Name: While You Were Sleeping 1998-2000
Brand: Ewen Spencer

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

9788862087698signed

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Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format Books US

Hardback

Format detail

UK Import.

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Limited edition

Release date

2022-06-03

Signed copies

Signed copies: Yes

Supplier US

RTUK

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Sales:8.875

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9788862087698

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1 / Extended format: Yes / Hardback / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: Yes

Artist

Ewen Spencer

Genre US

Art & Photography

Label US

Thames and Hudson

An up-close portrayal of late-'90s London's many music scenes, from the pages of Sleazenation and beyond.

In the late 1990s, as a graduate from art school, the British photographer Ewen Spencer began making pictures for Sleazenation, in particular for the infamous listing pages at the rear of the magazine that were called Savoir Vivre. The images were made in both black and white and color, and were immensely candid and full of characters that seemed to be everywhere at that time.

London was at the epicenter of a cultural boom in this period. Small clubs, parties and discos were plentiful in venues from North to South, and Spencer was in a minicab and night bus taking in all the scenes--from Northern Soul, Acid House, Jungle and Garage to Nu Metal, South London blackout clubs and more. Spencer captures an era filled with love, lust and messy authenticity.

Ewen Spencer (born 1971) graduated from the University of Brighton in 1997 and began shooting for style magazines such as Sleazenation and The Face, with an emphasis on youth culture. In 2004 his series Teenagers was shortlisted for the Project Assistance award at Rencontres D'Arles, curated that year by Martin Parr, who tipped Spencer as "one to watch." In 2013 he began self-publishing a biannual photo-zine, Guapamente focusing on global youth subcultures. Spencer has also made documentaries on Britain's Garage and Grime scenes. His monograph Young Love was published by Stanley Barker in 2017.

While You Were Sleeping 1998-2000

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