded. To begin with, I could seldom get bac… - Derek Ridgers
Many nightclubs from this era were very loud and very dark. Plus some of the best ones were incredibly crowded. To begin with, I could seldom get bac…
In the age of social media, you have the selfie and some people - not always young people - seem obsessed with showing the world what their face look… - Derek Ridgers
In the age of social media, you have the selfie and some people - not always young people - seem obsessed with showing the world what their face look…
Things are very different now because a lot of those little clubs don't exist. In Soho for instance, where nearly half my nightlife photographs were … - Derek Ridgers
Things are very different now because a lot of those little clubs don't exist. In Soho for instance, where nearly half my nightlife photographs were …
To me, the counterculture was always what I grew up with the hippies in the late '60s. But, however you define it, it's really the excesses of youth … - Derek Ridgers
To me, the counterculture was always what I grew up with the hippies in the late '60s. But, however you define it, it's really the excesses of youth …
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