Point and Shoot

English photographer Henry Bond strolls the streets of London, capturing authentic impressions of British youth culture in the late 1990s. Making sense of the dizzying blends of styles and attitudes, he compares his walks with a psychoanalytic session "in which everything can be talked about, everything can come out..". He playfully makes use of a wide range of stylistic methods: a telephoto lens produces indiscreet glimpses a la paparazzi, photos of shoes quote advertising and fashion photography, and grainy shots seem to come from surveillance video cameras monitoring street corners. Continuing themes from his first book, The Cult of the Street, Point and Shoot documents the shopping precinct, nightclub, and dance floor youth with over 200 over-size photographs.