No Such Thing as Society: Photography in Britain 1967-87. from the Arts Council Collection and the British Council

by David Mellor

When thinking of late-twentieth-century Britain, we often think of pop exports like The Beatles, the Sex Pistols or The Smiths and forget that England, from the late 60s through the 80s, was brutally depressed by inflation, unemployment, strikes, blackouts and racial unrest. Beginning in the early 70s, the Arts Council of Great Britain (now Arts Council England) began to commission photographers--including now-well-known artists, such as Ian Breakwell...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853322652
• ISBN13: 9781853322655
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Hayward Gallery Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 9.5"