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The Disciples: James Mollison’s Portraits of Music Subcultures

From photographer James Mollison, whom you might remember from his poignant series on where children sleep, comes Disciples (public library) — a visual study of musical subcultures, reminiscent of the Exactitudes project. Between 2004 and 2007, Mollison travelled across Europe and the U.S. with a mobile photography studio, which he parked in front of music concerts, taking individual portraits of fans outside the respective band’s gig. He then composited the portraits into lineups of eight to ten fans, creating a single pseudo-panoramic image. The book gathers sixty-two of these fascinating images, featuring more than 500 individual portraits that capture the spirit and tribalism of comtemporary music culture, from death metal to Lady Gaga.

Madonna
The Cure
Bjork
Oasis
Kiss
Dolly Parton
50 Cent
Puff Daddy
Sex Pistols
Spice Girls
Jennifer Lopez
Casualties
George Michael
Rod Stewart
Manson
Missy Elliot
Morrisey

An entertaining study of pop culture and its subcultural micro-cults, Disciples offers a curious look at one of our era’s most pervasive secular religions and one of the last remaining social unifiers of our time.

via Quipsologies; images courtesy of James Mollison via Laboite Verte


Published October 7, 2011

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