The Close Season

The Close SeasonLast few copies KEN GRANT story by James Kelman 'No hidden agendas, no exploitation, just a short cut to knowing what it was like to be there.' Martin Parr Rooted in autobiography, and made over a fifteen year period, Ken Grant's photographs offer us a unique insight into the Liverpool community in which he was born. As the buoyancy of Liverpool's industrial river trades slips away into history, there are few guarantees for lives that are improvised

and as I photographed them I realised they were symbolic of what was happening – they represented happiness

as it has proven to be helpful in slowing down the process of brain degeneration

along with the accompanying stories of the owners and their firearms which are based on interviews

He was even the first British photographer to be granted a one man exhibition in the prestigious Maison Robert Doisneau museum in Paris

revealing the performance of the everyday

72 duotone photographs

121 duotone photographs

Melanie Friend’s photographs reveal the military presence as a disquieting feature on the horizon: a rusty tank positioned as a target

Strömholm also went on numerous photographic expeditions to places around the globe in the early 1960s

Who were these girlfriends

The city fulfils an increasingly important role in this

making holiday memories