Ruby Van Go-Go & Stuart In Love, photographed by Jennifer Greenburg from her project The Rockabillies.
The Rockabillies are an anomaly compared to other subcultures in that they base themselves and their lifestyle on another generation as opposed to music, ethnicity, or station. I began making these images because I was seduced by the idea that one could ignore the harsh truths of modernity in lieu of an imagined romantic innocence attributed to the middle 20th century. This seduction caused me to immerse myself among this group of people as both a participant and as a voyeur for nearly a decade. My photographs serve as records and monuments to an autonomous and unique way of life.
—Jennifer Greenburg
The Rockabillies will be published in 2009 by The Center for American Places.
Copyright Jennifer Greenburg
Uh, didn’t Erik Refner do this like three years ago? (And in my opinion much better!)
Actually, this image was taken five years ago and is from a project that has been ongoing for ten years. Sour grapes are everywhere I suppose.
I remember seven years ago someone did something that…..OH WHO CARES!!??!
This is an excellent series and a great ongoing study of the sub-culture.
Nice one! If I could write like this I would be well chuffed. The more I see articles of such quality as this (which is rare), the more I think there might be a future for the Net. Keep it up, as it were.
Nice! Rockabilles! Do you have more informations about them? XOXOXOXO Karina!
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