"Photographer Peter J Walsh can distinctly remember the day he was told The Haçienda, the immensely popular night club, was closing. Financed by the members of New Order, beloved by partakers of ecstasy and home to Manchester's famous acid house and rave culture, the UK was about to lose something special. Peter's connection to the club was a close one, he had been covering the birth of Acid House for The NME, The Face and i-D for several years."
""Using a normal film developer wasn't giving me the images I wanted, so I decided to try paper developer to give me the grainy texture I was looking for in the negatives," says Peter. Shot in a basement that was accessible through the club's downstairs cocktail bar called The Gay Traitor, this is where Peter captured subjects that look like they're from the original Trainspotting posters; authentic ravers complete with lager cans, cigarettes and grungy streetwear."
Photographer Peter J Walsh recorded the final nights of The Haçienda, a Manchester nightclub financed by New Order and central to acid house and rave culture. He had been covering the birth of acid house for NME, The Face and i-D. The portraits were taken in a basement accessed through the club's downstairs cocktail bar, the Gay Traitor, and present raw, authentic ravers in grungy streetwear with lager cans and cigarettes. Images are stark, high-contrast black-and-white prints made before digital processing. Paper developer was used to achieve a purposely grainy negative texture. The series was published as Original Ravers by the British Culture Archive.
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