The Carnabys

Loitered Lens captures The Carnabys at The Garage

28/02/2015 Carl Byron Batson Sound

The famed beatnik allure of London’s Carnaby Street has lost its polish in recent decades.

Once ground zero for edgy pop poetics, narcotic inspiration and velvet collar lock-ins, the strip of hallowed tarmac now offers a bewildering and dispiriting range of replica red buses, plastic Union Flag bowler hats and sundry BritainPLC tat.

Channeling the former – The Carnabys, live at The Garage.

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Photos by Carl Byron Batson. Not to be reproduced without express prior permission.

 

Carl Byron Batson
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Photographer, published poet, former party animal, body builder, grave robber to the stars and renowned chainsaw juggler, Carl can often be spotted on his Harley Davidson pretending to be in Terminator 2. He is also frequently seen in the press pits of old London town, camera in hand, avoiding being hit by bottles of wee and crippling his opposition with secret Kung Fu moves.
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