John Bulmer

On top of meeting the "Mod Father" I also went along to an exhibition of photographs by John Bulmer at The Royal Exchange Theatre. http://www.royalexchangetheatre.co.uk/page.aspx Some really interesting images shot in and around Manchester dating from the early 70's surprisingly in colour. Now I know John worked for national newspapers but I can't find anything about him online, which is a shame as he must have been a real pioneer shooting colour documentary work in those days. If you can, go and see his work, and if you know of any sites with his work on or more about him please let me know.

Colour Documentary Work? England? 1965? Bloody Nora! The Work of John Bulmer.

I only became aware of John Bulmer's work a while back when he had a relatively small show at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. A contemporary of Don McCullin he seemed to have slipped off the radar for a while at least as a stills photographer, concentrating more on documentary films. With colour documentary work as good as this and while Martin Parr was only just in long trousers, his photography work should be better known.

Well HERE'S a start. More of his work HERE.

John Bulmer (again x 2)

John Bulmer a true, if not appreciated as much as he should be..... Great of British photojournalism. This is HIM and this is HIM in an Old Manchester. And no it's not the first time I've mentioned HIM.