A look into modern Punk with Spencer Murphy
Spencer, born in 1978, grew up in the Kentish countryside. Raised in relative isolation, miles from the nearest shop or school, Spencer often found himself with only his imagination for company and the surrounding woodland as his playground. It was a combination of this imagination and an early discovery of his mother’s back issues of Life and National Geographic that sparked an early enthusiasm for photography at the age of 11. As a result, his parents bought him his first camera and photography quickly became a channel for his creativity.
Speaking about the photographs with Dance Policy, “the series is all shot at Rebellion Festival in Blackpool which is the largest independent punk festival in the UK. The title alludes to the fact that among all the global and political turmoil of the last decade plus, there seems to be a lack of anti- authoritarian, anti- capitalist, revolutionary music capable of spreading a different political perspective.
I couldn’t remember the last time when there was a global or even national scene counter to the desperate generic pop. So I went in search to try and find if there was still a pulse left and a younger generation that were having the same feelings I was. It was the year Bob Dylan played and if any act is going to give you hope, it’s them.”