Urban Dirt Bikers
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Urban Dirt Bikers

Brand: Hoxton Mini Press
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UPC: 9781910566213
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Author: Spencer Murphy
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  • Series: Tales From The City (Book 4)
  • Hardcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Hoxton Mini Press (November 14, 2017)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1910566217
  • ISBN-13: 978-1910566213
  • Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.7 x 8.8 inches

Following the trend for BikeLife in the US a new culture of inner city dirt bikers has developed in the UK with young men and women taking to the streets to perform stunts and compare skills. Photographer Spencer Murphy spent two years documenting this rarely seen and often misunderstood community.

About the Author

Spencer was born in 1978 and grew up in the Kentish countryside. Raised in relative isolation, miles from the nearest shop or school, Spencer often found himself with only his imagination for company and the surrounding woodland as his playground. It was a combination of this imagination and an early discovery of his mother’s back issues of Life and National Geographic that sparked an early enthusiasm for photography at the age of 11. As a result, his parents bought him his first camera and photography quickly became a channel for his creativity.

Spencer now lives and works in London, dividing his time between creating his own artwork and taking on photographic commissions. He has contributed to many magazines, including The Guardian Weekend, The Telegraph Magazine, Time, Monocle and Wallpaper. His portraits have also appeared in such publications as Rolling Stone Magazine, GQ and Dazed and Confused. He has exhibited throughout Europe and North America and was named as one of the Hyeres Festival’s emerging photographers of 2008. He has also been included in the National Portrait Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize exhibition 7 times between 2006 and 2013 and in 2013 was announced as the overall winner. His work is now held in the NPG’s Permanent Collection