Documentary Photography & Film

This edition presents extraordinary images form the archive of renowned photographer Fran May - extraordinary for their quality but also for the fact that she started capturing these moments while still a teenager. A few years later, while at the Royal College of Art,...

This wonderful body of photographs was created by Syd Shelton for and about the British Rock Against Racism movement (RAR) of 1976–1981. For Shelton, this work was a socialist act, what he calls a “graphic argument,” on behalf of marginalised lives. His practice of...

Rare & Collectible Michael Dressel’s street photography relies on his long practiced ability to anticipate events that are about to happen and the readiness to capture these moments. In Lost Angeles, the viewer is invited to view some of Dressel’s most poignant portraits, taken between...

ARCHIVUM shows for the first time in book form more than 50 unique black-and-white prints of Kevin Cummins's photographs of the band Joy Division, many printed by him just hours after concerts had finished. The book not only documents the history of a now...

The first book on municipal cinema in Britain, Forgotten Futures includes films from the Department for Public Health, documentaries and local authority films, and is written by film and cultural historian Elizabeth Lebas. The book explores filmmaking by local authorities in Britain, outlining their...

This definitive collection of Derek Ridgers London youth portraits is a stunning archive of style and subculture in 1980s England. Between 1978 and 1987, Ridgers captured London youth culture in all its glory. With skinheads, punks and new romantics, in clubs and on the...

This important photo book visually documents student life at Oxford University during the 1980s and is a powerful record of the future British establishment. We see a world that has been written about and dramatised, yet never photographed. It pokes critical and affectionate fun at...

Throughout the 1980s, award-winning photographer Dafydd Jones was granted access to some of England’s most exclusive upper-class events. Here he presents this irreverent and intimate portrait of birthday parties and charity balls, Eton picnics and private school celebrations.With the crack of a hunting rifle and...

Brooklyn’s Empire Rollerdrome opened its doors in 1941 and soon became the borough’s premier destination for recreational and competitive roller skating. But it wasn’t until the late 1970s that the celebrated rink reached iconic status by replacing its organist with a live DJ, installing...

The Prix Pictet highlights photography on the crucial topic of global sustainability. This catalogue of the fourth season delved into the theme of Power. This multi-faceted subject is portrayed with thought and artistry by the 12 exceptional artists shortlisted for this prestigious photography prize....

Fire is the fourth element. It destroys and creates something new. In its heat, colours, and magnitude, it provides a terrifying spectacle as much as an existential threat. Today, it speaks as much to the fragility of human structures as to the damage wrought...

ten is a celebration of the outstanding photography showcased by the Prix Pictet from 2008 to 2018. Prix Pictet invites artists to tackle multi-faceted themes on the topic of sustainability. During its first decade, some 4,200 photographers presented over 28,000 images to the jury,...

Since the 1970s, Andy Summers has been one of the great guitarists of his generation as the guitarist of The Police and achieved worldwide fame alongside singer Sting, but also later as a solo artist. But Andy has also been making a name for...

This is a striking distillation of over 30 years' unprecedented photographic access to the world's largest green-field music and performing arts festival. In over 120 memorable images, Liam Bailey invites us to share his experiences of being among its diverse tribes.Although Glastonbury has evolved...

Documentary films are the rock and roll of our times. Why are they made? Who are in the tribe of documentary film-makers? Do their films really change the world?In 1997 Nick Fraser created BBC Storyville, producing films that won Oscars, BAFTAs, and Peabody Awards....

In the summer of 1990, Magnum photographer Carl De Keyzer bought a camper van and spent a year travelling across the United States to capture the American religious experience. Published in 1992, the series - which was exhibited at the California Museum of Photography...

No other photographer has caught the sensations, scandals and catastrophes of the 1930s and 1940s in New York City with his camera as captivatingly as Weegee. He was always directly on the spot when it happened and documented the events and the onlookers. All...

Walker Evans (1903–75) was a great American artist photographing people and places in the United States in unforgettable ways. He is known for his work for the Farm Security Administration, addressing the Great Depression, but what he actually saw was the diversity of people...

Jerry Berndt documented the period between 1968 and 1980 in America like no other photographer. Personally involved in the anti- Vietnam War activities of the 1960s, Berndt’s work combines photojournalism with documentary, conceptual and street photography to create a unique view of America’s social...

Reissued for the first time in decades having been originally published in limited quantities in 1981, Halloween: A Fantasy in Three Acts collects photographs taken by Ken Werner at San Francisco’s adult Halloween celebrations from 1976 to 1980. Werner assembled a visual narrative of...