John Bulmer: photographs from the north of England to South America
A new exhibition at Hereford photography festival focuses on the work of John Bulmer from 1959 to 1979. Over this period, Bulmer photographed a range of subjects: miners and street scenes in northern mill towns, weddings in Liberia and festivals in Paraguay. Here are some highlights from the exhibition, which runs until 21 June
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Manchester, 1977
This photograph was taken for a story about Manchester in Geo magazine. The street's houses had all been demolished for redevelopment but the pub was still standingPhotograph: John Bulmer
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The North UK 1965
Elland, a mill town in Yorkshire, from the seriesPhotograph: John Bulmer
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Appalachia, USA, 1968
Shot for a Sunday Times story on white poverty. When Bulmer knocked on doors, he was often greeted by the barrel of a shotgunPhotograph: John Bulmer
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The Black Country
Taken for a Town magazine article in 1960 called England’s Hard CentrePhotograph: John Bulmer
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The Black Country
Unloading coal from barges for the steel foundryPhotograph: John Bulmer
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The Black Country
Also shot for the Town magazine article, England’s Hard CentrePhotograph: John Bulmer
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The Black Country
Another photo in the series shows a woman and her son’s girlfriend preparing to go to the pub. They lived in a one-up, one-down terrace and the son worked in a steel foundry. He drank 17 pints in the eveningPhotograph: John Bulmer
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County Durham, 1964
This photograph was taken at a drift mine, for a major colour essay on the north in Sunday Times magazine, published in 1965Photograph: John Bulmer
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Equador, 1965
The junta with a priest and a peasant. This Sunday Times assignment on the struggle for power in South America showed the servitude of the poorPhotograph: John Bulmer
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Hartlepool, 1961
A greyhound fancier with his dog and familyPhotograph: John Bulmer
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Hartlepool, 1961
Taken for a story in Image magazine about sea coal gatherers, the worst hit by unemployment in BritainPhotograph: John Bulmer
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Liberia, 1968
This wedding photo was part of a Sunday Times series on countries and their leaders, including portraits of Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya and YugoslaviaPhotograph: John Bulmer
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Pembridge, Herefordshire, 1966
Shot for a piece in the Sunday Times magazine on life in an English villagePhotograph: John Bulmer
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Manchester, 1977
This photograph of football fans outside Old Trafford was taken for Geo magazinePhotograph: John Bulmer
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North Korea, 1973
This was Bulmer's last assignment for the Sunday Times. He was one of the first photographers to enter North Korea since the warPhotograph: John Bulmer
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Paraguay, 1965
A religious festival photographed for a Sunday Times story on South AmericaPhotograph: John Bulmer
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Romania, 1968
A family in the park in BucharestPhotograph: John Bulmer
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Romania, 1968
A story for Venture magazine, also published in the Sunday Times. Romania was behind the iron curtain but Bulmer found it surprisingly easy to enter the countryPhotograph: John Bulmer
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This girl in a doorway was photographed for a Sunday Times story on the north in 1965
Photograph: John Bulmer
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Another photo from the series about the north in the Sunday Times in 1965. Despite becoming the country's first all-colour supplement, the magazine still published black-and-white photographs
Photograph: John Bulmer
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