James Mollison, the photographer who brought us Where Children Sleep, has a fantastic series called The Disciples in which he captures die-hard music fans (he calls them “tribes”). The results are a great example of the power of sub-culture. I’ll highlight just four here, but you should go check out them all (and definitely click on these for a larger image).
Oasis:
Missy Elliot:
McFly:
Rod Stewart:
Mollison’s also photographed fans of Madonna, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Dolly Parton, 50 Cent, The Casualties, and many more. There are lots more projects, too, including gorgeous portraits of apes!
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Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.