{"product_id":"the-post-punk-years-1987-1990-richard-davis","title":"The Post Punk Years 1987–1990 - Richard Davis","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Post Punk Years 1987–1990 - Richard Davis - \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCafé Royal Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavis was born in Birmingham. He moved from Birmingham to study photography at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University) in 1988. Whilst living in the city, he quickly started documenting life in the inner-city area of Hulme, its huge brutalist inspired concrete Crescents, as well as its many characters that inhabited the flats, many of which were squatters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavis also photographed stars of the Madchester scene as well as taking early portraits of comedians Steve Coogan and Caroline Aherne along with the poet Lemn Sissay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavis also photographed Nirvana live on their first tour of the United Kingdom in 1989, photoghraphs of which were used in the BBC Two documentary film, When Nirvana Came to Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early 1990s Davis teamed up with author Steve Redhead to work on a project called Football With Attitude, his photographs making the links between music, football and fashion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore recently, Davis made a series of portraits of Mancunians under the Mancunian Way, a document of life around Gravelly Hill Interchange, the original spaghetti junction, in Birmingham and a set of photographs capturing life in the coastal resort of Morecambe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e36 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprinted in the UK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003estaple bound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14cm x 20cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout Café Royal Books:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\"Café Royal Books is the idea of Craig Atkinson, an artist and lecturer. Our first title was published in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eCraig wanted to create a way to make artwork accessible to a wider audience. The solution needed to be small, functional, open to collaboration, affordable, and work independently of galleries. These ideas remain at the heart of what we do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWe’re a small family-run publisher based in England, next to the woodland, dunes, and windswept beaches of the North West coast — we’re always inspired by the vastness, calm and energy of this environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWe make weekly publications, focussing on documentary photography linked to Britain and Ireland, printed and bound locally by a small 170 year old printing company. Libraries and museums around the world collect the books, so the work will remain preserved and accessible for many years. Our books don’t need batteries, or screens. We hope they will be used, create conversation and be passed down through family generations.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eExplore other titles from the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/unitom.info\/collections\/cafe-royal-books\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/unitom.info\/collections\/cafe-royal-books\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCafé Royal Books\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ecollection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Café Royal Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40044875219031,"sku":"","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2009\/7115\/files\/Cafe_Royal_Books_Post_Punk_Years_1987_1990_1_f07994f6-60d1-49e7-9f97-ecd91f3fb4dc.jpg?v=1787065137","url":"https:\/\/unitom.info\/products\/the-post-punk-years-1987-1990-richard-davis","provider":"UNITOM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}