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Roquette Rockers

By Ken Pate, Éditions Contrejour, Paris, 1975, unpaginated (52 pages), 22 x 20.5 cm. First edition. Condition: Good (signs of wear).

300€

Very nice book taking for subject the Parisian rockers of the rue de la Roquette and the Bastille district (Paris 11th arrondissement). Ken Pate published 42 black and white photographs of the day and night daily life of what were then called the “thugs”. Beer, rock-and-roll, motorcycles, studded black leathers, banana haircuts, brawls, pinball machines, Pate’s book uncompromisingly sums up the whole universe of the Parisian thug of the 70s. A classic among photography books.