{"product_id":"billymonk-billymonk-2011","title":"BILLYMONK (2011)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBilly Monk had no formal training in photography when he began taking pictures of the patrons at the Catacombs, a seedy nightclub in Cape Town, South Africa. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHe originally began taking photos in the club with the intention of selling the photographs to the customers. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMonk stopped photographing at the club in 1969. Ten years later, his contact sheets and negatives were discovered, and in 1982 the work was exhibited at the Market Gallery in Johannesburg. Monk could not make the opening, and two weeks later, en route to seeing the show, he became involved in an argument. A fight broke out, Monk was fatally shot in the chest and never saw his work exhibited.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: Billymonk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Dewi Lewis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 2011\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Condition: Very Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDust Jacket Condition: N\/A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: First\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition Run: N\/A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 30 x 25 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 94\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BILLYMONK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56452446716282,"sku":null,"price":79.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2721\/3460\/files\/BILLYMONK.jpg?v=1768063817","url":"https:\/\/www.record28.com\/en-au\/products\/billymonk-billymonk-2011","provider":"RECORD 28 BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}