
The disco era was a time of enormous cultural and social upheaval, alongside the hedonism and glitterballs that came with the rise of club culture. Gay rights, civil rights, women’s lib and the Colombian cartels were all the epicentre of this seismic shift being played out at NYC’s now-infamous Studio 54 nightclub, where an unprecedented cross-section of diverse communities, colours and creeds came together on the dance floor and created a spark that became a fire. In this podcast Peyton sits down with world-renowned photographer Bill Bernstein, to chat about his iconic documentation of Studio 54’s glory days (or rather, nights!), and his deeper interest in observing the tribes and trends that helped make NYC’s nightlife in the late 70’s the stuff of legend.