At the Barbican

Liz Jobey | London Review of Books | 2nd June 2016

A London exhibition featuring the work of foreign photographers has been widely reviewed. Many images focus on the north of the country, but the reviewer is skeptical of an overarching class narrative – “with rare exceptions, photographers find what they come looking for”. If so, perhaps they have unwittingly found the communities that made Britain Britain. Background on key photographers is here and more images here.

Image: Magnum