Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Time passes and society and places change, yet we often don't notice or overlook the visual clues we see everyday.
But, by always carrying a camera and recording those daily encounters, Johnny Stiletto managed to capture a very personal view of life on the streets of London in the 1980s.
Now there's a new collection of his work, a book entitled Vintage 80s which brings together about 160 street shots.
Johnny Stiletto: "Fag in the right hand, mac in the left, blonde in the middle."
His pictures incorporate lots of text - in posters, newspaper headlines and so on - which help with the narrative. But, he said, this wasn't intentional.
"If you're shooting a very intense photographic diary over a long period this tends to open up shots you wouldn't normally take, but then once you start going for text you realise it's a very punchy, interesting, under worked source of material.
"A good way of recording social and historical milestones and the emotions of the time."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-14851225
http://www.aliasjohnnystiletto.com/
Definitely an interesting approach to candid street photography...
But, by always carrying a camera and recording those daily encounters, Johnny Stiletto managed to capture a very personal view of life on the streets of London in the 1980s.
Now there's a new collection of his work, a book entitled Vintage 80s which brings together about 160 street shots.
Johnny Stiletto: "Fag in the right hand, mac in the left, blonde in the middle."
His pictures incorporate lots of text - in posters, newspaper headlines and so on - which help with the narrative. But, he said, this wasn't intentional.
"If you're shooting a very intense photographic diary over a long period this tends to open up shots you wouldn't normally take, but then once you start going for text you realise it's a very punchy, interesting, under worked source of material.
"A good way of recording social and historical milestones and the emotions of the time."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-14851225
http://www.aliasjohnnystiletto.com/
Definitely an interesting approach to candid street photography...
