The 80s: Photographing Britain is a photography exhibition that, for its size, seeks to map and examine the development of photography in the United Kingdom from the 1980s to the 11th century.
A group exhibition with more than seventy photographers and collectives unites a generation engaged with what they were experiencing. The 1980s that in the UK were characterized by Prime Minister Thatcher and a series of revolutions underway.
Among the artists for example Mitra Tabrizian, Maud Sulter, Mumtaz Karimjee, John Davies, Tish Murtha, Stuart Hall and Victor Burgin. Not only that, but also images of Greenham Common by Format Photographers and projects in response to the conflict in Northern Ireland by Willie Doherty and Paul Seawright, the miners’ strikes by John Harris and Brenda Prince, the anti-racist demonstrations by Syd Shelton and Paul Trevor, not to mention Paul Graham’s observations of social security offices, Anna Fox’s images of corporate excesses, Chris Killip’s “sea-coalers” in Northumberland, Martin Parr’s depictions of Middle England and Markéta Luskačová and Don McCullin’s portraits of London’s East End.
At Tate Britain in London, from 21/11/2024 to 5/5/2025, The 80s: Photographing Britain provides a snapshot of events and life through around 350 images and archive material from the period, highlighting how different photographers created images for moments, moments and situations of economic, political and social change of that period.
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