Ken Pate (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wraps (PB) in very good condition with folds to right corners of front cover and light cover wear.Scarce first edition inscribed by author on title page. . 52 pages with 47 full-page photographic images in black and white. Introduction by Carole Naggar.Pate's only book, but nevertheless a classic of the kids of the Rue de la Roquette in the 11e arrondissement offering a fascinating study of American-influenced Parisian rockers and their unique subculture in the early 70's. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 100 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.23 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Softcover. Condition: VG+. First Edition. Small 4to. Unpaginated (52pp). Printed wraps as issued. Black and white images. Text in French. The first book published by Nori's Contrejour imprint and Pate's only book. Subculture classic of the kids of the Rue de la Roquette in the 11e arrondissement. Brilliant, and very unique images of Parisian rockers in the early 70's, who give an individual spin on an American classic. A beautiful project that deserved wider recognition. Shot by American ex-pat Pate, who decided on his birthday to shoot some work for himself- rather than the ballet work he shot to earn a living. A chance meeting with Nori in the darkroom gave birth to the book, and the beginning of one of the most important publishers of photography in france.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Paris, Contrejour, 1975,Softcover in pictorial wrappers. First Edition. 52 pages with 47 full-page photographic images in black and white. Introduction by Carole Naggar.Pate's only book, butnevertheless a classic of the kids of the Rue de la Roquette in the 11e arrondissement offering a fascinating study of American-influenced Parisian rockers and their unique subculture in the early 70's. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight,clean copywith a tiny abrasion to upper margin of rear cover near spine. Overall a collectible copy of this increasingly hard-to-find publication. In 1975, American photographer Ken Pate was living in Paris, photographing ballet and theater to pay the bills. Then he met three blousons noirs members of a rock n roll and motorcycle-obsessed subculture who agreed to let him photograph them. For several weeks Pate trailed the gang with a camera. The results were collected in Pate's first and only book Roquette Rockers, put out by Paris book and magazine publisher Contrejour. The Rockers in Pate's photographs are decked out in studs and black leather, their hair slicked back as they straddle their motorcycles. Pate's intimate photograph "She said, 1975", reveals a softer side of the blousons noirs. As Naggar writes, "The Rockers want to look tough, but their youth and naiveté shine through.For me his pictures still evoke a sharp pleasure, a feeling that is now mixed with a stab of intense nostalgia".

Paris, Contrejour, 1975, 205x220mm, 52p., broché sous couverture photographique. Texte d'introduction de Carole Naggar et 42 photographies en noir et blanc pleine page. Dans un style qui rappelle Larry Clark et Nan Goldin, Ken Pate pose un regard tendre mais sans affectation sur ces jeune rockers paumés qui avait fait dans les années 70 de la Rue de la Roquette à Paris leur quartier général. Bel exemplaire.(101503).