British Photography. Aperture, No. 113, 1988. British Photography: Towards a Bigger Picture.

Charles Hagan & Nan Richardson, eds. Photographers include Martin Parr, Peter Fraser, Olivier Richon, Ron O’Donnell, John Hilliard, Bill Brandt, David Lewis, Karen  Knorr, Mari Mahr, Susan Hiller, Roberta Graham, Helen Chadwick, Chris Steele-Perkins, Victor Burgin, Paul Graham, Paul Trevor, John Davies, Simon Dent, Peter Cattrell, Tony Ray-Jones; Roger Mayne, Thurston Hopkins, Don McCullin, Philip Jones Griffiths, Raymond Moore, David Hurn, Andy Wiener, and Paul Reas.  Fine, wraps (as issued), Summary:

Aperture, No. 113 (Winter 1988), titled British Photography: Towards a Bigger Picture, is a landmark survey published by the Aperture Foundation documenting a transformative era in British photography. Edited by Charles Hagen and Nan Richardson, the volume captures a moment defined by political friction under Thatcherism, shifting class dynamics, and the evolution of the medium beyond traditional photojournalism.

Core Themes & Scope

• Political & Social Critique: Focuses on responses to Thatcher-era economic restructuring, deindustrialization, regional identity, and community dynamics.

• Aesthetic Diversification: Examines the rise of color documentary, staged narrative imagery, feminist art, and conceptual strategies that expanded British visual art.

• Critical Writing: Features essays by prominent curators and historians—including Mark Haworth-Booth, David Mellor, Susan Butler, Chris Titterington, Gilane Tawadros, and Rosetta Brooks—addressing postwar heritage, landscape, race, and media culture.

Featured Artists The issue highlights work spanning post-WWII documentary traditions to 1980s avant-garde practice:

• Documentary & Social Realism: Martin Parr, Paul Graham, Chris Steele-Perkins, Don McCullin, Tony Ray-Jones, Bill Brandt, John Davies, and Paul Trevor.

• Conceptual & Experimental Work: Victor Burgin, Helen Chadwick, Calum Colvin, Adam Fuss, Karen Knorr, Boyd Webb, Olivier Richon, and Susan Hiller.