Paul Graham1985BEYOND CARINGGrey Editions2198480

19803MACK1A1 – THE GREAT NORTH ROAD2020/TROUBLED LAND2021

BEYOND CARING1David Chandler

Originally self-published in 1985, Paul Grahams renowned series, Beyond Caring, was made in the waiting rooms and corridors of the Social Security and Unemployment offices around the UK, documenting the long waits, queues and poor conditions of an overburdened system, to produce a powerful series of photographs conveying the hardship people experienced. Denied official permission to make the work, Grahams photographs were taken discreetly, usually without looking through the camera, resulting in a spatial disorientation that emphasised the unmoored distress of vulnerable citizens. The work shocked many on its release leading Magnum photographers were outraged by its use of colour in a classic documentary topic, while others celebrated how it stra