SLIMANE, Hedi. London: Birth of a Cult. [Göttingen:] Steidl. 2005.
Oblong 4to. Black-and-white card boards with black lettering to spine, with the pamphlet and original cardboard box; unpaginated; fine.
First edition. French fashion designer and photographer Hedi Slimane offers a stark and compelling visual record of the hedonistic Pete Doherty. The book spans a turbulent period, beginning with Doherty’s expulsion from The Libertines for crack addiction and continuing through the early days of his own project, Babyshambles. The result is a kaleidoscopic collage of moments — from unusually intimate bedroom portraits to riotous scenes at London concerts.
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