Photographer Jay
Brooks has a personal photography project called ‘Here Come The Teds’. Some of
the pictures were taken in a studio whilst others were taken at a pub. They
fiture first, second and third generation teddy boys dancing and drinking
together. Out of the ones I have shown my favorite pictures are the candid ones
of dancing, I think that they strongly show the friendships between the ted
communities and have an authenticity that you can’t recreate easily. Most of them
have faded stick and poke tattoos which most of them would have done when they
were younger, scratched rings and heavy chains attatched to their suits.
All of these
things put together are what makes me admire the shoot. Even the simple studio
shots are full of character; by looking at the people in them you can see there
past and what life style they live. I think this is exactly what Chris Opels
shoot was missing for me to like it.
My favorite
picture is the fourth with a man on someone’s shoulders. I think the low angle
makes it look like someone’s passed out on the floor and is hazily looking up. The younger persons wrist also has a number of event bands on it and the souls of his shoes are dirty; the expressions on their faces are genuinely happy and I think this is something you can't fake.
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