“A foṭgrafic portrit n arcîv abt evrde lîf in ɖ Blac Cuntri”
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“Wɖ its feṃs industrịl past, ɖr wz gwñ t b an inevitbl sns v dclîn in ɖ eria, bt ẃt I hd nt cǎntd on wz ɖ rvîṭlîześn ɖt ɖ mni imigṛntgrūps hd bròt t ɖ eria.”
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Vaisakhi, Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Smethwick
Norman Soper (Best Pot Leek) Sandwell Show
St George’s Day at the Brook Street Community Centre, Bilston, 2010
Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Smethwick, 2010
Daniel Horton with his dogs on a St George’s Day parade, West Bromwich, 2010
Royal Breakfast Special at Ginghams Cafe, Bilston, 2011
“Onli in Ñgḷnd xplorz ɖ lastñ inflụns v ɖ Britiš ftogṛfr Tôni Re-Jônz on ɖ dveḷpmnt v Britiš ftogṛfi fṛm ɖ 1970z t ɖ preznt de.
Ɖs xibišn v mr ɖn 100 hymṛs yt meḷncolic imijz olso includz ny prints ṣlctd bî istimd ftogṛfr Mātin Par. Ɖ dsple rflcts Ñgliš custmz n îdntti az wel az Re-Jônz’ iṇṿtv aproč.
D’nt têc borñ picčrz wz a slfimpozd rūl Tôni Re-Jônz livd bî ʈrt hiz ol tù šwt c̣rir. Dokmentñ ōdnri Ñgliš lîf, hiz imijz wr a stātlñ dpāčr fṛm enʈñ els biyñ pṛdyst at ɖ tîm.
Ɖe qcli atractd ɖ atnšn v ɖ Instityt v Cntemprri Āts (ICA), Lundn, ẇr ɖe wr xibitd in 1969. Trajcli, in 1972, Re-Jônz dîd fṛm lcīmia êjd jst 30.
Arnd 50 v Mātin Par’z rerli sīn ŕli blacnẇît fôtgṛafs fṛm Ɖ Noncnfwmists siriz fwm pāt v ɖ xibišn n rvil hâ an ŕli intṛduẋn t Re-Jônz’ wrc afctd Par’z imrjñ stîl.”
Great Yarmouth, 1966, by Tony Ray-Jones
Wimbledon, 1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Ramsgate, 1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Possibly Morecambe, c.1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Beauty Contestants, Southport, Merseyside, 1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Possibly Worthing, 1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Brighton, c.1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Barry Island, c.1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Beauty Pageant, c.1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Eastbourne Carnival, c.1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Dylan Concert, Ferry, Isle of Wight, 1969, by Tony Ray-Jones
Mankinholes Methodist Chapel, 1975, by Martin Parr
Tom Greenwood Cleaning, 1976, by Martin Parr
Wedding, Crimsworth Dean Methodist Chapel, 1977, by Martin Parr
Halifax Town Football Ground, 1977, by Martin Parr
Auction of Harvest Festival Produce, Pecket Well Methodist Chapel, 1978, by Martin Parr
“Fr ɖ frst tîm in its histri, ɖ îconic ftogṛfiêjnsi Magnm hz ôpnd its Lundn ofis’z rezinprint ācîv t ʈri cntmprri practišnrz. Gîdd bî ɖ fwmr Magnm Fôtoz ācivist Nic Galvin, histwrı̣n n anʈṛpoḷjist Iliẓbʈ Edẉdz, ftogṛfr Hana Stāci n ātist Yrı̣l Ōlo wr invîtd t riintrpṛt hâ sošl, culčṛl n ṗlitcl inclinešnz hv šêpt ɖ content v ɖ ācîv.
Edẉdz, Stāci n Ōlo čôz 130 rerli sīn fôṭgrafs fṛm 68,000 prints, ẇč c̣lctvli priznt an imprfct histri v ftogṛfi fṛm 1940–2000. Edẉdz adresz hâ ɖ xpirı̣nsz v ppl n ɖer ingejmnt wɖ ɖ wrld r inscrîbd in ɖ fôṭgraf. Stāci’z intrest z in hâ ɖ fīmêl pspctv hz rzultd in a naṛtv lnct acrs ɖ decedz, n Ōlo tīzz ât ɖ blînd spots v histri in ɖ mājinz v crîsis.
Đ twentīsevn ftogṛfrs huz wrc z prizntd in ɖ xibišn includ Aḅs, Īv Āṇld, Rene Buri, Ełt Ŕwit, Stywt Franclin, Leṇd Frīd, Dêvid Hrn, Pītr Mālo, Ñga Morat, Mātin Par, Cris Stīl-Prcinz n Dêvid Čim Sīmur.
Stāci’z intrest arîzz fṛm ɖ fīmêl pspctv n hâ wrc z subsiqntli injndrd; Edẉdz invstigets naṛtv gaps n absnt histriz, ẇl Ōlo tīzz ât pictwrịl asošiešnz.
Stāci’z intrest in ɖ fīmêl pspctv n hâ wrc z subsiqntli injndrd hz rzultd in an intiṃt naṛtv lnct acrs ɖ decedz in fôṭgrafs includñ Īv Ānld’z Slfpwtrit, 42nd Strīt, Ny Ywc Siti, 1950 n Leṇd Frīd’z Wimin’z Liḅrešn Māč in NYS, 1970. Hr ṣlẋn z čozn fṛm a pirı̣d in Magnm’z histri ẇn wimin acântd fr onli fîv psent v ɖ ftogṛfrz ɖe reprizntd.
Ōlo’z inṭdisipliṇri practis tīzz ât ɖ blîndspots v histri in ɖ mājinz v crîsis. Hiz insṭlešn fr ɖ xibišn xplorz ɖ mtiriaḷti v ɖ ācîv, prizntñ juxṭpzišnz v imijz ɖt, ɖo ɖe dpict vastli dfṛnt ivnts, hv stroñ vižl rlešnz, n includ Filip Jônz Grifiʈs’z Mrinz landñ on bīč, Danañ, Vietnam, 1970 n Rene Buri’z Crêtrz left bî YS bomñrêdz alñ ɖ Cambodı̣n bwdr fṛm ɖer bêsz in Sâʈ Vietnam, 1973.
Edẉdz hz apročt ɖ ācîv bî ascñ, hâ r ɖ xpirı̣nsz v ppl, ɖer ingejmnt wɖ ɖ wrld in ẇč ɖe fînd ɖmslvz, inscrîbd in ɖ fôṭgraf? Ɖ imijz š hz čozn r v ppl abswbd in ɖer wrld, intrṇlîzñ its psbltiz n mcñ sens v ɖt xpirı̣ns, ofn wɖ ɖ aẋn layñ bynd ɖ frem, az in Cāl di Cêzr’z Ladbṛc’s Betñšop, 1991 n Mātin Par’z Rušm, Mančestr, Ñgḷnd, 1972.
Wn Ācîv, Ʈri Vyz z ɖ frst tîm ɖ rezin-côtd printācîv hz fwmd ɖ bêsis v a kretd xibišn.
Ɖ ācîv prizents a snapšot in tîm, an imprfct histri, n ɖ ṣlctrz hv wrct indivijli n jýntli t lc bnʈ ɖ miʈoḷji v Magnm.
A Fôtôwrcs, Magnm Fôtoz n D’ La Wer Pviłn Côc̣mišn fr Brîtn Fôtôbîeňl 2014.
Brîtn Fôtôbîeňl z ɖ YC’z līdñ kretd ftogṛfīfestivl n pṛmots ny ʈñcñ arnd ftogṛfi ʈru a cmišnd prôgram v ivnts n xibišnz. Ɖ festivl z pṛdyst bî Fôtôwrcs, an ōġnîzešn dedicetd t ineblñ ptisipešn in ftogṛfi, ɖ most deṃcratc mīdı̣m v cntmprri vižl culčr. Fôtôwrcs’ prôgram includz cmišnz, publišñ n ptisipešn. In c̣laḅrešn wɖ lôcl, našnl n inṭnašnl pātnrz, Fôtôwrcs cnects âtstandñ ātists wɖ ōdı̣nsz, n čampı̣nz taḷnt n ambišn.”
Ʈru î-ôpnñ ftogṛfi n filmfŭtij, Ôpn fr Biznis seḷbrets ɖ rzilı̣ns v Britiš inḍstri. Fṛm tṛdišnl, hand-md crafts, fândriz n asmblīlînz t modn, intelijnt ōṭmešn, lboṛtriz n hîtec clīn-rūmz, ɖs ic̣nomic sectr demnstrets an xtrōdnri adapṭbilti n dvrsti.
Dscuvr a dfṛnt sîd v Lundn in ɖ wrc v awōdwinñ Americn strītftogṛfr, Brūs Gildn, hu fôc̣sz on ɖ vẹrid manyfacčrñ têcñ plês in ɖ siti. Crietñ unflinčñ pwtrits v wrcrz at ɖ Têt n Lîl n Voxwl factriz, Gildn demnstrets ɖ fizicl impact v wrc, n rezz qesčnz abt ɖ sošl rsponsbiltiz v cumṗniz t ɖer implôīz.
Az Britiš inḍstri fêsz svṛl čalinjz, Ôpn fr Biznis rvilz ɖ dêli strugl at a hymn levl az biznisz atmt t cut costs, strīmlîn prôsesz n levl p t inṭnašnl comṗtišn. Ɖ projct capčrz Britiš manyfacčrñ’z ifct on rījnl culčr n cmyṇtīlîf, n seḷbrets ɖ wrc, activtiz n lîvz v its implôīz.
