Photo exhibit showcases early years of D.C. punk

The punks have reclaimed Georgetown - at least temporarily. Until March 3, Govinda Gallery's hole-in-the-wall, 34th Street location offers punk enthusiasts a nostalgic sanctuary from the District's snow-covered sidewalks.
Candid, mantle-worthy portraits of Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye, strategically stuck to the walls with masking tape in punk's minimalist style, survey the sundry smaller squares that capture their combat-boot-clad compatriots.
The exhibit runs concurrent with the release of a book by the same title, "Punk Love." Both showcase photographer and AU alumna Susie J. Horgan's pictures chronicling the birth of the D.C. punk movement.
"It was a pure time for all of us," Horgan said, considering the historic context of her work. "Things were just sort of taking off and beginning. I feel fortunate to have been part of it.
"More than a quarter century ago, Horgan walked into a Georgetown Haeagen-Dazs looking for a job and a few friends, and instead she found a career. Rollins, 20 years old and the shop's manager at the time, hired her and put her behind the counter that day. Horgan worked there for a year with Rollins and his friend MacKaye, then just 19 years old, while taking a photography class at AU.
"It was the only photography class I ever took," Horgan said. "But I was very interested in the arts. I was a visual media major.
"She often brought her camera to work and captured her co-workers keeping boredom at bay during lulls in the workday. Over the year, the three became close friends, a friendship that continues today. In fact, Rollins wrote the foreword to "Punk Love" while MacKaye contributed a transcribed interview with Horgan about her work.
"They were my friends," Horgan said of Rollins and MacKaye. "They were musicians and they would do me favors, pose for my assignments.
"Surprisingly, the endearing photographs of a now-typically serious Rollins and politically-minded MacKaye, goofing off in the ice cream shop's freezer and skating behind Horgan's apartment were done for class, some while Horgan was still mastering the mechanics of her new camera.

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