In My Eyes: Photographs 1982-1997 (EU/JPN ed.)

There are images that not only tell the story of an era, but bring it to life.  

Jim Saah, a photographer from Washington DC, was there to document it. With his camera, Saah closely followed a community of young people who, in the 1980s and 1990s, invented a different way of making music, living, and resisting: hardcore punk. Saah photographed DC hardcore bands like Minor Threat, Faith, and Void, but didn’t stop there. He also captured seminal acts such as Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Ramones, Talking Heads, and Lou Reed.

Over the years his book, In My Eyes, has become a unique testament to that universe of energy, friendship, and creative tension. In My Eyes is not just a book of photographs.  Through the lens of the past, it reminds us of the current, urgent need for alternative communities based on creativity, authenticity, and the building of relationships.

Jim Saah is a Washington, D.C.–based photographer and filmmaker who has documented the American punk and hardcore scene since the 1980s. He has been a photographer his whole life and his work has appeared in outlets such as The Washington Post and Rolling Stone, capturing artists from Fugazi and Minor Threat to Black Flag, The Pixies, and Lou Reed. He has also worked in film and video, serving as Director of Photography for the acclaimed documentary Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, D.C., further expanding his visual chronicle of a movement that reshaped global music culture.

Author/Artist: Jim Saah
Publisher: King Koala Press
Page Count: 336pp
Size: 8.5 x 10.25
Notes: paperback, flaps, b/w, text in English & Japanese
Date of Publication: 2025
ISBN: 979-1281835269