The nights of Billy Monk
A finales de los años 60 y con unos 30 años de edad Billy Monk frecuentaba algunos garitos de Ciudad Del Cabo (Sudáfrica), especialmente el club Les Catacombs donde se encargaba de la seguridad. Con la confianza que le permitía ser un fijo del club retrataba a los clientes entregados al ambiente festivo con la intención de venderles las fotografías.
En el 69 Monk abandonó esa práctica y los negativos permanecieron abandonados hasta que fueron hallados en 1982 por un mecenas que emocionado por el hallazgo preparó una exposición con el material, pero su autor no llegó a verla jamás porque falleció en una pelea de camino al evento.
In the late 60's the 30-years-old Billy Monk frequented some clubs in Cape Town (South Africa), especially Les Catacombs where he was the local bouncer. With the confidence that allowed him working in the club he portrayed many of its clients in that festive atmosphere with the intention of selling those photographs to them.
Monk abandoned in 1969 that practice and negatives remained forgotten until they were found in 1982 by a man who excited by the discovery prepared an exhibition with it, but Monk never got to see it for he died in a fight on his way to the event.
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En el 69 Monk abandonó esa práctica y los negativos permanecieron abandonados hasta que fueron hallados en 1982 por un mecenas que emocionado por el hallazgo preparó una exposición con el material, pero su autor no llegó a verla jamás porque falleció en una pelea de camino al evento.
In the late 60's the 30-years-old Billy Monk frequented some clubs in Cape Town (South Africa), especially Les Catacombs where he was the local bouncer. With the confidence that allowed him working in the club he portrayed many of its clients in that festive atmosphere with the intention of selling those photographs to them.
Monk abandoned in 1969 that practice and negatives remained forgotten until they were found in 1982 by a man who excited by the discovery prepared an exhibition with it, but Monk never got to see it for he died in a fight on his way to the event.
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