The Rockabillies
Ruby Van Go-Go & Stuart In Love, photographed by Jennifer Greenburg from her project The Rockabillies.
The Rockabillies are an anomaly compared to other subcultures in that they base themselves and their lifestyle on another generation as opposed to music, ethnicity, or station. I began making these images because I was seduced by the idea that one could ignore the harsh truths of modernity in lieu of an imagined romantic innocence attributed to the middle 20th century. This seduction caused me to immerse myself among this group of people as both a participant and as a voyeur for nearly a decade. My photographs serve as records and monuments to an autonomous and unique way of life.
—Jennifer Greenburg
The Rockabillies will be published in 2009 by The Center for American Places.
Copyright Jennifer Greenburg
December 29th, 2008 at 4:21 pm EEST
Uh, didn’t Erik Refner do this like three years ago? (And in my opinion much better!)
December 30th, 2008 at 12:25 am EEST
Actually, this image was taken five years ago and is from a project that has been ongoing for ten years. Sour grapes are everywhere I suppose.
December 30th, 2008 at 12:52 pm EEST
I remember seven years ago someone did something that…..OH WHO CARES!!??!
September 5th, 2009 at 2:34 pm EEDT
This is an excellent series and a great ongoing study of the sub-culture.
March 12th, 2010 at 6:36 pm EEST
Nice one! If I could write like this I would be well chuffed. The more I see articles of such quality as this (which is rare), the more I think there might be a future for the Net. Keep it up, as it were.
June 21st, 2011 at 8:13 am EEDT
Nice! Rockabilles! Do you have more informations about them? XOXOXOXO Karina!
September 1st, 2011 at 11:50 am EEDT
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