The man who photographed Britain's youth tribes

Photographer Derek Ridgers' book, 78-87: London Youth, captures some of the capital’s most vibrant subcultures. Theo Merz meets him

“I’ve always been the kind of photographer who’s on the outside, looking in,” he tells me as we sit in a London cafe flicking through 78-87: London Youth, a collection of his work which will be published this week. “It’s a historical document. I’m not going to make any big claims about the time - I recorded how they lived and how they dressed and maybe I lived a little bit vicariously through it.”

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