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Richard Davis
Richard Davis (born in Birmingham in 1965) is a British, social documentary and portrait photographer, based in the North West of England. His work has been promoted and exhibited by the British Culture Archive and renowned photography publishers - Cafe Royal Books. A series of Richard's photographs of Hulme, from the 1980's are currently held at the University of Manchester's John Rylands Research Institute and Library.

Life and Work
Davis moved from Birmingham to study photography at Manchester Polytechnic in 1988. Whilst living in the City, he quickly started documenting life in the inner-city area of Hulme, it's huge brutalist inspired concrete crescents, as well as it's many characters that inhabited the flats, many of which were squatted.

Davis was also at hand to photograph the many stars of the Madchester Scene as well as taking early portraits of comedians Steve Coogan and Caroline Aherne along with the poet Lemn Sissay.

Davis was also one of the first photographers to photograph Nirvana live on their first tour of the UK back in 1989. Photo's of which were used in the BBC documentary film "When Nirvana came to Britain"

In the early 1990's Davis teamed up with author Steve Redhead to work on a Project called "Football With Attitude", his photographs making the links between music, football & fashion.

In recent times Davis has started several new projects, a series of portraits of Mancunians under the Mancunian Way, a document of life around Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham and a set of photographs capturing life in the coastal resort of Morecambe.

Publications
 Books with others 


 * Football With Attitude. Wordsmith 1991 author Steve Redhead ISBN187320504X

 Zines by Davis 


 * Hulme 1980's 90's. Cafe Royal Books 2019
 * The Mancunian Way.The Modernist Society 2019
 * Tales From The Second Cities Manchester 1980's . Cafe Royal Books 2020
 * Tales From The Second Cities Birmingham 1985-88 . Cafe Royal Books 2020
 * Football Fans 1991. Cafe Royal Books 2021
 * The Madchester Years 1989-91. Cafe Royal Books 2022

Exhibitions
"This Nations Saving Grace"

Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham - 20th Oct till 12th Nov 1989

Counter Image, Manchester - 1st April till 15th May 1990

East Sussex Arts Tour (Brighton, Lewes, Crowborough) - Feb till May 1991

"Entertainment UK"

Cornerhouse Bar, Manchester - 1st July till 31st August 1991

The Green Room, Manchester - 2nd Sept till 28th Sept 1991

Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham - 2nd Dec till 5th Jan 1992

"Football With Attitude"

Manto Cafe Bar, Manchester - 1st Sept till 30th Sept 1991

Righton Building, Manchester Polytechnic - 17th Oct till 8th Nov 1991

"Manchester 88-92"

The Book Room, Lancaster - 7th July till 22nd August 2009

"Under Morecambe Skies"

The Dukes, Lancaster - 1st Sept till 25th Sept 2011

Lancaster Library - 1st Oct till 29th Oct 2011

More Music, Morecambe - 1st Nov till 28th Nov 2011

Storey Institute, Lancaster - 29th Nov till 29th Dec 2011

"Portraiture - Past & Present"

More Music, Morecambe - 5th Oct till 24th Nov 2012

The Dukes, Lancaster - 3rd June till 30th June 2013

"Exhibitions with BRITISH CULTURE ARCHIVE"

The Social, London - Nov 2019 till Jan 2020 with Photographers Tish Murtha & Rob Bremner

The Refuge, Manchester - Jan 2020 till Sept 2020 with Photographers Peter Walsh & Rob Bremner

Sputnik Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlin (British Shorts) - Jan 2020 till Jan 2021 with Photographers Tish Murtha & Rob Bremner

"Streets in the Sky"

More Music, Morecambe - 22nd Oct till 7th Jan 2022

Bonded Warehouse, Manchester (Photo North Festival) - 7/8/9th May 2022

Talks

 * "Capturing The Crescents" - Central Library, Manchester 16th Nov 2019
 * "Architecture Matters, Madchester at Hulme Crescents" - Salford University 3rd March 2020
 * "The Journey From Hulme to Morecambe" - More Music, Morecambe 22nd October 2021
 * "For The Love of Hulme" - Manchester Metropolitan University 8th March 2022
 * "Photographing Hulme" - Photo North Festival, Bonded Warehouse, Manchester 8th/9th May 2022

Online Talks
"Seeing The World in Black & White" - Commonplace Beauty, University of Sheffield July 1st 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKTOJGYKfpY

"A Riot of Colour" - Commonplace Beauty, University of Sheffield July 8th 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0tABEDrIhM&t=2296s

"Post Production" - Commonplace Beauty, University of Sheffield July 15th 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbQtZ3OeiWA&t=1013s

Collections
35 Photos taken in Hulme which are stored in the University of Manchester's John Rylands Research Institute and Library

https://rylandscollections.com/2020/12/15/new-collection-announcement-images-of-hulme-in-the-80s-and-90s/