Photographing counterculture and community in the UK free party movement with Alan Lodge

26/09/2026 · Source: DJ Mag ↗

In his new exhibition, Common Grounds: Counterculture & Confrontation since 1976, photographer Alan Lodge, AKA Tash, looks back on the decades he spent documenting free festivals, raves and anarchic parties across the UK. From early years spent in the New Age traveller community, to historic gatherings like Castlemorton in 1992, his photos are an essential archive of youth culture, offering an in-depth look into the resistance and resilience that have fuelled it along the way. Here, Lodge shares the stories behind 10 of his favourite rave shots from the series