Paul Reas

From the series \'Flogging a Dead Horse\' 1985-1993Edition of 8British photographer Paul Reas is part of a select tradition of British photographers who brought to light the understated faces of British culture in the 1980s and 90s. Humorous and slightly caustic, Reas\' images are a criticism of an emerging cultural façade epitomized by heritage industry sites, branding, and figurative cultural icons.

Reading Time: 9 minutes If you don't get the reference, it's a curious title for a photobook – Fables of Faubus, the 30-year retrospective by British documentary photographer Paul Reas. But if you're a jazz fan you'll know it's taken from a song by Charles Mingus, written after Arkansas governor Orval Faubus decided to bar the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. To Mingus, and many others, Faubus stood for a dark force holding back progressive social change. For Reas, the…

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Retrospective monograph of work by British documentary photographer Paul Reas.

'The little boy became a soldier and went to Iraq. I wonder if it was because of the military wallpaper'

Reading Time: 9 minutes If you don't get the reference, it's a curious title for a photobook – Fables of Faubus, the 30-year retrospective by British documentary photographer Paul Reas. But if you're a jazz fan you'll know it's taken from a song by Charles Mingus, written after Arkansas governor Orval Faubus decided to bar the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. To Mingus, and many others, Faubus stood for a dark force holding back progressive social change. For Reas, the…

Retrospective monograph of work by British documentary photographer Paul Reas.

Paul Reas. From «The Valleys Project». 1984 [::SemAp Twitter || SemAp::]

Edition of 8From the series \'Flogging a Dead Horse\' 1985-1993British photographer Paul Reas is part of a select tradition of British photographers who brought to light the understated faces of British culture in the 1980s and 90s. Humorous and slightly caustic, Reas\' images are a criticism of an emerging cultural façade epitomized by heritage industry sites, branding, and figurative cultural icons.

Retrospective monograph of work by British documentary photographer Paul Reas.

We spoke to photographer Paul Reas about his 30-year career.