Inside Flesh: the Haçienda’s legendary gay clubnight:
I’m in photographer Jon Shard’s spacious studio in Manchester’s Ardwick, looking through his pictures from the city’s best-known club, the Haçienda, which opened in 1982. Situated in a former yacht showroom, it was a vast warehouse which ushered in a new era in music -- acid house, and where Jon cut his teeth as a music photographer in the early 90s.
But we’re not here to talk about the Haçienda’s demise and eventual closure in 1997 -- that’s been well documented. It does however need to be mentioned, because it was within this context that Jon discovered Flesh -- the Haçienda’s politically charged monthly gay night.
Jon Shard is among those who’ve been chosen for this version of the exhibition. He’s not really had time to look through these iconic photos in recent years, but as he says, “it’s nice to see some enthusiasm from other people; it’s nice for my work to be celebrated.
I preferred to take the pictures from a distance, almost like a football crowd, rather than going too close all the time, for me it makes the club look a lot more dramatic. Then after, you could spend hours just looking at every individual face and what they’re doing.Probably the blue shot, which is a shot of the crowd. Whenever I think of that club and the light, I always think of that particular blue.On the Flesh nights there were people walking around with nothing on.
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