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> [It's more about subtracting every single buck from the tourists that still flock there. Gentrification and the need for developers to maximize their profits from every square inch of the place means that there just aren't any scruffy little basement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/it-s-more-about-subtracting-every-single-buck-from-the-tourists-that/)

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## More by Derek Ridgers

> [I started out, in the mid-'70s, taking photographs of rock bands that I liked but not because I really wanted to photograph them. Initially,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/i-started-out-in-the-mid-70s-taking-photographs-of-rock-bands-that-i/)

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> [That's one of the wonderful things about the whole process of photography - eye contact can be very revealing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/that-s-one-of-the-wonderful-things-about-the-whole-process-of/)

[Derek Ridgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-ridgers/)

> [The reason why so many of my photographs in the book were taken in stairwells and corridors was that that was the only bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/the-reason-why-so-many-of-my-photographs-in-the-book-were-taken-in/)

[Derek Ridgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-ridgers/)

> [When I gave up my office job and became a full-time professional photographer, my fortunes certainly improved markedly. We moved away from the council…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/when-i-gave-up-my-office-job-and-became-a-full-time-professional/)

[Derek Ridgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-ridgers/)

> [Anyway, the fetish crowd, compared to some of the people that hung out with the skinheads, was all pussycats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/anyway-the-fetish-crowd-compared-to-some-of-the-people-that-hung-out/)

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> [My parents, though very loving, were not what one would ever describe as outgoing and therefore when I was young I was quite shy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/my-parents-though-very-loving-were-not-what-one-would-ever-describe/)

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> [When I was starting, I was very much influenced by the straight up, eyes to camera style of August Sander. He is really the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/when-i-was-starting-i-was-very-much-influenced-by-the-straight-up/)

[Derek Ridgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-ridgers/)

> [Once I became a photographer, it stopped me being scared or intimidated by gangs of young men of whatever stripe. Initially, I could hide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/once-i-became-a-photographer-it-stopped-me-being-scared-or/)

[Derek Ridgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-ridgers/)

> [The big downside to the global village that the Internet has created is that nothing has time to grow out of the public gaze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/the-big-downside-to-the-global-village-that-the-internet-has-created/)

[Derek Ridgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-ridgers/)

> [Nowadays everyone has a camera and the Internet means everything is instantly accessible. Unlike some photographers, I don't see this as a problem. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/nowadays-everyone-has-a-camera-and-the-internet-means-everything-is/)

[Derek Ridgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-ridgers/)

> [Things are very different now because a lot of those little clubs don't exist. In Soho for instance, where nearly half my nightlife photographs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/things-are-very-different-now-because-a-lot-of-those-little-clubs-don/)

[Derek Ridgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-ridgers/)

> [Many nightclubs from this era were very loud and very dark. Plus some of the best ones were incredibly crowded. To begin with, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/many-nightclubs-from-this-era-were-very-loud-and-very-dark-plus-some/)

[Derek Ridgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-ridgers/)

> [I went from being an underpaid ad man to quite a successful photographer in a very short time. Success breeds confidence and as soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/i-went-from-being-an-underpaid-ad-man-to-quite-a-successful/)

[Derek Ridgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-ridgers/)

> [It's more about subtracting every single buck from the tourists that still flock there. Gentrification and the need for developers to maximize their profits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/it-s-more-about-subtracting-every-single-buck-from-the-tourists-that/)

[Derek Ridgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-ridgers/)

> [Only a very small proportion of us take those excesses with us into later life. In the age before everyone had a camera, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-ridgers/only-a-very-small-proportion-of-us-take-those-excesses-with-us-into/)

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