{"id":32049,"date":"2018-06-20T23:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T03:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=32049"},"modified":"2018-06-20T06:38:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T10:38:01","slug":"tidlow-explores-1970s-cb-radio-culture-through-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/tidlow-explores-1970s-cb-radio-culture-through-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Tidlow explores 1970s CB radio culture through photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Source: British Journal of Photography<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Dart Player, from the photobook Eyeball Cards: The Art of British CB Radio Culture. \u00a9 David Titlow, Four Corners Books<\/p><\/div>\n

David Titlow is Eyeballing 1970s Citizens Band Radio culture<\/h2>\n

Before mobile phones and social medias, there was Citizens Band Radio – a now largely defunct technology whose culture has been unearthed by David Titlow. With the project going on show at PhotoEast festival from 24 May – 24 June, we revisit an article first published in August 2017<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was before mobile phones, before the internet. It was the initial form of mass communication, a way you could chat to your friends for free,\u201d says David Titlow as we talk about CB Radio, the now-obscure 1970s and 80s technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember lots of people in Suffolk got a CB radio and thought they were in the Dukes of Hazard,\u201d he laughs. \u201cIt was the same all over the country. It was a fascinating phenomenon.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the subject of Titlow\u2019s new photobook, which brings together portraits of Citizens Band (CB) Radio users with their \u2018calling cards\u2019, known amongst the community as \u2018eyeball cards\u2019. These cards were a form of personal promotion \u2013 pseudonyms and artistic illustrations were used as a means of identifying the CB user, expressing something of their personality as well as giving the recipient their details.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article and enjoy Tidlow’s excellent photos.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: British Journal of Photography) David Titlow is Eyeballing 1970s Citizens Band Radio culture Before mobile phones and social medias, there was Citizens Band Radio – a now largely defunct technology whose culture has been unearthed by David Titlow. 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