Red Saunders Exhibition

We visited photographer Red Saunders exhibition in late October at the Impressions Gallery Bradford. The series concerned stories that were not told. Stories from before cameras were invented. The prints were on an epically large scale and the contents had an agenda. They are staged; every detail manipulated to meet his expressive vision.

In flesh they do look very much like paintings, which effectively communicates the language of the time. The space was staged to recreate spaces containing similar styled ‘paintings’. The large prints were placed onto red walls as opposed to white, within a moody, atmospheric low lit space. History is very much subjective. The story teller decides what is said; their interpretations of events. Same principle with photography embodied in this collection.