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John Bulmer was a pioneer of colour photography in the early 1960s working for the Sunday Times Magazine from the very first issue till the 1970s.He was brought up in Herefordshire, became a passionate photographer, and when he went to study engineering at Cambridge continued taking photographs- first for the University newspaper Varsity and then for Image, a picture magazine that he co-founded.  He also started shooting stories on Cambridge for Queen Magazine, the Daily Express newspaper, and finally a story on the Night Climbers of Cambridge which sold to Life Magazine.This ended his career at Cambridge, and he went up to London where he was offered a job as a photographer on the Daily Express.  At the time the Express was the foremost paper in Britain for photography and did many assignments in association with Paris Match.He soon started shooting stories for Town Magazine, a new fashion magazine that became well known for good photography, using others such as Terrence Donovan, David Bailey, and Don McCullin.  John Bulmer did many groundbreaking stories for them including; The Black Country, Nelson, The North, as well as overseas stories in South America, Africa, New Guinea, and Indonesia.The Sunday Times then produced the first of the Colour Supplements, later copied by all the newspapers. John Bulmer shared the cover of the first issue with David Bailey- a picture of a footballer he took surrounded by pictures of Jean Shrimpton’s armpit!  This was a small start but John soon had a contract to shoot sixty pages a year and traveled to nearly 100 countries on their behalf.The writer Martin Harrison, in his book about photography in the 60’s “The Young Meteors” describes the start of the Colour Magazines:-“The switch to colour was, therefore, quite sudden and few photographers were prepared for it.John Bulmer was recognised immediately for having made the necessary adjustment and thinking specifically in terms of colour became one of the most prolific contributors of colour reportage to the Sunday Times Colour Section.Many of Bulmer’s most important assignments were abroad, but he was also acknowledged as an adroit recorder of provincial Britain. His reputation as a recorder of the industrial cityscape was probably gained at Town, where he was responsible for stories on Nelson, Lancashire, The Black Country, and The North is dead”His work was several times singled out for awards by the Design and Art Directors Club and he has had pictures shown at the Gallery of Modern Art in New York, the Photographers' Gallery in London, and the National Museum of Photography in BradfordBy the early seventies, the Sunday Times changed course, looking for stories on “Crime, Middle-class living and Fashion” as described to Bulmer by the new editor.It was time for a change and John Bulmer moved sideways into making documentary films. He filmed a programme on the life of Van Gogh in the South of France, directed by Mai Zetterling, and went on to direct many films on travel and untouched tribes in the most inaccessible parts of the world. These were primarily shown on BBC, Nat Geo, and Discovery Channel.He has now returned to Herefordshire to catalogue and show his huge collection of still photographs, many of which have never been seen.John BulmerWeb: http://www.johnbulmer.co.uk/ Books:The North https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/t...Wind of Change https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/w...A Very English Village: https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/a...Hartlepool 1960s https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/shop/j...Manchester 1970s https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/shop/j... Popper Photo Stock: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/john-bulmer?assettype=image&amp;editorialproducts=popperfoto&amp;family=editorial&amp;phrase=john%20bulmerFilms:Beehives and Runaway Wives https://vimeo.com/693661315Painter and the Fighter https://vimeo.com/693629779Bluecoat Press https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/ Music by kind permission Martin Stephenson:https://daintees.bandcamp.com/album/s...To buy the song We Are Storm: https://daintees.bandcamp.com/track/w...Camera is on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Camerasnaps​YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/Camerasnaps​   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camera_books/​ Merch: http://camera.myspreadshop.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/camera.proje...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0I5BX44...Thank you for all your support. #johnbulmer #podcast #photographer #photography #photos  #sundaytimes #thenorth #documentaryphotography #camera #photobook #cameratalk #lifestories  #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #fleetstreet #newsphotograpaher #photographylovers

John Bulmer was a pioneer of colour photography in the early 1960s working for the Sunday Times Magazine from the very first issue till the 1970s. He was brought up in Herefordshire, became a passionate photographer, and when he went to study engineering at Cambridge continued taking photographs- first for the University newspaper Varsity and then for Image, a picture magazine that he co-founded. He also started shooting stories on Cambridge for Queen Magazine, the Daily Express newspaper, and finally a story on the Night Climbers of Cambridge which sold to Life Magazine. This ended his career at Cambridge, and he went up to London where he was offered a job as a photographer on the Daily Express. At the time the Express was the foremost paper in Britain for photography and did many assignments in association with Paris Match. He soon started shooting stories for Town Magazine, a new fashion magazine that became well known for good photography, using others such as Terrence Donovan, David Bailey, and Don McCullin. John Bulmer did many groundbreaking stories for them including; The Black Country, Nelson, The North, as well as overseas stories in South America, Africa, New Guinea, and Indonesia. The Sunday Times then produced the first of the Colour Supplements, later copied by all the newspapers. John Bulmer shared the cover of the first issue with David Bailey- a picture of a footballer he took surrounded by pictures of Jean Shrimpton’s armpit! This was a small start but John soon had a contract to shoot sixty pages a year and traveled to nearly 100 countries on their behalf. The writer Martin Harrison, in his book about photography in the 60’s “The Young Meteors” describes the start of the Colour Magazines:- “The switch to colour was, therefore, quite sudden and few photographers were prepared for it. John Bulmer was recognised immediately for having made the necessary adjustment and thinking specifically in terms of colour became one of the most prolific contributors of colour reportage to the Sunday Times Colour Section. Many of Bulmer’s most important assignments were abroad, but he was also acknowledged as an adroit recorder of provincial Britain. His reputation as a recorder of the industrial cityscape was probably gained at Town, where he was responsible for stories on Nelson, Lancashire, The Black Country, and The North is dead” His work was several times singled out for awards by the Design and Art Directors Club and he has had pictures shown at the Gallery of Modern Art in New York, the Photographers' Gallery in London, and the National Museum of Photography in Bradford By the early seventies, the Sunday Times changed course, looking for stories on “Crime, Middle-class living and Fashion” as described to Bulmer by the new editor. It was time for a change and John Bulmer moved sideways into making documentary films. He filmed a programme on the life of Van Gogh in the South of France, directed by Mai Zetterling, and went on to direct many films on travel and untouched tribes in the most inaccessible parts of the world. These were primarily shown on BBC, Nat Geo, and Discovery Channel. He has now returned to Herefordshire to catalogue and show his huge collection of still photographs, many of which have never been seen. John Bulmer Web: <a href="http://www.johnbulmer.co.uk/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.johnbulmer.co.uk/</a> Books: The North <a href="https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/t.." rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/t..</a>. Wind of Change <a href="https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/w.." rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/w..</a>. A Very English Village: <a href="https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/a.." rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/a..</a>. Hartlepool 1960s <a href="https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/shop/j.." rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/shop/j..</a>. Manchester 1970s <a href="https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/shop/j.." rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/shop/j..</a>. Popper Photo Stock: <a href="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/john-bulmer?assettype=image&amp;editorialproducts=popperfoto&amp;family=editorial&amp;phrase=john%20bulmer" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/john-bulmer?assettype=image&amp;editorialproducts=popperfoto&amp;family=editorial&amp;phrase=john%20bulmer</a> Films: Beehives and Runaway Wives <a href="https://vimeo.com/693661315" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/693661315</a> Painter and the Fighter <a href="https://vimeo.com/693629779" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/693629779</a> Bluecoat Press <a href="https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/</a> Music by kind permission Martin Stephenson: <a href="https://daintees.bandcamp.com/album/s.." rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://daintees.bandcamp.com/album/s..</a>. To buy the song We Are Storm: <a href="https://daintees.bandcamp.com/track/w.." rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://daintees.bandcamp.com/track/w..</a>. Camera is on: Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com</a>/Camerasnaps​ YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/c" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/c</a>/Camerasnaps​ Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/camera_books" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/camera_books</a>/​ Merch: <a href="http://camera.myspreadshop.co.uk" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://camera.myspreadshop.co.uk</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/camera.proje.." rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/camera.proje..</a>. Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0I5BX44.." rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/0I5BX44..</a>. Thank you for all your support. #johnbulmer #podcast #photographer #photography #photos #sundaytimes #thenorth #documentaryphotography #camera #photobook #cameratalk #lifestories #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #fleetstreet #newsphotograpaher #photographylovers

#7 John Bulmer - PHOTO TALK PODCAST

In episode 144 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering what makes a magazine cover photographer, Irving Penn the photojournalist, the importance those who came before us, and Covid lockdown independent initiatives.Plus this week photographer John Bulmer takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?’John Bulmer was born in 1938 in Herefordshire, the grandson of the founder of the Bulmer cider company. While still a student of engineering at Cambridge he had photographs published in Varsity magazine as well as a magazine he co-founded, Image. He also completed photo-stories for the Daily Express, and Queen magazine, whilst working as an assistant to photographers Larry Burrows and Burt Glinn. Expelled from Cambridge six weeks before his finals Bulmer got a job with the Daily Express and stayed there for two years. Bulmer is most often associated with his documentation of the North of England which he began with his first assignment in 1960, for Town. In 1965, Bulmer first photographed the north of England in colour, for the Sunday Times magazine the magazine who he worked for until 1973. However, Bulmer continued working for other publications, including the British edition of Geo, as he combined photography with film commissions for the BBC and Discovery Channel. As Bulmer moved away from photography to film, his earlier photographic work until it was included in a 1983 exhibition at the Photographers' Gallery, British Photography 1955–65: The Master Craftsmen in Print. Bulmer's career in film continued to the mid-2000s, when he retired and turned to digitising and cataloguing his earlier photographs. The resulted in two books of his work being published by Bluecoat Press, The North and Wind of Change.  www.johnbulmer.co.uk*In this episode Grant incorrectly suggests that John Bulmer is married to the film director Mai Zetterling, this is incorrect. Bulmer worked with Zetterling but is married to Angela Bulmer, a sculptor. A full apology for this error will be included in next week's episode.Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, a working photographer, and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019).His book What Does Photography Mean to You? including 89 photographers who have contributed to the A Photographic Life podcast is on sale now £9.99 https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/what-does-photography-mean-to-you/© Grant Scott 2021

In episode 144 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering what makes a magazine cover photographer, Irving Penn the photojournalist, the importance those who came before us, and Covid lockdown independent initiatives. Plus this week photographer John Bulmer takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?’ John Bulmer was born in 1938 in Herefordshire, the grandson of the founder of the Bulmer cider company. While still a student of engineering at Cambridge he had photographs published in Varsity magazine as well as a magazine he co-founded, Image. He also completed photo-stories for the Daily Express, and Queen magazine, whilst working as an assistant to photographers Larry Burrows and Burt Glinn. Expelled from Cambridge six weeks before his finals Bulmer got a job with the Daily Express and stayed there for two years. Bulmer is most often associated with his documentation of the North of England which he began with his first assignment in 1960, for Town. In 1965, Bulmer first photographed the north of England in colour, for the Sunday Times magazine the magazine who he worked for until 1973. However, Bulmer continued working for other publications, including the British edition of Geo, as he combined photography with film commissions for the BBC and Discovery Channel. As Bulmer moved away from photography to film, his earlier photographic work until it was included in a 1983 exhibition at the Photographers' Gallery, British Photography 1955–65: The Master Craftsmen in Print. Bulmer's career in film continued to the mid-2000s, when he retired and turned to digitising and cataloguing his earlier photographs. The resulted in two books of his work being published by Bluecoat Press, The North and Wind of Change. <a href="http://www.johnbulmer.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.johnbulmer.co.uk</a> *In this episode Grant incorrectly suggests that John Bulmer is married to the film director Mai Zetterling, this is incorrect. Bulmer worked with Zetterling but is married to Angela Bulmer, a sculptor. A full apology for this error will be included in next week's episode. Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, a working photographer, and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019). His book What Does Photography Mean to You? including 89 photographers who have contributed to the A Photographic Life podcast is on sale now £9.99 <a href="https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/what-does-photography-mean-to-you/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/what-does-photography-mean-to-you/</a> © Grant Scott 2021

A Photographic Life - 144: Plus John Bulmer

JOHN BULMER IN CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CARROLLCARDIFF, OCTOBER 2017JOHN BULMER YN SGWRSIO GYDAG BRIAN CARROLLCAERDYDD, Hydref 2017 Photographer John Bulmer. © Brian Carroll One of John Bulmer's images in the David Hurn collection. © John Bulmer Ffoton talks with respected UK photojournalist and pioneer of colour John Bulmer.We discuss John's career, work documenting the streets of the UK and warzones around the world - and his long friendship with some of the UK's leading photographers. Dyma sgwrs ffoton gydag un o ffotograffwyr newyddiadurol mawr ei barch ac arloeswr ym myd lluniau lliw, John Bulmer.Yr ydym yn trafod gyrfa John yn cofnodi bywyd ar strydoedd  Prydain ac ar feysydd cad o gwmpas y byd a'i gyfeillgarwch a ffotograffwyr blaenllaw Prydain. See below for a small selection of John's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod.                                         View fullsize                                                                                View fullsize                                                                                View fullsize                                                                                View fullsize                                                                                View fullsize                                                                                View fullsize                                                                                View fullsize                                                                                View fullsize                                                                                View fullsize                                                                                View fullsize                                                                                View fullsize                                                                                View fullsize                                        View more of John's work on his website www.johnbulmer.co.ukFollow him on Twitter @jbulmerarchiveGallery images © John Bulmer. Used with permission of the photographer.Podcast images © Brian Carroll. Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team.See our Terms page for more details.  Our RSS Feed

<h3>JOHN BULMER IN CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CARROLL CARDIFF, OCTOBER 2017</h3><h3>JOHN BULMER YN SGWRSIO GYDAG BRIAN CARROLL CAERDYDD, Hydref 2017</h3> Photographer John Bulmer. © Brian Carroll One of John Bulmer's images in the David Hurn collection. © John Bulmer Ffoton talks with respected UK photojournalist and pioneer of colour John Bulmer.We discuss John's career, work documenting the streets of the UK and warzones around the world - and his long friendship with some of the UK's leading photographers. Dyma sgwrs ffoton gydag un o ffotograffwyr newyddiadurol mawr ei barch ac arloeswr ym myd lluniau lliw, John Bulmer. Yr ydym yn trafod gyrfa John yn cofnodi bywyd ar strydoedd  Prydain ac ar feysydd cad o gwmpas y byd a'i gyfeillgarwch a ffotograffwyr blaenllaw Prydain. See below for a small selection of John's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod. <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591301822-LMTRF1HAJWAGSX40VENC/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+16.58.14.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591250650-AZI4XBSR7JJZZ0RT99A5/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+17.04.10.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591250158-Q9UWSSEIXR2QEDX3G3TB/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+17.03.37.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591260650-HI4GQW7B4L4K11V0ISWY/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+17.03.11.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591305128-70GQT0G9J9HSB4Q6D05V/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+16.58.01.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591261714-EKEKUBJY7SKQJCG1SR9N/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+17.02.01.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591272299-9LV2EF2HCJLDD9FW7JXU/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+17.01.21.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591271819-Y0RE7TTGEZOPPR6XEP7S/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+17.00.49.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591284531-9TFV7L35M5U6GGCAT85Y/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+17.00.16.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591278847-8GJ2MG07RZVC00234FNL/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+16.59.45.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591292682-N0XIRCKLTD2U0FLKPZY9/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+16.59.34.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1517591290530-4VEA77Q97YMVNK8X13LN/Screen+Shot+2018-02-02+at+16.59.10.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> View more of John's work on his website <a href="http://www.johnbulmer.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.johnbulmer.co.uk</a> Follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/jbulmerarchive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jbulmerarchive</a> Gallery images © John Bulmer. Used with permission of the photographer. Podcast images © Brian Carroll. Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team. See our <a href="https://brian-carroll-3wfc.squarespace.com/terms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Terms</a> page for more details. <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Ffoton_Interviews" rel="alternate nofollow" target="_blank"> Our RSS Feed</a>