Beyond Caring

by Paul Graham (Photographer), David Chandler (Contributor), Jeffrey Ladd (Contributor)

Published in 1986, Beyond Caring is now regarded as one of the key works from Britain's wave of "New Colour" photography. Paul Graham (born 1956) was commissioned to present his view of "Britain in 1984" by the Photographer's Gallery in London, and turned his attention towards the breakdown of the welfare benefits system across the United Kingdom. In the "lemon green walls" of waiting rooms and the all-day "inevitable queues," Graham captured the poor working conditions and the inefficient service of the overburdened social security and unemployment offices across the nation. Photographing surreptitiously, his camera is both witness and protagonist within a bureaucratic system that speaks to the humiliation and indignity aimed towards the most vulnerable in society. Errata's complete reproduction of this now rare and controversial book is augmented with contemporary essays by writer and curator David Chandler and Errata Creative Director Jeffrey Ladd.

Genres: Photography

104 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Paul Graham has published around 30 dedicated books, including 3 survey monographs and exhibition catalogs. His 12 volume a shimmer of possibility received the inaugural Aperture/Paris Photo Book Prize recognising it as the most significant photography book of the past 15 years.