Every once in a while, when you think some dead body has been picked over as much as possible, something new pops up to surprise & delight. In this case, the dead body: '77-era UK punk; the surprise & delight: the wonderfully cheap & candid photos taken by Simon Barker - member of the legendary Bromley Contingent crowd. His new book
Punk's Dead shows these photos in all of their beauty...
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It took Adam Ant a while to get his thing together. Siouxsie, below, had hers together fairly quickly. |
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Poly Styrene |
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Debbie Juvenile |
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Bertie Berlin & Jordan |
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Siouxsie Sioux |
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