Bryan Adams: rock star, renowned photographer, great friend of The Big Issue.
He has photographed everyone from the Queen to Kate Moss, Amy Winehouse and Mick Jagger, but for a new exhibition in London it is Adams’ portraits of Big Issue vendors that are the focus of attention.
The black and white portraits of vendors, taken from 2011-2017 and released in his 2019 book Homeless , are on display in the UK for the first time. And they are stunning.
Striking, moving, questioning portraits of people who are so often overlooked or ignored when selling the magazine – some serious, some thoughtful, some, like Sam (right), full of joy and laughter, but each telling a story. And as we emerge from lockdown, perhaps with new perspectives on the importance of…
