Notes

reprint of self-published book 1983

Publisher Note

A1 - The Great North Road was Paul Graham's first book, published in 1983. Despite the UK having a vibrant photographic scene at the time, there were only handful of monographic books - Chris Killip and Martin Parr had one each - and no dedicated publishers or distributors. Graham had to self-publish A1, but as the first colour book, it had a startling impact on British photography. Uniting the tradition of social documentary with the fresh approach of new colour, A1 - The Great North Road was transformative on photography in the UK and paved the way for a new generation of British colour photographers to emerge, from Nick Waplington to Anna Fox, Richard Billingham to Tom Wood.

Spanning the full length of England and into Edinburgh, Graham travelled repeatedly along the 'Great North Road' with a large format camera, to record the people, buildings, and landscape of early 1980's Britain. Now 40 years old, this book is as much art as it is a historical document of the years of Margaret Thatcher’s government and the UK’s declining industrial base.

Artists’ Book

A1

— The great North Road

by Paul Graham

Publisher
Release Place London, United Kingdom
Edition 1st edition
Release Date 2020
Credits
Artist: Paul Graham
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 978-1-912339-94-5
Work  
Subform Photobook
Topics Landscapes, Travel
Methods Photography
Language English
Dimensions 32.2 × 24.3 × 1.0 cm
Pages 96
Technique Offset

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