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Description:From the hiss and crackle of Britain’s cb radio heyday, only Eyeball cardsremain. These are the mysterious business cards of ‘breakers’ exchangedwhen British cb enthusiasts would meet up in person after chatting on theairwaves. These alternate identities are sometimes amusing, occasionallymundane, dark or bawdy, but always personal creations — flotsam froma more innocent analogue world.This book is the first to document this late 70s and early 80s sub cultureand presents hundreds of the funniest, strangest and most intriguing Eyeballcards from across the UK. In addition, photographer David Titlow has takenportraits of some of the breakers who owned the cards, and writer WilliamHogan has written a lively history of how and why these cards came to exist.The result is a window into an outpouring of creativity that prefiguresonline identities — social media handles before there was even an internet.Eyeball Cards is part of the Four Corners Irregulars, a series about modernBritish visual history. Three books will be published in autumn 2017, withfurther titles to follow, presenting introductions to important but overlookedareas of creativity.The authorsDavid Titlow is a highly regarded photographer who won the covetedTaylor Wessing Portrait Prize in 2014. His work regularly appears in VanityFair, Esquire, The Sunday Times and The Telegraph.William Hogan is a writer and ghost writer whose work spans creativeentities as diverse as Puss Puss magazine, Channel 4 and Lionsgate.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Eyeball Cards - The art of Britsh CB Radio culture. To get started finding Eyeball Cards - The art of Britsh CB Radio culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 192

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Four Corners Books

Release: 2017

ISBN: 1909829080

Description: From the hiss and crackle of Britain’s cb radio heyday, only Eyeball cardsremain. These are the mysterious business cards of ‘breakers’ exchangedwhen British cb enthusiasts would meet up in person after chatting on theairwaves. These alternate identities are sometimes amusing, occasionallymundane, dark or bawdy, but always personal creations — flotsam froma more innocent analogue world.This book is the first to document this late 70s and early 80s sub cultureand presents hundreds of the funniest, strangest and most intriguing Eyeballcards from across the UK. In addition, photographer David Titlow has takenportraits of some of the breakers who owned the cards, and writer WilliamHogan has written a lively history of how and why these cards came to exist.The result is a window into an outpouring of creativity that prefiguresonline identities — social media handles before there was even an internet.Eyeball Cards is part of the Four Corners Irregulars, a series about modernBritish visual history. Three books will be published in autumn 2017, withfurther titles to follow, presenting introductions to important but overlookedareas of creativity.The authorsDavid Titlow is a highly regarded photographer who won the covetedTaylor Wessing Portrait Prize in 2014. His work regularly appears in VanityFair, Esquire, The Sunday Times and The Telegraph.William Hogan is a writer and ghost writer whose work spans creativeentities as diverse as Puss Puss magazine, Channel 4 and Lionsgate.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Eyeball Cards - The art of Britsh CB Radio culture. To get started finding Eyeball Cards - The art of Britsh CB Radio culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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