Urban Dirt Bikers by Spencer Murphy
A new culture of young, inner city bikers has grown up over the past years in the UK. Young men and women have taken to the streets on dirt bikes, quads and all manner of motorbikes to perform stunts. Often hidden in the mazes of industrial estates, where they won't draw too much attention from the public or police, riders gather on weekends and perform tricks up and down a strip of tarmac. Photographer Spencer Murphy, who is continually interested in people who exist on the fringes of law and society, spent two years documenting these gangs of riders and quad bikes.Spencer grew up in the Kentish countryside, having been born in 1978. Spencer grew up in relative isolation, miles from the nearest shop or school, with only his imagination for company and the nearby woods as his playground. Around the age of 11, this creativity, combined with an early discovery of his mother's back issues of Life and National Geographic, spurred an early interest in photography. His parents purchased him his first camera as a result, and photography rapidly became a creative outlet for him. Spencer now lives and works in London, where he divides his time between making original artwork and accepting photography contracts.
He's written for The Guardian Weekend, The Telegraph Magazine, Time, Monocle, and Wallpaper, among others. His portraits have also appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine, GQ, and Dazed and Confused, among other magazines. He has shown in Europe and North America, and in 2008, he was designated one of the Hyeres Festival's emerging photographers. From 2006 and 2013, he was featured in the National Portrait Gallery's Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize exhibition seven times, and in 2013 he was named the overall winner.
His work is currently part of the National Portrait Gallery's Permanent Collection.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910566213 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910566217 |
| Title | Urban Dirt Bikers |
| Author | Spencer Murphy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hoxton Mini Press |
| Year published | 2017-05-11 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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