In My Eyes, European/Japanese Edition
There are images that not only tell the story of an era, but bring it to life. Jim Saah, a photographer from Washington DC, was there to document it. With his camera, Saah closely followed a community of young people who, in the 1980s and 1990s, invented a different way of making music, living, and resisting: hardcore punk. Saah photographed DC hardcore bands like Minor Threat, Faith, and Void, but didn’t stop there. He also captured seminal acts such as Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Ramones, Talking Heads, and Lou Reed. Over the years his book, In My Eyes, has become a unique testament to that universe of energy, friendship, and creative tension. In My Eyes is not just a book of photographs. Through the lens of the past, it reminds us of the current, urgent need for alternative communities based on creativity, authenticity, and the building of relationships.
Jim Saah is a Washington, D.C.–based photographer and filmmaker who has documented the American punk and hardcore scene since the 1980s. He has been a photographer his whole life and his work has appeared in outlets such as The Washington Post and Rolling Stone, capturing artists from Fugazi and Minor Threat to Black Flag, The Pixies, and Lou Reed. He has also worked in film and video, serving as Director of Photography for the acclaimed documentary Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, D.C., further expanding his visual chronicle of a movement that reshaped global music culture.
"Jim Saah's photography of the Washington, D.C. music scene is incomparable. Not only was he there but he completely got it."
— Henry Rollins, musician, writer, photographer
"I remember being really struck by your pictures of Fugazi when I first saw them. I had seen plenty of other photos of us that were perfectly good representations, but your work often would look like the way I felt on stage."
— Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat)
"Jim Saah’s photographic work in the '80s is crucial in illustrating the energy and camaraderie that were particularly important components of the DC punk music scene.”
— Cynthia Connolly, photographer, curator and publisher of Banned in DC
“Jim’s work benefits from his excellent eye for motion and light, but perhaps equally important is his tenacity. Jim was everywhere anything was happening in our scene. I think he knew at a very young age that you can’t shoot what you can’t see. It was his constant participation in our community that produced all these fantastic images we now enjoy today.”
— Brian Baker, Musician, Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion
Size: 21×26
Cover with long flaps (approximately 18 mm)
Scratch-resistant plastic. 350 gsm matte paper
Interior 336 pages sewn in sixteenths
Interior printing in deep black
150 gsm magno volume or Garda matt Art paper
Paperback
ISBN 9791281835269
There are images that not only tell the story of an era, but bring it to life. Jim Saah, a photographer from Washington DC, was there to document it. With his camera, Saah closely followed a community of young people who, in the 1980s and 1990s, invented a different way of making music, living, and resisting: hardcore punk. Saah photographed DC hardcore bands like Minor Threat, Faith, and Void, but didn’t stop there. He also captured seminal acts such as Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Ramones, Talking Heads, and Lou Reed. Over the years his book, In My Eyes, has become a unique testament to that universe of energy, friendship, and creative tension. In My Eyes is not just a book of photographs. Through the lens of the past, it reminds us of the current, urgent need for alternative communities based on creativity, authenticity, and the building of relationships.
Jim Saah is a Washington, D.C.–based photographer and filmmaker who has documented the American punk and hardcore scene since the 1980s. He has been a photographer his whole life and his work has appeared in outlets such as The Washington Post and Rolling Stone, capturing artists from Fugazi and Minor Threat to Black Flag, The Pixies, and Lou Reed. He has also worked in film and video, serving as Director of Photography for the acclaimed documentary Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, D.C., further expanding his visual chronicle of a movement that reshaped global music culture.
"Jim Saah's photography of the Washington, D.C. music scene is incomparable. Not only was he there but he completely got it."
— Henry Rollins, musician, writer, photographer
"I remember being really struck by your pictures of Fugazi when I first saw them. I had seen plenty of other photos of us that were perfectly good representations, but your work often would look like the way I felt on stage."
— Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat)
"Jim Saah’s photographic work in the '80s is crucial in illustrating the energy and camaraderie that were particularly important components of the DC punk music scene.”
— Cynthia Connolly, photographer, curator and publisher of Banned in DC
“Jim’s work benefits from his excellent eye for motion and light, but perhaps equally important is his tenacity. Jim was everywhere anything was happening in our scene. I think he knew at a very young age that you can’t shoot what you can’t see. It was his constant participation in our community that produced all these fantastic images we now enjoy today.”
— Brian Baker, Musician, Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion
Size: 21×26
Cover with long flaps (approximately 18 mm)
Scratch-resistant plastic. 350 gsm matte paper
Interior 336 pages sewn in sixteenths
Interior printing in deep black
150 gsm magno volume or Garda matt Art paper
Paperback
ISBN 9791281835269