Monday, 25 July 2016

Playboy Guia Ibiza

Barcelona. Playboy. 1979. First Edition. Small Square 4to, Unpaginated (ca 120pp). Printed wraps as issued. Text in Spanish. Numerous colour plates. 

Some amazing things in unexpected places! so as one would expect there are a few now rather kitschy nudes, but they don't take up too much space. What does however is page after page of Ibiza subculture and nightlife in the form of 70s Pacha, Paula's (Heinemann's incredible boutique), Yacht parties and faces about town, shot by Toni Riera- who was Pacha's in house photographer in the 70s and knew all the people on the island who mattered. A perfect portrait of the island when it was still the countercultural hub for the aristocracy of Europe's hip down and out. Very much an underdocumented cultural phenomenon, considering it's massive later impact on popular and youth culture.