Photo Book Review – Beyond Caring by Paul Graham
Photo Book Review – Beyond Caring by Paul Graham Beyond Caring by Paul Graham is available from Mack Books, here. All images ©Paul Graham Paul Graham’s Beyond Caring is an extraordinary and poignant exploration of socio-political conditions in mid-1980s Britain, a work that operates at the intersection of documentary photography, social critique, and artistic innovation. Published in 1985, the photobook provides an unflinching visual narrative of the bleak environments of the United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) offices, where the unemployed and socially disadvantaged were subjected to prolonged bureaucratic indifference. Graham’s work transcends mere documentation; it is a profound commentary on the human cost of systemic neglect,…
Book Review – A1 – The Great North Road by Paul Graham
Photographer Paul Graham is an entirely self-taught contemporary British artist who works in Fine Art Photography. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, the Hasselblad Award and received a Guggenheim Fellowship. His work has been the subject of more than eighty solo exhibitions worldwide. Graham’s first serious project commenced in 1981 through to the end of 1982, when he was aged 25. It consisted of photographing all the people and places he came across while traveling repeatedly to and fro along the A1 in a borrowed Morris Mini Traveller car. It was the wooden back estate version, which just about allowed him enough…
