syd shelton
CROWDS 1977 - 1981
CROWDS 1977 - 1981
No se pudo cargar la disponibilidad de retiro
By Syd Shelton
Published by Café Royal Books, Southport | 2020
Softcover | 36 pages | 14.8 x 21 cm
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1910164941
Condition: Brand New
A visceral and unflinching fragment of British history, Crowds 1977–1981 captures a nation on the brink—through the lens of one of its most politically astute observers. Syd Shelton, co-founder of Rock Against Racism, turns his camera toward the collective: the crowd as resistance, as identity, as theatre of the streets.
His black-and-white photographs don’t just document—they confront. Shouts frozen mid-air, bodies pressed in shared urgency, faces electrified by sound and fury. In an era marked by Thatcherism, youth unrest, and cultural division, Shelton’s imagery becomes a chorus of dissent, stark and immediate.
Published by Café Royal Books in 2020, this edition is both compact and searing—a zine-like artifact that punches above its weight. A must for collectors of punk-era ephemera, social movement archives, and politically charged photography. Crowds is a mirror of revolt and a study in unity—fleeting, defiant, unforgettable.
