Photographer Joseph Szabo is best known for his candid and intimate images of youth culture in the 60s and 70s, photographs that capture the freedom and vulnerability of youth, and can’t help but provoke a reaction in viewers. And while these images may be his most famous, they by no means the whole body of his work.
Szabo’s teenager images began when he was a teacher at a high school, and they lead him to places where his subjects frequented – the school halls, the beach and, most notably for this series, concerts.
In these ensuing photographs Szabo once again works his magic, capturing the feeling of a time long gone, but, thanks to the likes of him, not forgotten...
