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“We live in a time of collective doubt, of who we are, who we were, to where do we go? What would have Shakespeare, master of both tragedy and comedy, made of this febrile episode in the nation’s psyche?”See More

Ron Reid (30th July 1933 – 11 March 1997) was an Australian photographer who moved to England in 1966 and documented the burgeoning alternative society, particularly in and around the music scene, which vividly express the freedom and hope of those years. Reid shared many of their values, and soon became a lifelong advocate of vegetarianism, ecology, sexual liberation and non-coercive spiritual values (when the last were once described as pagan, he was delighted). His pictures of the early…See More

Seán was in the middle of the troubles then and with his camera right in the focal points of military and para-military activities he managed to document the daily horrors with a keen eye and a steady hand. His black and white images conjure up again what was than ‘normality’ and show the absurdities of military and civilians only meters apart, following their daily routines: coexistence of war and ‘peace’, all on one shot, one print, one reality. We think it is important to show what was…See More