Beezer – Until Now
A Life in Photos
Volume 1: 1982-1986
PC Press are very proud to announce a three-part photography book series Until Now by the legendary Bristol and Tokyo based photographer Beezer.
The series will present an unparalleled 40 year archive of the artist’s photographs of Bristol, London, New York and Tokyo’s underground music and graffiti scene and youth culture over the past four decades.
Beezer’s work has been previously featured in some of the most prominent newspapers and music publications including NME, VICE, NPR, The Observer, The Guardian and more. His images have also been featured in BBC and Dazed television documentaries on the Bristol music scene, James Lavelle and Banksy.
During his extensive career, Beezer has photographed some of the most iconic names in music, fashion and more including Vivienne Westwood, Tricky, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, George Clinton, Futura and more.
His work has been shown around the world in exhibitions including Beyond the Streets at Saatchi Gallery, The Vanguard exhibition at Bristol M Shed Museum, The Streets of Beezer at The Mount Without, Diesel Gallery, Tower Records, HMV Tokyo and Bristol Museum.
The outlandish fashions and subcultures of the time feature prominently across this photographic time capsule capturing the soul and spirit of this joyful yet anarchic era while bringing together some of Beezer’s most iconic early images across Glastonbury, Notting Hill Carnival, Womad and more.
This evocative monograph presents a powerful portrait of the early 1980s Britain through the prism of countercultural movements and communities that came to shape the cultural and political landscape of the country.
The first volume of the series is a richly illustrated archive of images from Beezer’s early days, charting the rise of Bristol’s explosive music scene, club nights, street art and prominent musical, countercultural and political forces and of the time including Gil Scot Heron, Robert Del Naja (Massive Attack), Pulp, Ari Up, Nurat Fateh Ali Khan, The Wild Bunch, Fearless Four, Neil Kinnock and key music and cultural figures such as Ari Up (The Slits), Mark Stewart (The Pop Group and Mark Stewart and the Maffia), Adrian Sherwood, Andi Oliver, Miquita Oliver, Keith Allen, and many more.
Beezer captures the social and cultural dynamism of Bristol through his images of political protests and the city itself with community and celebrated club scene in its core.
Book Alpha/One
- Introduction by Beezer
- Chapter One – Glastonbury 1983 – 1986
- Chapter Two – St Pauls Festival
- Chapter Three – Ari Up
- Chapter 4 – Music section – including Poison Girls, Wild Bunch, Play Dead, Blue Aeroplanes, Half Man Half Biscuit, Cameo, Eek A Mouse, Head, Jonah and The Whale, Brilliant Corners, Restriction, Amazulu and Small Axe Sound System.
- Chapter 5 – Social Documentary – Bristol Clubs and nightlife, Anti Racism Protests, FilmMakers against censorship, Class War, Break Dancers, Tony Benn, Housing Poverty, Fashion Shows, Bouncers, Hulme Housing and Graffiti.
- Chapter 6 – Travel – Barcelona, Morocco and Egypt.
Book Beta/Two
- Introduction by Beezer:
- Chapter One – Friends and Faces
- Chapter Two – GIl Scott Heron
- Chapter Three – Pulp
- Chapter Four – Notting Hill Carnival
- Chapter Five – Womad Festival
- Chapter Seven – Mark Stewart – The Pop Group and the Maffia
- Chapter Six – City and Rovers Managers – Terry Cooper and Bobby Gould
- Chapter Eight – Social Documentary Two – Male Strippers, Teddy Boys, Aspiring Actors, Neil Kinnock, Trans club goers, Miquitta Oliver, Greenway Boys School, Bristol Housing.
- Chapter Nine – 3D Graffiti.
- Chapter Eleven – Ashton Court Festival
- Chapter Ten – DJ Derek
The first volume will be followed by Volume II showcasing Beezer’s London and New York years and final volume chronicling his work and life in Tokyo from 2005 until now.
Each of the books will be launched with a series of accompanying exhibitions and events.
The book is available to purchase as a standard edition or as a limited special edition of 50 which will be accompanied by a dubplate containing 4 tracks by Bristol’s Dub Specialists ‘Dubkasm’.
A second limited edition of a further 50 with two dub tracks from Alpha, one with Horace Andy and one of their recent tracks.
A further limited edition of 50 and by Bristol producers ‘New Brand’, and a further 50 with Rob Smith and his remix of a Statik sound system classic Revolutionary Pilot track and another jungle track.
Other special editions will be announced soon with prints and postcard sets.
Bristol Street Artis Inkie is producing a limited edition version of his interpretation of an Ari Up image from the book.
Exciting details about this soon.
BEEZER Until Now: Volume I: A Life in Photos 1982-1986
£25.00 – £100.00
PC Press are very proud to announce a three part photography book series Until Now by the legendary Bristol and Tokyo based photographer Beezer. The series will present an unparalleled 40 year archive of the artist’s photographs of Bristol, London, New York and Tokyo’s underground music and graffiti scene and youth culture over the past four decades. In collaboration with PC Press, Beezer is now publishing his entire photographic archive in full for the first time with the first volume Until Now: A Life in Photos: Volume I: 1982 – 1986: Book Alpha and Beta 2 connected volumes which will…