Book

Perkins, Lucian.

Hard art : DC 1979 / photography, Lucian Perkins ; narrative, Alec MacKaye ; essay, Henry Rollins ; editor, Lely Constantinople ; project manager, Jayne McLellan.

New York, N.Y. : Akashic Books, ©2013.

94 pages : chielfy illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm

In 1979, a soon-to-erupt punk scene took hold in Washington, DC, with bands like the Bad Brains, Trenchmouth, Teen Idles, the Untouchables, and the Slickee Boys, among others, at the forefront. Lucian Perkins, later a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for the Washington Post, was then an intern who photographed several pivotal shows over a short period of time. His now iconic photos of these shows are complemented by punk rock musician Alec MacKaye's narrative that runs throughout the book and an essay by Henry Rollins. Hard Art, DC 1979 is both a book and a traveling exhibition of photographs by Lucian Perkins.

Punk rock music -- Washington (D.C.) -- Pictorial works.

Punk rock musicians -- Washington (D.C.) -- Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

MacKaye, Alec.

Constantinople, Lely.

DC 1979

In the basement / Lely Constantinople -- Doc spaces / Jayme McLellan -- Four shows. Valley Green housing complex, 3920 Wheeler Road, SE, September 9, 1979 ; Hard Art Gallery, 1407 15th Street, NW, September 15, 1979 ; Madams Organ Artist's Cooperative 1, 2318 18th Street, NW, November 11, 1979 ; Madams Organ Artist's Cooperative 2, 2318 18th Street, NW, January 25/26, 1980 -- The Teen Idles : essay / by Henry Rollins.

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2012954413

9781617751677

1617751677

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