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Disco : the Bill Bernstein photographs /[edited by David Hill and Tony Nourmand].

Title
Disco : the Bill Bernstein photographs /[edited by David Hill and Tony Nourmand].
Author
Bernstein, Bill
Publication
London, U.K. : Reel Art Press, 2015.

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Additional Authors
  • Hill, David (Record producer)
  • Nourmand, Tony.
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations; 31 cm
Summary
"Stunning photography by Bill Bernstein. Containing many previously unpublished photographs, Disco takes the viewer on an access-all-areas tour of late-70s New York nightlife. "Who were these people of the night... ? It was the Posers. The Watchers. The Posers watching other Posers watching the Watchers, watching the Dancers, watching themselves." Bernstein's eye was drawn to the characters that lived for the night, rather than the celebrities, the unknown men and women who were transformed by the nightclub haze, and this is one reason his photographs from this time feel so authentic and immersive. As James Hillard writes in his foreword, "These shots capture the very essence of what going out was, is, and should be, all about. They showed the true democracy of the dance floor where anyone could be a star, as long as they had the right attitude and flair ... The pictures in this book are a document of an incredibly exciting and creative time, not only in music, but also in social, political and fashion history too." All the photographs featured were shot by Bernstein from 1978-80. Manhattan was the epicentre of the movement. And Bill Bernstein captured it all."--Publisher's website.
Uniform Title
Works. Selections
Alternative Title
Works.
Subject
  • Bernstein, Bill > Catalogs
  • Portrait photography > New York (State) > New York
  • Night people > New York (State) > New York > Portraits
  • Discotheques > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
  • Disco dancing > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
  • Popular culture > New York (State) > New York
  • African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
  • African American gays > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
  • Disco dancing
  • Discotheques
  • Night people
  • Portrait photography
  • New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
  • Catalogs.
  • Pictorial works.
  • Portraits.
Note
  • Statement of responsibility taken from colophon.
Call Number
*MGS+ (U.S.) 19-2663
ISBN
  • 9781909526228
  • 1909526223
OCLC
908374993
Author
Bernstein, Bill, photographer.
Title
Disco : the Bill Bernstein photographs /[edited by David Hill and Tony Nourmand].
Publisher
London, U.K. : Reel Art Press, 2015.
Edition
First edition
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Hill, David (Record producer)
Nourmand, Tony.
Research Call Number
*MGS+ (U.S.) 19-2663
Sc+ G 18-59
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