The exhibition ‘The 80s: Photographing Britain’ at Tate Britain is a landmark survey looking at the decade as a pivotal moment for the medium of photography. The exhibition brings together nearly 350 images and archive materials from the period, exploring how photographers used the camera to respond to the seismic social, political and economic shifts around them. Through their lenses the show considers how the medium became a tool for social representation, cultural celebration and artistic expression throughout this significant and highly creative period for photography.

During the Press View of ‘The 80s: Photographing Britain’ on Tuesday 19 November 2024 RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey sat down with Assistant Curator of the exhibition Jasmine Chohan to find out a bit more about the exhibition, the use of photography during the 80s to document changes that were happening in Britain during this decade and how people were responding to the changes too.

The exhibition ‘The 80s: Photographing Britain’ continues at Tate Britain until 5 MAY 2025. Audio described tours of the exhibition with one of Tate’s Visitor Engagement Assistants can be booked in advance by either emailing [email protected] or calling 020 7887 8888.  

More details about ‘the 80s:  Photographing Britain’ can be found on the following pages of the Tate website - https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/the-80s-photographing-britain

Image shows 'Joy Gregory, Magenta dress with pink tulips 1985', a figure in a magenta pink dress facing away from the camera, holding a tulip in one hand over their head and leaning with the other hand on a table with a green cloth over it with a vase of tulips on top.