Ted Polhemus

For more than thirty years Ted Polhemus has explored and celebrated the extraordinary ways that popular culture opens a window onto a broader understanding of the world we live in. Never judgemental, never the 'style guru' some have erroneously labelled him, he scrupulously avoids distinguishing between the good, the bad and the ugly - while always thrilled by the creativity of all those 'real people' who, decade after decade, have given constant impetus to music, style, design, dance and so many of the things which made and make our age that unique period in human history when Culture went pop! and became truly democratic.

Some of Ted Polhemus' books include:

- BOOM!- A Baby Boomer Memoir, 1947-2022 - 2nd edition For better or worse the demographic blip of the baby boom generation has shaped the 2nd half of the 20th century and continues to do so in the 21st century. BOOM! is a social history explored through film, TV, streetstyle, design, architecture, fashion and other aspects of popular culture. Available in print and Kindle - with 55 colour and B&W photos in the new 2nd edition of BOOM!

- FASHION & ANTI-FASHION : Exploring adornment and dress from an anthropological perspective [in print and Kindle from Amazon]- a classic, seminal work updated for the 21st century

- BODYSTYLES: BEAUTY - ADORNMENT - MODESTY - EROTICISM - STYLE & FASHION

You upload your brain into a super computer. Are you still you? Anthropologist Ted Polhemus suggests not - meaning, communication and identity derive from the dynamic interface of mind and body. To be is to be incorporated.

- THE DECORATED APE - STREET STYLE PHOTOS AND TEXT - A SERIES OF 4 BOOKS & EBOOKS - Punks, Rockers, Ravers, Goths, Teddy Boys, New Romantics, Head Bangers, New Psychedelics, Rockabillies, Skinheads . . . between the late '70s and the end of the 20th century Ted Polhemus photographed them all. And more - never before in human history have we had such freedom to dress and decorate ourselves in whatever style we want.

Born in Neptune, New Jersey in 1947,living in the UK since 1970 Ted Polhemus has experienced first hand all the key lifestyle developments of his age - Mod, Jazz, Beat, Hippy, Glam Rock, Punk, New Romantics, Goth, Fetish . . . He currently lives in Hastings, England.

Work in progress: cleaning the kitchen