Roy Mehta

Deciding which print to purchase or thinking about a Christmas gift for someone special? JUST A FEW DAYS LEFT*** PURCHASE A BARGAIN PHOTOGRAPH BY A RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER! ONE OF FOUR CORNERS’ FIFTY AT 50 PRINTS!  Act now to take for the chance to own a beautiful fine art print by one of 50 acclaimed image-makers — for just £50.  50 Photographers.  50 Years.  50 Pounds.  I am proud to be supporting FIFTY AT 50, marking 50 years of Four Corners. I am one of 50 photographers who have donated to its landmark print sale fundraiser.  Every print sold will help keep Four Corners funding free creative programmes, community projects, exhibitions and affordable artist spaces.  Four Corners urgently needs your support to continue its work nurturing independent film and photography in the UK.  Spread the word.   Help Four Corners celebrate 50 years — and secure the next 50. Follow the link in Four Corners’ bio to preview the prints.  #50ATFIFTY

Wedding in Brent c. 1989 from ‘Revival, London 1989-1993’ photobook. Happy to be part of 50 AT FIFTY, a landmark fundraiser celebrating 50 years of Four Corners - the East London charity which has been at the heart of independent film and photography since 1975. 
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A big thank you to the University of Brighton for inviting me to talk about my practice to the Fine Art and Photography students at the Sallis Benney Theatre last week. I had the opportunity to speak about the history and contextualisation of my projects and how they connect through recurring themes of migration, representation and belonging. I traced a circular path through my work, beginning and ending with the photographs I made in Brent, work that still shapes how I see and think today. Along the way, I touched on my projects Distant Relations, Coastline, The Garden, Lockdown and Revival, London and spoke about how photography connects all of us through people, place and memory. Also such a treat to hold tutorials with the students and talk about their wonderful work.

The Photography Programme at London College of Communication, UAL, is delighted to invite you to the private view of our undergraduate degree show exhibition Movements Towards the Self, Movements Towards History on Thursday 15th May, between 6pm and 9pm.   The exhibition brings together works from the BA (Hons) Photography and BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography courses and highlights a range of distinct visual languages and multi-disciplinary practices. The exhibited works illuminate social, political, historical and cultural narratives, employing photography, moving image, sculpture, performance, sound, text and bookmaking.     You can get a ticket for the private view, just search for: ‘Eventbrite Shows 2025 Photography Private View’   If you would like to attend the exhibition during the public opening hours on Friday 16th, Saturday 17th or Monday 19th May, you can register using the same link.   As part of the programme of the exhibition, LCC are organising a symposium on Saturday 20th of May – with the participation of guest speakers Tina Campt and Matt Colquhoun, alongside our senior lecturing team and students from our cohorts. Book your ticket by searching for ‘LCC Shows 2025 Photography Symposium’.   We look forward to welcoming you at London College of Communication!

Indian ex-serviceman at a VE Day commemoration in 1995. From the book and exhibition ‘Distant Relations’, a series of images exploring cultural connections through subtle gestures. Essays by Oladele Ajiboye Bamgboye and Mark Sealy. Produced in association with Autograph @autographabp and Cambridge Darkroom gallery.

Last weekend left to see ‘The 80s: Photographing Britain’ at Tate Britain. This is the book to accompany the exhibition with essays by Bilal Akkouche @bilalakkouche Geoffrey Batchen, Derek Bishton @derekbishton Taous R. Dahmani @taous_r_dahmani Mark Sealy and Noni Stacey @noni_stacey . Huge thanks to curators Jasmine Chohan @jasminechohan Helen Little @tate and Yasufumi Nakamori, @nakamoriyasufumi for the inclusion and thoughtful contextualisation of my work.

Repost @denisepitter Thank you to the brilliant and very talented singer Denise Pitter who accompanied me to deliver a talk at Tate Britain as part of their ongoing ‘The 80s: Photographing Britain’ exhibition, along with Grace Lau, Jem Southam, Mitra Tabrizian and Rosy Martin. Denise brought out some of the community and gospel themes in the work that I am currently showing. When we launched this work in Brent we brought music to the opening, so it was wonderful to have the opportunity to do the same at Tate Britain. The show is ongoing, over 70 photographers, lots of work to see! @lanoblegallery @jasminechohan

What a fantastic event at Tate Britain yesterday: "Spirit of the Times - Photographing the 80's" with talks by Roy Mehta, Grace Lau, Jem Southam, mitra tabrizian & Rosy Martin. With beautiful singing by the talented Denise Pitter during Roy's presentation, we were all entranced. Ending with a fantastic q&a. Thank you to Tate for organising such a great event & all the artists speaking it was a fantastic afternoon. #london #artisttalk #tate #tatebritain #event #artist #roymehta #photography #spiritofthe80s #spiritofthetimes #photographingthe80s

Hear ‘readings, rememberings and reflections’, a panel discussion that I will be taking part in along with Grace Lau @lau2261 Jem Southam @jemsoutham Mitra Tabrizian mitra_tabrizian_ and Rosy Martin @rosymartin5 as part of ‘The 80’s: Photographing Britain’, currently on show at Tate Britain. Saturday 15th March, 2pm at The Clore Auditorium, in the Clore Gallery at Tate Britain. Booking link on bio page.

Some images from ‘The 80’s: Photographing Britain’, Tate Britain’s ambitious new group exhibition that is reframing and widening some of the narratives around photography in the UK. Thank you to the curators @nakamoriyasufumi Helen Little @jasminechohan @bilalakkouche for the depth, critical engagement and fresh perspectives that they have brought to this interpretation. Looking forward to revisiting, learning and refreshing my own perspectives from this period. Highly recommended, well worth a visit or two! @tate Images from photographers: 1. Derek Bishton, Brian Homer, John Reardon, Ting A Ling 2. Anna Fox from ‘Work Stations’ 3. Ingrid Pollard from ‘The Cost of the English Landscape’ 4. Paul Graham from ‘Troubled Land’ 5. Roshini Kempadoo from ECU: European Currency Unfolds 6. Victor Burgin 7. Vanley Burke 8. Syd Shelton 9. Sutapa Biswas (detail) from ‘Synapse’ 10. Maxine Walker from ‘Black Beauty’ 11. Ken Grant 12. from Revival, London 1989-1993 13. Chris Killip 14. Paul Reas from ‘I Can Help’ 15. Joy Gregory 16. Martin Parr from ‘The Last Resort’ 17. Franklyn Rogers 18. Sunil Gupta from ‘Pretended Family Relationships’ 19. Wolfgang Tillmans 20. Bookshop @lanoblegallery

Delighted to say that I have a selection of work in the upcoming Tate Britain group exhibition ‘Photographing the 80’s’, from my series ‘Revival, London’. The exhibition and publication is about the development of photography throughout the 1980’s. Huge thanks to curators Jasmine Chohan @jasminechohan and Helen Little. @tate Exhibition runs from 21st November to 5th May 2025. from the Tate website: Explore one of the UK’s most critical decades, the 1980s. This exhibition traces the work of a diverse community of photographers, collectives and publications –creating radical responses to the turbulent Thatcher years. Set against the backdrop of race uprisings, the miner strikes, section 28, the AIDS pandemic and gentrification – be inspired by stories of protest and change. At the time, photography was used as a tool for social change, political activism, and artistic and photographic experiments. See powerful images that gave voice and visibility to underrepresented groups in society. This includes work depicting the Black arts movement, queer experience, South Asian diaspora and the representation of women in photography. This exhibition examines how photography collectives and publications highlighted these often-unseen stories, featured in innovative photography journals such as Ten 8 and Cameraworks. It will also look at the development of Autograph ABP, Half Moon Photography Workshop, and Hackney Flashers. Visitors will go behind the lens to trace the remarkable transformation of photography in Britain and its impact on art and the world. The exhibition is curated by Yasufumi Nakamori, @nakamoriyasufumi former Senior Curator of International Art (Photography) Tate Modern, Helen Little, Curator, British Art, Tate Britain and Jasmine Chohan, Assistant Curator, Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain with additional curatorial support from Bilal Akkouche @bilalakkouche Assistant Curator, International Art, Tate Modern; Sade Sarumi @sadesarumi Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain and Bethany Husband @bethany_husband Exhibitions Assistant, Tate Britain.

I’ve been working recently on a new set of prints, commissioned for the Autograph @autographabp collection, with Victor @viktor_vrab one of the very talented printers at Beyond Print @beyond_print in Bethnal Green. Lovely to have the opportunity to reinterpret older work with new archival processes. #autograph #distantrelations