Meet The Rockabillies, 21st Century Americans Living In The 50s
Whether you think they’re amazing, fashionable, fake or genuine, the Rockabilly communities living all across America being photographed by Jennifer Greenburg are definitely a sight to see.
This photographer spent an entire decade photographing people who look as if they live in the 50s. “It is not as easy as going down to the shopping centre and buying ‘a look’ off the rack,” the photographer told DailyMail – they’ve modelled their entire lives around mid-century aesthetics.
The rockabilly community has its own philosophy based on the long-forgotten values of the 50s. “We did not have a disposable ‘Made in China’ culture like we do now. When you bought a toaster, it worked for decades, and it looked good just as long. If it broke, you had it repaired. The middle of the 20th Century in the United States was a time when design was in its heyday.”
Greenburg, who has collected the clothing and jewelry from the 50s herself since she was a child, didn’t feel like a tourist in their community. “Happiness, I believe, is everyone’s primary full-time job. And living a life that resembles, visually, the 1950’s helps make that just a little easier.”
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Got wisdom to pour?
I dig the majority of the morals from that era before my time, but the aesthetic leaves out (obviously) a great number of modern items of flair which literally leave the oldies in the dust; say flat screen tv.
And with respect to morals and values of that era being, like EVERY other, FAR FROM PerFecT, people of color were quite simply NOT INCLUDED in that “American Dream” which they helped to shape SIGNIFICANTLY; can you say…duh…ROCK AND ROLL?
Still, I’m a hopeless romantic at heart, so the “IDEAL” of it all is still a SEEMINGLY NICE throwback.
THROW IT BACK, but keep the hot rods…don’t forget your toaster. ;-)
Well I was a kid during the 50’s era and there are things that I miss but not many. You have to be flexible and change with the times.
We tend to romanticize and forget that we were scared to death of pending war with Russia and the times in school that we practiced for air raids by getting under our desks. I for one took it all very seriously and was a very nervous child thinking that one day the US would just be blown upl
“We did not have a disposable ‘Made in China’ culture like we do now. When you bought a toaster, it worked for decades, and it looked good just as long. If it broke, you had it repaired.”
AMEN!
“We did not have a disposable ‘Made in China’ culture like we do now. When you bought a toaster, it worked for decades, and it looked good just as long. If it broke, you had it repaired.”
AMEN!