Photography Ewen SpencerPhotography / LightboxDocumenting the golden days of UK garageEwen Spencer’s photo series captures a then-burgeoning London music scene in the backstreets of VauxhallShareLink copied ✔️July 16, 2015PhotographyLightboxText Ashleigh Kane Ewen Spencer’s UKG Ewen Spencer is nothing short of a subcultural legend. In his career he’s shot everything from London’s underground quad skaters to kids in Miami on Spring Break. He’s also found his way into some of music’s most exciting, then-burgeoning, scenes like UK grime and garage. The latter which formed the focus of Brandy & Coke, a short film Dazed were proud to produce for Channel 4 last year in the series Music Nation. Spencer found himself in the midst of a rising new music scene, and his book UKG is a collation of his time spent in the backstreets of Vauxhall. A selection of which will be on show at We Want More: Image Making and Music in the 21st Century, an exhibition exploring the relationship between image-production and music. Alongside Spencer’s imagery, Dazed have invited film’s next generation of auteurs – Focus Creeps to AG Rojas and Tyrone Lebon, to name a few – are each curating a series of the 21st century’s most influential music videos and their makers, from Spike Jonze to Chris Cunningham. We Want More: Image Making and Music in the 21st Century is on show from Friday 17 July – 20 September, 2015 at London’s The Photographer’s Gallery. Follow #WeWantMore on Twitter and Instagram to see more. UKG is available in special GOLD edition from GOST Books here Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingWhat Went Down at the inaugural vibeconSpike Jonze on fighting ‘slop’, robotic arms and memory-distilled perfume: Inside the Lower East Side equivalent of Coachella for vibe-coders and the ‘code curious’Life & CultureBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaBumble & BumbleBeauty‘Texture is documentary’: Matt Benns on 25 years of Surf SprayBeauty2024 was the year aesthetic pseudoscience made an ugly comebackBeautyWhy can’t we get enough of botched beauty procedures?Dazed LeagueA brief history of Nike’s radical soccer DNAArt & PhotographyTyrell Hampton’s photos capture the freedom and fantasy of NYC nightsBeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturism BurberryFashionWatch: Felicia Pennant and TJ Sawyerr talk football's future with BurberryEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy