Pleasure Principle

England is a strange place-- funny, complex and sad. Distance yourself from it, experience other cultures-- then look again. That strangeness becomes almost overwhelming. This is a powerful and perceptive view of England in the eighties. Using ideas of 'pleasure,' Chis Steele-Perkins explores a public, ritual face that cuts across class and location. What we see is not only familiar it is also frequently disturbing. Chris Steele-Perkins is a Magnum photographer whose work has been seen in most major publications in the world. In 1988 he won both the World Press Photo Oskar Barnack Award and the Tom Hopkinson Award for Photojournalism; in 1989 he won the Robert Capa Gold Medal. He has published a number of books including The Teds (1979, Travelling Light) and Beirut Frontline Story (1982, Pluto Press).Steele-Perkins, Chris is the author of 'Pleasure Principle' with ISBN 9780893814366 and ISBN 0893814369.