Toby Mott owns one of the largest collections of skinhead and punk ephemera from the halcyon days of anarchy in the UK. A punk himself, Mott has turned his youth in revolt into an enterprise with the Mott Collection, which recently was released in the street edition of Skinhead: An Archive. Punk historian or punktrepreneur, Mott is intent of preserving the legacy of one of the most misunderstood subcultures. Skinheads, although some had nationalist or Nazi leanings, were not all rabid and racist xenophobes. Some, in fact, were gay. Some were Jewish. Some were jocks. Some were women. In fact, the skinheads were the working class alternative to a posh Swinging 60s London, with Cockney and Jamaican roots. Mott acquired much of his archive in real time, collecting posters, patches, posters, zines and more. In the 70s, he was the founder of the Anarchist Street Army, which tried to toss over the establishment in the Pimlico area of London. Click here to read more.
Paris Photo to Offprint: Here Are Five Things You Need To See During Photo Week In Paris
1. Toby Mott's incredibly covetable and controversial book, Skin Head: An Archive, has been released in a much more monetarily accessible reprint, dubbed "the street edition" – get it signed by Mott at Offprint Paris this Saturday 2. Eye shadow and glitter on paper, tear it up with Brigitte Zieger's solo show at Galerie Odile Ouizeman's booth at Paris Photo 3. Ed Templeton's book Teenage Smokers was beautiful, disconcerting and heartbreaking all at the same time - with Teenage Smokers 2, Templeton amps up the rebellion, get the book signed at Offprint Paris this Saturday 4. Go check out Jeremy Kost's erotically charged and paint splashed polaroids at Galerie Nuke – A Single Man opens on November 12 in Paris 5. The ultimate documentarian of UK underground culture, Derek Ridgers, will be signing copies of his book The Others at the Comme des Garçons Trading Museum Paris