Underground Living - Paperback

by V. Vale (Photographer)

As editor of RE/Search, V. Vale has documented the major underground movements of the past century. Along the way he took over 100,000 photos. Here are 75 images of underground living selected from Vale's vast photographic archive. Includes photographs of early Ramones, William S. Burroughs, John Waters, Nick Cave, Jello Biafra, Allen Ginsberg, J.G. Ballard, Andy Warhol, Genesis P-Orridge, Henry Rollins, Lydia Lunch, Kathy Acker, George Kuchar and many more.

Back Jacket

V. Vale has traversed the major global underground movements of the past century (including Beatniks, Hippies, Punk, Industrial, kitsch, retro-styles, surrealism, situationism, queer, incredibly strange films and music, performance art, feminism, zines--and more). Along the way, he documented it all, taking over 100,000 photos. Here, for the first time in book form, are 80 "personal" images of underground living, selected from the depths of Vale's vast photographic archive.