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Celebrating 75 years of the NHS

A new photobook memorialises the triumphs and trials of the early years of Britain’s National Health Service, providing a timely reminder of its importance The National Health Service (NHS) was born in 1948 out of the belief that good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth. Promising to care for the citizens of… Continue reading Celebrating 75 years of the NHS

Bottled Desires: How Sant Khalsa captured the commodification of thirst in the early 2000s

Reading Time: 3 minutes Between 2000 and 2002, Khalsa photographed more than 200 water stores across the US. Now, 60 of the gelatin-silver photographs are published in a new photobook In the mid 1970s, fresh from art college, Sant Khalsa left New York for the American West, trading “concrete, metal, glass and verticality” for “horizontal,… Continue reading Bottled Desires: How Sant Khalsa captured the commodification of thirst in the early 2000s

Fiction and absurdity: Thomas Rousset’s exaggerated explorations of rural life

Reading Time: 2 minutes © Thomas Rousset. Set in the village of Prabert in France, Rousset’s images play on the eccentricities of the village and its people, transforming them lovingly into caricatures and tableaus During his childhood, Thomas Rousset spent a great deal of time among the detritus of a traditional rural life. Alongside the… Continue reading Fiction and absurdity: Thomas Rousset’s exaggerated explorations of rural life

What does it mean to be English? Robin Maddock’s book on England attempts to find out

Reading Time: minute Rambling between photographs, collages and handwritten poems, the book is a representation of England in this contemporary moment In June 2016, Robin Maddock was living in Lisbon, when he heard about the result of the Brexit vote. National identity had been a life-long subject of his work, but having lived in Europe for… Continue reading What does it mean to be English? Robin Maddock’s book on England attempts to find out

Sunil Gupta collects his archive of London’s street passers-by in the 1980s in a new book

Reading Time: 4 minutes Roaming central London, the Indian photographer creates spontaneous portraits of the curious characters that populated the city when he first moved there When the Indian photographer Sunil Gupta arrived in London in the early 1980s to study at the Royal College of Art, he hit the streets with his camera in… Continue reading Sunil Gupta collects his archive of London’s street passers-by in the 1980s in a new book

Julie Scheurweghs reclaims her birth story

Reading Time: 3 minutes Using tights crops of her facial expressions during labour, a portrait of the intense experience is created When Belgian artist Julie Scheurweghs was pregnant, she asked her partner to photograph the birth. But when she saw his images of her 16-hour labour, she was acutely disappointed. Shot on seven different cameras,… Continue reading Julie Scheurweghs reclaims her birth story

The photobooks not to miss this winter

Reading Time: 8 minutes This article is printed in the latest issue of British Journal of Photography magazine, Activism & Protest, delivered direct to you with an 1854 Subscription. From Petra Collins’ enchanting collaboration with Alexa Demie to Dayanita Singh’s latest release, we round up the recently-released publications not to miss A Glint In The… Continue reading The photobooks not to miss this winter

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In Conversation with Tina Campt, on A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Brown University professor’s new book considers the work of contemporary Black artists and the command of their practise What can we learn from reframing our understanding of a ‘gaze’? Known for her disruptive analyses and ‘grammar of Black futurity’, Black feminist theorist Tina Campt is congregating a new school of… Continue reading In Conversation with Tina Campt, on A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See

Christopher Anderson’s reflection on love, time and family revisited

Reading Time: 2 minutes “These photographs are not a documentation or story telling or even art. They are declarations of Love” Christopher Anderson’s latest book, SON, takes the form of an older series revisited. It is distinct from the photography for which he garnered critical acclaim. Documentary work, significantly the images he created on a… Continue reading Christopher Anderson’s reflection on love, time and family revisited