UK in the 70s · Boarding school
UK in the 70s is a group of photographs whilst living as a student in England; first in boarding school and later at an art school to pursue a UK photographer training. Getting sent to an English boarding school in …
Category The UK years
The UK years
The UK years covers the time of an initial photographic impulse. This time was while attending and living at an English boarding school and later at Art College. Left England during the Thatcher years, due to introduced laws concerning foreign nationals.Returned just before Brexit and out again just after. This group of photos follows the times in the UK and back out with Mother Theresa…. Updated as the period archives are opened/scanned.
Lazing on a Sunday afternoon · escape · boarding school · UK 1970s & 80s · mp
Sunday afternoon was a time of escape, from routine, from uniform, a time of search for leisure, conviviality, experimentation. The window of opportunity was precisely timed, from 2 -6 pm GMT. Part of the work week was used deciding what…
Existential photography · rememoration · fragments · beware · mp
Existential photography · rememoration Looking back at photos can have two sides, on one a rememoration of who was present / what was being done, and the possibility of re-rememorating in an effort to make sense, to build some sort…
Portraits · casual portraits · UK in the 70s & 80s · boarding school · mp
Casual portraits One of the wonderful things about boarding school is the informality with which we talked, communicated between peers. This was particularly useful to try out portraits of schoolmates in various settings. I’m sure a lot more are in…