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Billy Monk

Billy Monk

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Billy Monk worked as a bouncer in the notorious Catacombs club in the dock area of Cape Town,South Africa, during the 1960s. He originally began taking pictures in the club with the intention ofselling the photographs to the customers ¿ the people he was photographing. His aim was not tomake a social statement, but his money-making scheme quickly turned into something else as heincreasingly captured the raw energy of the club, its decadence and tragedy, its humanity and joy.As someone who shared the experiences of those club-goers he was trusted by them and was ableto convey their world and their experience with great energy and honesty.As Da… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Sampson, Lin / Goldblatt, David / de Villiers, Jac (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-907893-18-6
  • EAN: 9781907893186
  • Produktnummer: 12695209
  • Verlag: Dewi Lewis Publishing
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 96 S.
  • Masse: H28.7 cm x B24.8 cm x D1.6 cm 860 g
  • Abbildungen: chiefly Illustrations
  • Gewicht: 860
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Billy Monk was born in 1937, and worked as a nightclub bouncer for Les Catacombs Club in Cape Town in the late 1960s when he was around 30 years of age. He later moved to the West Coast and lived in Port Nolloth periodically until his death in 1982. His estate is represented by The Stevenson Gallery in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa.

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