BRIAN GRIFFIN: The Black KingdomRecognised as one of the UKs most important photographers of the last forty years, Brian Griffin grew up near Birmingham amongst the factories of the Black Country. His parents were factory workers and from birth Griffin seemed set to follow in their footsteps. And so, on leaving school at the age 16, he began working in a factory, just like everyone else around him. A year later he moved to British Steel working as a trainee pipework engineering

He has featured in magazines worldwide and has exhibited widely

Realistic yet dreamlike

His last major exhibition was ‘Amazon’

as New York’s Black motorbike community nickname their huge network and its numerous social affairs

Eggleston insisted

stories from the past

Nic Dunlop is a Bangkok-based photographer and writer represented by Panos Pictures in London

The project is called The Somnambulists

His work has appeared in Vanity Fair

Yet there are surprising similarities across different continents

Simon Brann Thorpe blurs the boundaries between document

more than a hobby and  more than a means of earning money and respect