"Shaped largely through fashion shoots for the Face magazine, the duo created a look that reflected the culture and creativity of London at the time, but gave it the classy and cinematic feel of a Marlon Brando portrait or a shot by Henri Cartier-Bresson. This beautifully lit black-and-white photography of street-cast models and people including a then-unknown Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Neneh Cherry and Nick Kamen,"
"Naomi Campbell was pivotal in the book's commission. She did her exhibition at the V&A [and asked to feature these images], Morgan says. Looking for the images, he discovered a box in his archives labelled 1985. As well as the Campbell shots, it had all the shoots you see in the book. This chance discovery speaks to the time. We never thought of a legacy, he says. We had no idea that [Buffalo] was going to become so"
Ray Petri and Jamie Morgan developed the Buffalo aesthetic in mid-1980s London, primarily through fashion shoots for the Face magazine. The work featured beautifully lit black-and-white photography with a cinematic, classy feel reminiscent of Marlon Brando portraits and Henri Cartier-Bresson shots. Street-cast models and emerging figures such as Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Neneh Cherry and Nick Kamen populated the images, which influenced both fashion photography and fashion itself. The name drew on Bob Marley’s 'Buffalo Soldier' and Native American buffalo symbolism. Buffalo evolved into an attitude of independence, authenticity and outsider maverick energy. A new book, 1985 Buffalo, compiles images discovered in a 1985 archive box.
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