Stéphane Duroy’s work such as Great Britain captures Britain during a time of rapid social, industrial and urban change particularly in the late‑1970s and 1980s. His photographs document landscapes, architecture, people and places which exist on the cusp of transition, decay or neglect, offering a poetic yet stark portrait of the era. He moves beyond standard reportage: the images are quiet, contemplative, laden with absence, memory and the traces of history.
In Britain, Duroy turned his lens toward former industrial and post‑industrial regions, exploring what remains when power, hope and industry have waned. His photographs reveal what he calls a “closed theatre” of survival, struggle and human resilience.
The book is less about celebration and more about reflection of what history leaves behind, how places age, how ordinary people inhabit the borderline between what was and what remains. The photographic sequences capture built‑en environments (blocks of flats, factories, urban fringe) alongside the people living there, often in muted colours or stark monochrome.
Condition: Good
Stéphane Duroy’s work such as Great Britain captures Britain during a time of rapid social, industrial and urban change particularly in the late‑1970s and 1980s. His photographs document landscapes, architecture, people and places which exist on the cusp of transition, decay or neglect, offering a poetic yet stark portrait of the era. He moves beyond standard reportage: the images are quiet, contemplative, laden with absence, memory and the traces of history.
In Britain, Duroy turned his lens toward former industrial and post‑industrial regions, exploring what remains when power, hope and industry have waned. His photographs reveal what he calls a “closed theatre” of survival, struggle and human resilience.
The book is less about celebration and more about reflection of what history leaves behind, how places age, how ordinary people inhabit the borderline between what was and what remains. The photographic sequences capture built‑en environments (blocks of flats, factories, urban fringe) alongside the people living there, often in muted colours or stark monochrome.
Condition: Good
