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

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

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

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

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

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

My parents, though very loving, were not what one would ever describe as outgoing and therefore when I was young I was quite shy and socially awkward…

- 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…

- Derek Ridgers

Nowadays everyone has a camera and the Internet means everything is instantly accessible. Unlike some photographers, I don't see this as a problem. I…

- Derek Ridgers