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Paul Reas is a British social documentary photographer and educator, born in Bradford in the north of England in 1955. Until he recent retirement, Paul was the Course Leader of the Documentary Photography course (established by Magnum photographer David Hurn) at the University of South Wales in Cardiff, UK. He has worked commercially and editorially for many years and publishes and exhibits work internationally.Paul is perhaps best known for photographing consumerism and various aspects of daily working class life in Britain, especially during the 1980s and 1990s and is a member of a group of hugely influential photographers commonly referred to as the second wave of British colour documentarists.Paul has produced the books I Can Help (1988), Flogging a Dead Horse: Heritage Culture and Its Role in Post-industrial Britain (1993) and Fables of Faubus (2018). He has had solo exhibitions at The Photographers' Gallery and London College of Communication, London; Cornerhouse, Manchester; and Impressions Gallery, Bradford. His work is held in the collection of the British Council and he is represented by the James Hyman Gallery in London.On episode 164, Paul discusses, among other things:Thoughts on retirement.Being politically motivated during the Thatcher years.Creativity sometimes being finite.How he has started to paint and why he paints photographs.Reflections on the future for documentary photography.His life-long lack of confidence.His father and learning about his WW2 trauma.How his love of Northern Soul sparked an interest in photography.Why from the start he photographed what he knew and what felt familiar.The Valleys Project.I Can Help.Criticism of the portrayal of working class life.Flogging A Dead Horse.Referenced:Andy SimpsonEileen Gibson CowanIan WalkerRon McCormickJohn DaviesPaul GrahamMartin ParrCharlie MeechamBob PhilipsJem SouthamWebsite | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook“Although I was photographing people, I never really think about my photographs as being totally about people. They’re about the systems that we’re all subjected to. Whether it’s consumerism or unempolyment or whatever, they try to be about those bigger themes. ”

Paul Reas is a British social documentary photographer and educator, born in Bradford in the north of England in 1955. Until he recent retirement, Paul was the Course Leader of the Documentary Photography course (established by Magnum photographer David Hurn) at the University of South Wales in Cardiff, UK. He has worked commercially and editorially for many years and publishes and exhibits work internationally.Paul is perhaps best known for photographing consumerism and various aspects of daily working class life in Britain, especially during the 1980s and 1990s and is a member of a group of hugely influential photographers commonly referred to as the second wave of British colour documentarists.Paul has produced the books <a href="https://www.paulreas.com/books/project-one-grnkg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Can Help</a> (1988), <a href="https://www.paulreas.com/books/project-two-77drz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flogging a Dead Horse: Heritage Culture and Its Role in Post-industrial Britain</a> (1993) and <a href="https://www.paulreas.com/books/project-five-y8xk4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fables of Faubus</a> (2018). He has had solo exhibitions at The Photographers' Gallery and London College of Communication, London; Cornerhouse, Manchester; and Impressions Gallery, Bradford. His work is held in the collection of the British Council and he is represented by the James Hyman Gallery in London. On episode 164, Paul discusses, among other things:<ul><li>Thoughts on retirement.</li><li>Being politically motivated during the Thatcher years.</li><li>Creativity sometimes being finite.</li><li>How he has started to paint and why he paints photographs.</li><li>Reflections on the future for documentary photography.</li><li>His life-long lack of confidence.</li><li>His father and learning about his WW2 trauma.</li><li>How his love of Northern Soul sparked an interest in photography.</li><li>Why from the start he photographed what he knew and what felt familiar.</li><li><a href="https://www.paulreas.com/portfolio-1/project-four-tfzrn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Valleys Project.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.paulreas.com/books/project-one-grnkg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Can Help.</a></li><li>Criticism of the portrayal of working class life.</li><li><a href="https://www.paulreas.com/books/project-two-77drz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flogging A Dead Horse.</a></li></ul>Referenced:<ul><li>Andy Simpson</li><li>Eileen Gibson Cowan</li><li>Ian Walker</li><li>Ron McCormick</li><li>John Davies</li><li>Paul Graham</li><li>Martin Parr</li><li>Charlie Meecham</li><li>Bob Philips</li><li>Jem Southam</li></ul><a href="https://www.paulreas.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/paul.reas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/paulreas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/paul.reas.5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a><blockquote>“Although I was photographing people, I never really think about my photographs as being totally about people. They’re about the systems that we’re all subjected to. Whether it’s consumerism or unempolyment or whatever, they try to be about those bigger themes. ”</blockquote>

164 - Paul Reas

PAUL REAS IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVID HURNTintern, February 2019PAUL REAS YN SGWRSIO GYDAG DAVID HURNTintern, Chwefror 2019 © Photograph Copyright Paul Reas Paul Reas has a long career in UK photography during which he has worked as an editorial and advertising photographer before moving into education. Respected for his gritty documentation of the UK’s working class and consumerism, Paul’s colour work is considered part of the new movement in colour during the late 1980’s and early 90’s along with others such as Anna Fox and Paul Graham. Reas was one of the first photographers to be commissioned by Ffotogallery to contribute to The Valleys Project.Paul has recently published Fables of Faubus, a 30-year retrospective photobook on his work and the title giving a hint to his love of music.Currently course leader on the respected Documentary Photography course founded by David Hurn in Newport (now delivered at the University of South Wales course in Cardiff), Ffoton are delighted to bring the two friends together for an exclusive conversation on Paul’s work and career. Contact sheet selection of the final image of the ‘Glowing Man’. © Paul Reas Contact sheet selection of a considered image from same session with the ‘Glowing Man’. © Paul Reas See below for a small selection of Paul'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                                        Find out more about Paul’s new book on his website fablesoffaubus.format.comFollow his current adventures on Instagram @paul.reas and Twitter @paulreasGallery images © Paul Reas and used with permission of the photographer.Banner image © 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. Ffoton Interviews / Cyfweliadau RSS

<h3>PAUL REAS IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVID HURN Tintern, February 2019</h3><h3>PAUL REAS YN SGWRSIO GYDAG DAVID HURN Tintern, Chwefror 2019</h3> © Photograph Copyright Paul Reas Paul Reas has a long career in UK photography during which he has worked as an editorial and advertising photographer before moving into education. Respected for his gritty documentation of the UK’s working class and consumerism, Paul’s colour work is considered part of the new movement in colour during the late 1980’s and early 90’s along with others such as Anna Fox and Paul Graham. Reas was one of the first photographers to be commissioned by Ffotogallery to contribute to The Valleys Project.Paul has recently published Fables of Faubus, a 30-year retrospective photobook on his work and the title giving a hint to his love of music.Currently course leader on the respected Documentary Photography course founded by David Hurn in Newport (now delivered at the University of South Wales course in Cardiff), Ffoton are delighted to bring the two friends together for an exclusive conversation on Paul’s work and career. Contact sheet selection of the final image of the ‘Glowing Man’. © Paul Reas Contact sheet selection of a considered image from same session with the ‘Glowing Man’. © Paul Reas See below for a small selection of Paul'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/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553264836379-UUXGUOFVLJHTYCJE4ITF/Paul+Reas_Daydreaming.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553264840809-W9REUB3DSW9SLAPRPWB2/Paul+Reas_glowing+man.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553264838501-NDPDBDU1CFD2ZV26NG95/Paul+Reas_VW+Wedding+Advert.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553264841206-8MWSDWFPGYXL4TEYAM58/Paul+Reas_Fujicolor+Advert.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553265029380-BTG4KD2QFIJBXHUZRGKN/Paul+Reas_Landscape+crowd.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553265028197-XEWCOY03UFPC3RVEPFBZ/Paul+Reas_Arcade.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553265031143-YVIEUY4BKKA9V8FZVV3X/Paul+Reas_Cine.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553265186580-UMSX4ZBHRGNJ2XNDQU9F/Paul+Reas_wallpaper.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553265310841-87E0FZP0L1SXQ2JIT6PS/Paul+Reas_Burger.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553265186426-NX4BH5MTK10VOIH1O1M0/Paul+Reas_Red+bag.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553265310365-LEZK31QCFWLZFHN8RRPX/Paul+Reas_cola.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54819aebe4b05ea9bd1c8244/1553265189496-LUXIYZE9E1F3W8CXIBVD/Paul+Reas_Beef.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> View fullsize </a> Find out more about Paul’s new book on his website <a href="https://fablesoffaubus.format.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fablesoffaubus.format.com</a> Follow his current adventures on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/paul.reas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@paul.reas</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/paulreas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@paulreas</a> Gallery images © Paul Reas and used with permission of the photographer. Banner image © 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="nofollow" target="_blank">Ffoton Interviews / Cyfweliadau RSS</a>