Lost in Music: The Unseen Chronicles of Club Culture

London’s club scene is a thriving attraction and club culture spreads through London’s underground and beyond. It’s not often that artistic tribute is paid to this rambunctious scene, but in a new photography exhibition aptly entitled Lost in Music, theprintspace and PYMCA are doing just that.

© Dean Chalkley

The exhibition was launched in London’s Village Underground on the 4th of December and is continuing at theprintspace gallery until the 17th of February 2016.

© Gavin Mills

The launch night featured DJs and Photographers Dean Chalkley, Simon Kurrage, Gavin Mills, Nancy Noise, Shea Burke and Danny Rampling, with guest performances by Shovell – The Drum Warrior.

© Clare Muller

Club culture is the gate-crasher to the party of arts appreciation. The Lost in Music exhibition is a documentation of club culture and its history. It features over thirty years’ worth of photographs showcasing the highlights of club life, in all its hedonistic, wild, eccentric, take-no-prisoners rock ‘n’ roll glory.

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At the exhibition, one can stumble across anything – from spontaneous snaps of table dancers at a party in Ibiza to memorable pictures of the last sunset of the 20th century, as concertgoers welcome the 21st.

© David Swindells/PYMCA

The project is the brainchild of the PYMCA (Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive) and theprintspace, directed by Grant Fleming and coordinated by Andrew Baird.

© Tristan O’Neill/PYMCA

It features the work of over twenty photographers, including Jocelyn Bain HoggBrian CannonDean ChalkleyElaine ConstantineKevin CumminsSuzy Del CampoGrant FlemingChris FloydMartyn GoodacreTom HunterGavin MillsNormskiDerek RidgersDave SwindellsDavid TitlowDougie WallacePeter J Walsh, and duo Wot Do You Call It.

© Adam Friedman/PYMCA

Each of these photographers boasts a long career photographing the music scene, and from now until February their iconic photographs can be viewed in one exhibition.

© Gavin Mills
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