Last night, the Museum of Youth Culture celebrated the opening of their latest exhibitionThe Batcave, named after the infamous Soho nightclub and birthplace of London’s goth scene. Though The Batcave was only open for three years it wasn’t quickly forgotten, captured through the lens of London-born photographer Derek Ridgers, who (thankfully) was on hand to document it.
Now in his early seventies, Ridgers’ fifty-year body of work has become instrumental in piecing together England’s rich history of subcultures. From photographing the early days of the punk movement, to snapping the likes of Nick Cave and Siouxsie Sioux at The Batcave; it is to Derek Ridgers that we owe a large part of our 1980s style tribe knowledge.
