Through the Magpie Eye: High Class Society Shots by Richard Young

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13.01.2015

Someone in a flat cap pulled low, cigarette in hand, lounging on a banquette, in a black and white shot by Richard Young

Here’s some photographs from the finely-honed shutter-finger of society snapper Richard Young. To be honest they’re very similar to those Andy Warhol photos we posted up a short while ago, but as the saying goes, you never can have too many black and white photographs of famous people larking about.

Partygoers in fancy dress, one in a feathered headdress and face paint, another riding a white horse beside a totem pole

Someone in a white tee, black leather trousers and boots, slumped on a folding chair beside crates marked Coulter's

Someone in a cap, round glasses and a pale work jacket in a crowd, beside a person with curly hair in a cardigan

Someone in a check jacket grimacing as a person in a pinstripe suit holds them round the neck, onlookers behind

Partygoers dancing, one in a white suit crouched low mid-move, another in a pale suit behind

Someone with curly hair in a white jumper swigging from a wine bottle at a table set with red wine and coffee

Someone in a wrapped hood and stacked bangles brandishing a whip, teeth bared, at a crowded party

Someone in a dark skirt, white top and heels lying sprawled on the ground, arms flung out

Someone in white face paint, a hat and white dungarees with no shirt, leaning on a stick beside a person in glasses

Someone on roller skates in flared jeans and a jumper, cigarette in mouth, dancing among others on a disco floor

Two people walking side by side, one in a dark blazer and jeans, the other with white hair in a pale suit and striped tie

Someone in a feathered headdress and fringed costume, arms flung wide, posing in an arched doorway with a crowd behind

All photos taken from the 1981 book, By Invitation Only

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