Punk Photo Show - Picture My Face
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PICTURE MY FACE
Ralph Alfonso Punk Photo Show
Sunday Nov 15, 3-8pm
Camp Cataract
4317 Queen St, Niagara Falls
FREE ADMISSION
Celebrating 50 years of punk with classic images from the 1976-1979 punk explosion.
After a very successful June event, Camp Cataract is proud to welcome the return of the punk photography exhibition by Ralph Alfonso, featuring his incredible documentation of the 1976-1979 punk explosion (and more). Free admission and all images are very affordably priced (from $20-$40).
In addition to managing The Diodes and the Crash'n'Burn Club (Canada's first punk club, built by and run by the bands); Ralph was an important writer/photographer; covering the nascent scenes in New York, Toronto and the UK, for publications like Cheap Thrills (Toronto), New York Rocker and BOMP! (USA), Shades (Toronto) and others.
His trove of photographs includes Iggy, Patti Smith, Diodes, Ramones, The Damned, The Runaways, Bif Naked, Talking Heads, Dead Boys, Richard Hell, Stranglers, Mo-Dettes, The Curse, Teenage Head, Wendy O. Williams, Diodes, Viletones, Barracudas, The Jam, Clash, B-Girls, The Nerves, Chelsea, and many more.
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"Old school 76-77 punk is having a moment. It was 50 years ago that Punk magazine serendipitously gave this music a moniker and The Ramones spread the gospel worldwide, as hundreds of bands formed after every one of their concerts.
Anyway, all this to say, I was actually there and I took some photos and wrote about it, ran a club (Crash'n'Burn), managed a band (The Diodes), pissed off a major label, and then it was all over and I disappeared into the music industry labyrinth, all my negatives sitting in a box for eons, only to be rediscovered a few years ago and I'm still finding amazing images I didn't realize I had.
I am super happy to be coming back to the Falls at the legendary Camp Cataract where punk and pizza are still rockin!"
Ralph Alfonso Punk Photo Show
Sunday Nov 15, 3-8pm
Camp Cataract
4317 Queen St, Niagara Falls
FREE ADMISSION
Celebrating 50 years of punk with classic images from the 1976-1979 punk explosion.
After a very successful June event, Camp Cataract is proud to welcome the return of the punk photography exhibition by Ralph Alfonso, featuring his incredible documentation of the 1976-1979 punk explosion (and more). Free admission and all images are very affordably priced (from $20-$40).
In addition to managing The Diodes and the Crash'n'Burn Club (Canada's first punk club, built by and run by the bands); Ralph was an important writer/photographer; covering the nascent scenes in New York, Toronto and the UK, for publications like Cheap Thrills (Toronto), New York Rocker and BOMP! (USA), Shades (Toronto) and others.
His trove of photographs includes Iggy, Patti Smith, Diodes, Ramones, The Damned, The Runaways, Bif Naked, Talking Heads, Dead Boys, Richard Hell, Stranglers, Mo-Dettes, The Curse, Teenage Head, Wendy O. Williams, Diodes, Viletones, Barracudas, The Jam, Clash, B-Girls, The Nerves, Chelsea, and many more.
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"Old school 76-77 punk is having a moment. It was 50 years ago that Punk magazine serendipitously gave this music a moniker and The Ramones spread the gospel worldwide, as hundreds of bands formed after every one of their concerts.
Anyway, all this to say, I was actually there and I took some photos and wrote about it, ran a club (Crash'n'Burn), managed a band (The Diodes), pissed off a major label, and then it was all over and I disappeared into the music industry labyrinth, all my negatives sitting in a box for eons, only to be rediscovered a few years ago and I'm still finding amazing images I didn't realize I had.
I am super happy to be coming back to the Falls at the legendary Camp Cataract where punk and pizza are still rockin!"
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Where is it happening?
Camp Cataract, 4317 Queen St, Niagara Falls, ON L2E 2K9, Canada
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Host or PublisherRalph Alfonso
