Ruby Ray: Kalifornia Kool Photographs 1976-1982
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Photographer Ruby Ray found herself at the epicentre of a movement in late-70s San Francisco and started to capture the bands, artists and writers who defined it. In a new book, Ruby Ray: Kalifornia Kool, her greatest shots have been assembled, opening up ‘a portal to a mythic and frenzied scene.'
Guardian
[Ray's] book is a living record of the ‘70s punk scene, which almost by its very definition, was ephemeral.
- Ryan Prior, CNN
Ruby Ray’s new book, “Kalifornia Kool,” reminds us what made the early scene so special.
- Mark Murrmann, Mother Jones
It’s a time capsule into an era when fun could be weaponized against an establishment that was giving out poison Kool-Aid and instituting “no dancing” rules in clubs.
- Sarah Nechamkin, Interview
[Kalifornia Kool] is a glamorous yet melancholy jaunt down memory lane.
- Alex Jovanovich, Bookforum
Spanning the late ’70s and early ’80s, Ruby Ray’s photography captured the DIY misfits of music, art and literature.
- Miss Rosen, Huck
Ruby Ray: Kalifornia Kool is a new book that collects the photographer’s images from this time: live shots, backstage parties, apartments overflowing with youthful exuberance, elegant portraits of key people and photographic experiments. Her work captures a time and a place where West Coast open-mindedness, youth, art, music and electricity merged.
- Katy Cowan, Creative Boom