Working class photographers celebrated in a new exhibition at Bonington Gallery

After the End of History brings to brings together working class artists who use photography to explore life in all its diversity today, turning their gaze towards their communities and out to the wider world.

After the End of History offers a picture of working-class life today; from Rene Matic’s portrait of growing up mixed race in a white working-class community in Peterborough, to Elaine Constantine's documentation of the Northern Soul scene, and JA Mortram’s documentation of his work as a caregiver.

Artists from the East Midlands include Kavi Pujara whose photographic project This Golden Mile is an ode to Leicester's Hindu community and Kelly O’Brien, raised in an Irish community in Derby.

Johny Pitts, Curator of After the End of History, says:“Developing a show with Hayward Gallery Touring, which pieces together complex and counterintuitive expressions of working class life through the lens, has been a deeply enriching process. I hope the extraordinary work included offers not only a celebration of the craft and creativity of working class practitioners, but also engages, surprises and inspires a working class audience, and anyone interested in art against-the-odds.”

Tom Godfrey, Director, Bonington Gallery, says: "We are extremely excited to be hosting After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 - 2024 and to be working with such wonderful partners. The exhibition offers a timely platform for a group of practitioners with extremely valuable perspectives, offering insight into their worlds against the timeline of such a tumultuous and hard-to-quantify period of collective history."

After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 - 2024 opens on 27 September and runs until 14 December at Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University.