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Born in 1921, Karl Heinz Weinberger had been a swiss factory worker for over thirty years. In his free time, he started taking pictures of a bunch of post-war teenagers dissatisfied with the conservative, conformist climate of the times, who made their own clothes and jewelry, wore motorcycle jackets, and oversize belt-buckles with images of American celebrities like Marlon Brando, James Dean and Elvis Presley.
Rebel Youth, published by Rizzoli, will be the Weinberger's first monograph, and a fantastic document of Swiss rebel youth in the sixties. |
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Love her snarky self assurance. |
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Looks like just another high school party at my house when
my parents were out of town... |
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This pic looks like it could be taken today...
I always want to be sprayed in mid daylight.
Every HOUR, on the HOUR... |
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The woman on the right is in everyone's high school... |
(Now you know where Lemmy got his look.)
Karl Heinz Weinberger passed away in 2006.
Photo's courtesy of Rizzoli and W Magazine.
1 comment:
I love this post. The photographs have such a gritty appeal, but they also look staged "okay, you stand there and you move over here, okay put your right leg forward..." But they are wonderful!
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