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John Hopkins (Hoppy) 2i’s Café, London, 1964

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  • Medium

    Photography : argentic edition

  • Dimensions cm | inch

    20 x 16 inch

  • Support

    Photography on paper

  • Framing

    Not framed

  • Type

    Numbered and limited to 20 copies
    15 remaining copies

  • Authenticity

    Work sold with an invoice from the gallery
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  • About the artwork

    Artwork sold in perfect condition

    This photograph is a hand printed silver gelatin Estate print, it is stamped with Hoppy Estate stamp in ink, numbered, annotated verso & embossed with the Hoppy Estate blind stamp recto.
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John Hopkins (Hoppy)
United Kingdom

John 'Hoppy' Hopkins
1939 - 2015.

 

Hoppy graduated from Cambridge University in 1958 with a Master's in
Physics. He briefly worked for the Atomic Energy Authority, but lost his
security clearance following a jaunt to Moscow for a communist youth festival
and peace mission, when he was arrested by the KGB.  He resigned and
turned to photography in 1960 working for The Sunday Times, Melody Maker etc.
 

 

Hoppy captured the mood of the fast-changing 60's photographing The
Stones and The Beatles on their first wave of stardom. In stark contrast he
recorded the seediness of the early 60's London underbelly, shooting grubby
tattoo parlours, bikers' cafes etc. In the mid 1960s Hoppy founded Britain's
first underground newspaper the International Times, he co-established a
publishing company, promoted Pink Floyd and set up London's first all-night
psychedelic club, the UFO.  

 

By June 1967, Britain's fertile and diverse counterculture took much of
its inspiration from him - he was the closest thing the movement ever had to a
leader and became known as the ""King of the Underground"".
 Revolutions are, almost by definition, factional, but during those golden
years, the working-class anarchists, vaguely aristocratic bohemians, musicians,
crusaders, poets and dropouts were united in their respect and affection for
Hoppy. That he was seen as leader of this amorphous movement led to his
downfall. Hoppy's flat was raided, a small amount of hash was found, he was
arrested and sentenced to nine months in prison. 

 

Outrage at the sentence inspired a 'Free Hoppy March' to Trafalgar
Square, ubiquitous graffiti and a full-page protest in the Times, paid for by
Paul McCartney. At the end of the 60's Hoppy turned to video as an art form and
educational tool, researching the social uses of video for UNESCO, the Arts
Council etc.  Later, he worked as a technical journalist, coauthored
distance learning video training courses, explored macro photography of plants,
co-authored academic papers and never stopped being cool.

 

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John Hopkins (Hoppy), 2i’s Café, London
John Hopkins (Hoppy), 2i’s Café, London