March 15, 2010

John Bulmer’s photographs of Northern England in the seventies

do for Manchester what Helen Leavitt did for New York.

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  1. Deron Bauman on March 15th, 2010 at 11:26 am

    thank you, Lucy.

  2. Lucy Foley on March 15th, 2010 at 11:41 am

    This isn’t my absolute favourite of the bunch, but it is the most complete single image of the spirit of working class Thatcherism that I have ever seen.

  3. Deron Bauman on March 15th, 2010 at 11:46 am

    love this one.

  4. Lucy Foley on March 15th, 2010 at 11:55 am

    Yeah, Jesus, I’ve just seen that one now.

  5. Daryl Scroggins on March 15th, 2010 at 12:00 pm

    Wow, these all do it for me. I particularly like 3, 10 & 13.

  6. Lucy Foley on March 15th, 2010 at 12:01 pm

    Is the sauna man in any of those? He’s my favourite.

  7. Daryl Scroggins on March 15th, 2010 at 12:07 pm

    I’m not sure which one you mean. There’s a good one that features a near naked scowling man seated with family on a blanket at lake’s shore (it appears). My two favorites are the man & family with greyhound, and the woman obscured by two balloons, with girl, at the zoo.

  8. Lucy Foley on March 15th, 2010 at 12:08 pm

    I mean him. This is the set I got the shot of the house from.

  9. Deron Bauman on March 15th, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    ditto on the greyhound.

  10. Kathy Hilen-Smith on March 15th, 2010 at 12:19 pm

    They are all fabulous.

  11. Phil Bebbington on March 15th, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    Love this, Lucy. I had a Capri like that in gold with a beige vinyl roof.

    I’m thinking, it might be time for vinyl roofs to return. However, the brow/gold/ beige combination?

  12. Phil Bebbington on March 15th, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    Lucy, that whole set is stunning and the sense of flashback to my youth makes me ache.

  13. Cindy Scroggins on March 15th, 2010 at 1:01 pm

    Phil! My first car was a Capri like that. White, 1972, vinyl roof. I got someone to paint a pink rose on the driver’s-side door (I was 16–what can I say?)

    And Lucy, yes–these photos are wonderful.

  14. Phil Bebbington on March 15th, 2010 at 1:05 pm

    Mine was a 73 and we were born in the same year – that must mean something and if it doesn’t, I’m gonna make something up.

  15. Cindy Scroggins on March 15th, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    Okay, when you know what it means, tell me.

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