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Crowd Pleaser 1A

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November 2011

WHERE WERE YOU!

A Photographic Journey Through Five Decades Of Dublin
Youth Culture - Street Style - Teen Life

WHERE WERE YOU is a visual social document of young Dublin. The book is a photographic journey through five decades of the city's youth cultures, street styles and teenage life, from the... early 1950s to the end of the 1990s.

All the material was sourced over four years or more of constant advertising to the general public through posters and flyers, and also from photographers, newspapers and books.

The book’s content will take in all the obvious youth culture groups like, Punks, Teddy Boys, Skinheads, Hippies, Mods, Rockers, Goths, Bikers etc. It will also include the lesser known, but equally important groups like B-Boys, Skateboarders, Soul Boys, New Romantics, Psychobillies etc.

The book will also feature the Bootboy gangs of the 1970s, and the Urban Cowboy culture of the 1980s and 1990s, and all the off-shoots and variations of all the above named groups. It will also include photographs of people who may not have belonged to any of those groups, so as to show another side to young life in the city.

The book is set over four chapters, the 50s and 60s being the first chapter, the 70s the second, the 80s the third and the 90s the fourth. Each chapter will also include a collection of memorabilia, made up from newspaper and magazine articles, ticket studs, club flyers, ads, membership cards etc.

The material sourced for the project covered roughly the 14 to 23 year old age groups. The photographs range from individual or crowd shots, taken at or outside gigs, clubs, discos, pubs etc, to scenes shot in streets, houses and parks.