Tate Dialogues: The 80s

Our understanding of the potential of photography owes much to the groundbreaking photography of the 1980s.The 80s: Photographing Britain explores a critical decade for photography in the UK, highlighting the work of artists who were radically reconsidering the possibilities of the medium and its role in society, and tracing developments in photographic art in Britain from 1976 to 1993.This publication, part of the Tate Dialogues series, includes a curated selection of artworks, and a range of stories from photographers, their subjects, and the writers and artists they have inspired.

Debbie Meniru is a London-based writer, editor and curator. She is currently Assistant Curator, Interpretation at Tate.Her writing has been published internationally, including by Hatje Cantz, Rizzoli, Tate, Hayward Gallery Publishing, and CURA magazine. As a curator, Meniru has worked on exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery, Tate Modern, Somerset House and the Migration Museum. Dalia Al-Dujaili is an Iraqi-British freelance journalist, editor, host, copywriter and producer based in London. She is the Online Editor of The British Journal of Photography, and the Founder and Editor in Chief of The Road to Nowhere. Joy Gregory is a British artist. Her work explores concerns related to race, gender and cultural differences in contemporary society, and has been published and exhibited worldwide. Isaac Rangaswami is a freelance copywriter and restaurant writer based in London. He runs the Instagram @caffsnotcafes and the newsletter Wooden City. Bindi Vora is a British-Indian interdisciplinary photographic artist and curator.