Wayne Large’s throwback portraits of the UK’s first punks

Wayne Large’s throwback portraits of the UK’s first punks

Punks 1978-1980 — While working as a photographer in the army, Wayne “Spike” Large would moonlight as a punk on the weekends. His new photobook revisits the characters that he captured from the genre’s heyday. By the mid 1970s, the UK was facing economic hardship. High inflation, widespread industrial action and unemployment saw disaffection among the population, and particularly the country’s working classes. While the Queen’s Jubilee loomed on…