Various - Image and Exploration: Some Directions in British Photography 1980-85

Image and Exploration was a broad survey of work by seventy British photographers (including yours truly) whose concerns hinge more on an ideal, personal, creative expression than commercial imperatives. Most participants in this exhibition were young to photography, either self-taught or having graduated from colleges during the 1970s and '80s, but maintaining a serious and innovative commitment to the medium. However, there were several exceptions to this general rule - photographers of an earlier generation who had not received broad recognition.