John Bulmer is a British photographer and film-maker, born in 1938, whose family were Herefordshire cider makers. He was one of the pioneers of colour photojournalism, working for the Sunday Times Magazine from its early years in the 1960s. His pictures of the industrial towns of northern England in the 1960s, in Black Country smoke and Lancashire rain, are among his best known. He went on to make documentary films for television around the world.
John Bulmer
Photographer; early colour photojournalism, The North
- Born
- 28 February 1938 (88)
- Website
- johnbulmer.co.uk
Where to see their work
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John Bulmer: The North, Beecher’s Gallery, Ross-on-Wye
Opens Wednesday 20 January, until Sun 28 Feb
Further reading: Wikipedia