Derek Ridgers' Skinheads

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"They really found me more than anything else," muses photographer Derek Ridgers. He is reminiscing about the lengthy portion of his early career – five years to be exact – spent photographing Britain’s notorious skinhead scene, the images from which have recently been compiled in a new tome: Skinheads 1978-1984, launching this Friday at The Photographers Gallery.

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"I thought they were art school type skinhead...