{"product_id":"the-east-london-years-a-homage-to-nbsp-noughties-glamour-and-trash","title":"THE EAST LONDON YEARS: A Homage to\u0026nbsp; Noughties Glamour and Trash","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 4.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 4.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable to pre-order - this title is due to ship on 16 October \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE EAST LONDON YEARS: A Homage to  Noughties \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"\u003eGlamour and Trash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eHave you ever wondered what the queer \u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003ecommunity in Dalston and Shoreditch looked, felt and sounded like in the years \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e2005-2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eYou'll find the answers in this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003evibrant l\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eimited\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e-e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003edition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003enew photo book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e by \u003cb\u003eRalf Obergfell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003ethat portrays\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e the essence, energy, artistry and friendship of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003ea lost world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eTHE EAST LONDON YEARS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e by artist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eRALF OBERGFELL is a dazzling portrait of a lost world.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eThis limited-edition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003ephoto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003ebook captures the essence, energy, artistry and friendship of queer East London 2005-2015.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eIt’s a vital document of a lost subculture captured in real time – a reminder of an era of living in the moment instead of chasing likes online – and, at a time when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eLGBTQIA+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e rights are under threat, a testament to the defiant power of radical queer community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eAs co-creator of legendary party GutterSlut, Ralf Obergfell was in the thick of it. He takes us deep inside iconic parties and venues like Trailer Trash, Gay Bingo and the first Horse Meat Disco at NYC Downlow at Glastonbury Festival. We also go to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eWolfgang Tillmans’s legendary studio party at Between Bridges. And to the Dalston back alley that was home to Obergfell’s queer family, his studio experiments, iconic supper club The Pale Blue Door and three lovely chickens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eTHE EAST LONDON YEARS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e features contributions from alt-drag pioneer Jonny Woo, Pale Blue Door creator and set designer Tony Hornecker, cultural critic Ben Walters and East London icons Gilbert \u0026amp; George, plus more than 50 first-hand accounts and memories from the people Obergfell photographed. It’s about a time before gentrification, social media and political turmoil went into overdrive – a world of art, love, DIY community spirit and pleasure – a homage to Noughties glamour and trash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #222222 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #222222 .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #222222 .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e“I wanted to create a homage to the East London of the Noughties and its protagonists who helped shape a cultural movement that laid the foundations for future generations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e.” \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e- Ralf Obergfell - \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ralf Obergfell","offers":[{"title":"Classic Edition","offer_id":53723161526619,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Art Edition - photo 1","offer_id":53723161559387,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Art Edition - photo 2","offer_id":53723161592155,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/5841\/6731\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-05at11.11.59.png?v=1785940737","url":"https:\/\/ralfobergfell-shop.com\/products\/the-east-london-years-a-homage-to-nbsp-noughties-glamour-and-trash","provider":"Ralf Obergfell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}