Little Corners
Publishing		 Afterhours main site and book Contact
Little Corners Publishing was setup to publish the Afterhours Sleaze and Dignity books and is run by my good self, Stephen Prince.

I'd always wanted Afterhours to be in book form. I think it's something to do with the thought of in years to come somebody stumbling across a copy in a dusty second hand shop or one of those "Oooh, what a treat" kind of finds in a charity shop, in the same way as I have with some of my favourite photography and culture.

As well, there's something about physically holding a book in your hands and the way you can return to it time after time or the way that just seeing it on a shelf at home can set your mind wandering off.

A good photography book can be like stepping into an imaginary film like world for a mo' or two and so with that, I shall set the reels a'spinning...

Thanks.

Stephen Prince
 

About Afterhours Sleaze and Dignity

“Around twenty years ago I stumbled upon a semi-hidden world which only truly came alive well after midnight and which existed in the heart of London, in red light-drenched basements behind unmarked Soho doors.


“It was a place and time inhabited by characters who could have tumbled from films of their own making, a sideways glance at a reimagined indefinable past; a world of modern day spivs, foot-high quiffs, lizard skin-lined cars, tooting saxophones, unlicensed speakeasies and sharp suits.

“More than a decade later I began to revisit my old haunts and companions.


“Afterhours Sleaze and Dignity was the result, a tribute to a world where I spent some of my youth and a visualisation of the imaginary film it inspired and which has played behind my eyes ever since – an expression of my own particular Soho of the mind.”

Peruse the book and further wanderings at www.afterhourssleazeanddignity.com

 

Why Little Corners?

Well, it made me think of the little corners of culture, life and history which are semi-hidden away and which can develop their own character without the glare of too much attention.

"It's those kind of corners which in part inspired Afterhours Sleaze and Dignity."

About Mr Stephen Prince

Well, where do you start? I guess I've almost always been working but I've rarely had what could be a normal job. Sometimes I think I bemuse my family but I can't help it, it just seems to be what I do.

So what is it I do/have done?

Well for a number of years I designed and managed independent subcultural/leftfield fashion clothing ranges.

It was good fun (sometimes!), hard work and quite a productive way of making a living. The clothes I made were worn by a curious mixture of people you may have heard of (depending on your tastes I guess) including Dee Dee Ramone, Marc Almond, Marilyn Manson, members of Blondie and Naomi Campbell. Strangely they were covered in everything from Skin Two to Vogue.

Along with my sister I co-ran the central London gallery and shop The Last Chance Saloon. Eclectic I think is the word that comes to mind. It became something of a cult favourite and we had the first UK exhibitions by lowbrow poster art chaps Frank Kozik and Coop and the first exhibition by Vince Ray. Other shows included Billy Childish and a group show featuring work by Shepard Fairey, Banksy and Pete Fowler.

For a while I delved into club promotion, dj-ing and associated design work (that's another way of saying I was constantly a bit stressed out with deadlines for sending fliers etc to print). Along with a few other folk I put on the Home Taping Is Killing Music and The Sound Effects Of Sex And Horror nights/events in Nottingham, which featured appearances by Ladytron, Peaches, Adult., Chicks On Speed and The Cramps. It's a younger man's game though. Or maybe I just like more normal sleeping patterns.

And then just to make sure that I didn't do anything that might confuse people by having any kind of discernable pattern to what it is I do, I took a Photography MA, which is part of where some of the Afterhours work was created. Got a gold star to, which was nice.

Currently, well it depends when you ask me but generally it involves making merchandise/design/websites/photography for all kind of folk over a fair few years. Who? Well, Holly Golightly, Daniel Johnston, Radiohead, Terry Edwards/Lydia Lunch, James Cauty (KLF/The JAMMS), Jeffrey Lewis, Danny Wallace and Manchester's Not Part Of festival. What? Well it has involved an awful lot of badges and badge making.

All this is before the Afterhours work starts to wander off into the world. So who knows if you ask me now?


Here's a couple of things I've worked on:


Luna Rosa and Holly Golightly website design by my good self.

Peruse more at www.culturaltreachery.com