An exhibition of photographs of life in Britain spanning 30 years, from the Thatcher era to today’s economic climate, is opening in Bradford.
Encompassing themes of class, consumption, work and leisure, the exhibition is the international premiere of Bradford photographer Paul Reas’ first major retrospective.
Reas is regarded as one of the most significant photographers to emerge from the new wave of colour documentary in the mid-1980s.
He is part of the pioneering generation of photographers who revealed and critiqued British class and culture in the 1980s and 90s.
Strongly influenced by his working-class upbringing in Bradford, Reas used humour and sharp observation to comment on a new corporate and commercial world.
It runs at Bradford’s Impressions gallery from December 10 to March 8.
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