“I've got a mink from Paris,
A ring from Rome,
A whole new wardrobe in my home;
A tune from Teddy,
An Ashworth snap -
These are the landmarks on my map.
I've got just what I always wanted”
- Mari Wilson
As featured in today's Guardian, there's a faboo exhibition of 80s photography by the legendary Peter Ashworth, snapper to the stars, on in London at the moment.
Every one of these photos is iconic - literally a "snapshot" of an important era in my life.
I must go!
Mavericks - a photographic show by Peter Ashworth is on at the Lever Gallery in Goswell Road, Clerkenwell, and has been extended to 20th December 1018 by popular demand.
believe it or don't, the only photo I recognized is annie lennox. shows ya what I know (nothing)!
ReplyDeleteWhat? Not even Tina Turner? Or (the former) Johnny Rotten, aka John Lydon? As for (at least some of) the others, maybe you'd know their music rather than their faces... Jx
DeleteI know it's mainly a sign of getting old, but I truly believe the art and the music and the styles of the 80s were just more interesting and bold and amusing than now. These darn kids today....
ReplyDeleteThese darn kids, indeed - one half is desperate to be "urban" and "ghetto", and the other half adores whiny singer-songwriters. There is no style nor glamour in pop anymore. Jx
DeleteI think the phrase is "If it weren't for those pesky kids"
ReplyDeleteHope that helps and yes I agree with mrpeenee.
"Scooby-Dooby-Doo!" (Or was it "Rooby-Rooby-Roo!"?)... Jx
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