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FIGURATIVE THEATRE #1 is OUT NOW. Buy HERE

FIGUARTIVE THEATRE #1 is 52 pages of 35mm punk fotos from London-based photographer Simon Marsham. Compiled from photographs taken at punk shows around Europe from 2014-present.

First edition of 100 copies / 52 black+white pages on 150gsm silk paper / offset 2 colour matt print, saddle stitched binding. Comes with a digital C-Type print of one of the 33 images taken from the zine, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive paper and hand-signed in an edition of 3.

"Sweat and fury permeates the pages of Figurative Theatre #1. Simon Marsham’s striking photos share an obtrusive intimacy not unlike that found in the work of Mark Cohen, combined with the compulsion and clout that suffuses Derek Ridgers' photos.

Capturing the timelessness of punk's ceremonies and rituals, Marsham’s stark black and white pictures, shot in a split-second of flash and celluloid (and defying the formal rules of composition), pick up unnatural contrasts and weird fragments of gestures: postures and bodies, all limbs and perspiration. A torrent of frenetic energy radiates from these images." - ISABEL O'TOOLE

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Limp Wrist

Static Shock Weekend, London 2017

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Good Throb

Static Shock Weekend, London 2017

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Lumpy & The Dumpers

Static Shock Weekend, London 2017

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Permission

Static Shock Weekend, London 2017

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Anxiety

Static Shock Weekend, London 2017

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PISS

K-Town, Copenhagen 2017

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Disguise

Berlin 2017

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Rock

London 2017

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BIB

Static Shock Weekend, London 2017

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Dauðyflin

London, 2017

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Vile Spirit

London, 2017

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Efialtis

Static Shock Weekend, London 2017

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Nueva Fuerza

London, 2017

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Orden Mundial

Nothing Nice To Say, Berlin, 2016

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Frau

London, 2015

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Apostille,

Aggs Family Barn Party, Sussex, 2017