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{{Short description|British photographer and filmmaker (born 1938)}}
{{About|the photographer and filmmaker|the cricketer|John Bulmer (cricketer)|the minister|John Bulmer (Independent minister)}}
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'''John Bulmer''' (born 28 February 1938)<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-03|title=John Bulmer|url=https://huxleyparlour.com/artists/john-bulmer/|website=huxleyparlour.com}}</ref> is a photographer, notable for his early use of colour in photojournalism, and a filmmaker.
==Life and career==
Bulmer was born on 28 February 1938 in [[Herefordshire]],<ref name="beetles">[http://www.chrisbeetlesfinephotographs.com/artists/bulmer-john-born-1938.html Page about John Bulmer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207133340/http://www.chrisbeetlesfinephotographs.com/artists/bulmer-john-born-1938.html |date=7 December 2012 }}, Chris Beetles Fine Photographs. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref> the grandson of the founder of the [[H. P. Bulmer|Bulmer cider company]].<ref name="sculptor_ac">"[http://herefordshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/sculptor-angela-conner-of-monnington-court-herefordshire-artist-art-18095/ Sculptor Angela Conner of Monnington Court, Herefordshire]", Herefordshire and Wye Valley Life, 19 February 2010. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref><ref name="wainwright">Martin Wainwright, "[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/feb/02/john-bulmer-photograph-north-colour John Bulmer: A photographer who captured the north's true colours]", ''The Guardian,'' 2 February 2010. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref> He started photography when young. Although his earliest interest in it was primarily as a technology (he even built his own [[enlarger]]),<ref name="scott">[Grant Scott], "[http://www.professionalphotographer.co.uk/Magazine/Photographer-Profiles/Reportage-Special-The-Not-so-swinging-sixties John Bulmer interviewed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107060842/http://www.professionalphotographer.co.uk/Magazine/Photographer-Profiles/Reportage-Special-The-Not-so-swinging-sixties |date=7 November 2012 }}", professionalphotographer.co.uk, 10 August 2010. Accessed 10 February 2013. The website fails to name the author. The story was also published as "The not-so-swinging sixties" in ''Professional Photographer'' magazine, and a small reproduction from this within the web page shows that the author was Grant Scott.</ref> he was a great admirer of [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]] as a teenager.<ref name="hamilton">{{cite journal |last1=Hamilton|first1=Peter|year=2013|title=Northern Exposures|periodical=British Journal of Photography|volume=160|issue=7808|pages=64–69|publisher=Incisive Financial Publishing Limited}}</ref>
Bulmer studied engineering at Cambridge, where his interest in photography deepened. While still a student he had photographs published in ''[[Varsity (Cambridge)|Varsity]]'' as well as a magazine he co-founded, ''Image'';<ref name="pictures">"[http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/pictures-John-Bulmer/story-11255550-detail/story.html The pictures of John Bulmer] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130421125255/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/pictures-John-Bulmer/story-11255550-detail/story.html |date=21 April 2013 }}", This is Bristol, 30 May 2009. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref> and did photostories for the ''[[Daily Express]], [[Queen (magazine)|Queen]],'' and (on [[Night climbing in Cambridge|night climbing]]) ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]''. He also worked as an assistant to [[Larry Burrows]] and [[Burt Glinn]]. The ''Life'' story led to his expulsion from Cambridge six weeks before his finals.<ref name="scott" /><ref name="hamilton" />
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In addition to Cartier-Bresson, Bulmer admired the work in black and white of [[Bill Brandt]], [[Larry Burrows]], [[William Klein (photographer)|William Klein]], [[Mark Kauffman]], and particularly [[W. Eugene Smith|Eugene Smith]];<ref name="scott" /> but he was asked to work in colour for the ''[[The Sunday Times Magazine|Sunday Times Colour Section]]'' from its launch in 1962.<ref>Andy Manning, "[http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/the-arts/art/changing-view-from-up-north-1-5355144 Changing view from up north]", ''Yorkshire Post,'' 28 January 2013. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref> At the time, most photojournalists looked down on colour photography as commercial;<ref name="scott" /> and colour film was difficult to work with as it was [[Film speed|slower]] than black and white and had less [[exposure latitude]].<ref name="hamilton" />
In 1965, Bulmer first photographed the north of England in colour, for the ''Sunday Times magazine.''<ref group="n">Tearsheets for this story, "The North", can be seen [http://www.johnbulmer.co.uk/sunday-times/north/index.html here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818195621/http://www.johnbulmer.co.uk/sunday-times/north/index.html |date=18 August 2011 }} within Bulmer's website. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref> Colour photography was "a medium in which Bulmer was the British pioneer", far ahead of such photographers as [[William Eggleston]] and [[Martin Parr]]. Using colour for the north of England was Bulmer's idea, as was the choice of winter or wet weather, when colour film was yet harder to use.<ref name="hamilton" /><ref group="n">Moreover, the only film whose use was practicable was [[Ektachrome|Ektachrome-X]], whose colour balance shifted with time and was unsuitable when the film was either old or very new. Hamilton, "Northern exposures".</ref>
Grant Scott has described the results:
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<blockquote>Saturated but muted colours combined with [Bulmer's] compositional talent to create images which are time capsules as contemporary today as they were then.<ref name="scott" /></blockquote>
The priorities of the ''Sunday Times Magazine'' changed in the 1970s; its then-new editor [[Hunter Davies]] explained them to Bulmer as "crime, middle-class living and fashion". These were of little interest to Bulmer, who left in 1973 after a final story about North Korea.<ref name="scott" /><ref name="hamilton" /><ref name="grimley">Terry Grimley, "[http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2009/06/09/john-bulmer-photographic-exhibition-opens-in-hereford-65233-23825001/ John Bulmer photographic exhibition opens in Hereford] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829182234/http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2009/06/09/john-bulmer-photographic-exhibition-opens-in-hereford-65233-23825001/ |date=29 August 2012 }}", ''Birmingham Post,'' 9 June 2009. Accessed 19 February 2013.</ref> However, he continued photography for other publications, making his last story of the north of England in 1976, for the British edition of ''[[GEO (magazine)|Geo]].''<ref name="hamilton" />
Bulmer later photographed celebrities.<ref name="wainwright" />
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As well as the [[BBC]], Bulmer also filmed for the [[Discovery Channel]]. For the latter, "Bulmer focused<!-- Yes, it's spelled with just one "s" even in this British magazine --> on little-known tribal groups, but treated them as human interest stories rather than exercises in the exotic": a perspective that can also be seen in his early photography.<ref name="hamilton" /><!-- Both the quotation and the parallel with earlier photography are by Hamilton. -->
As Bulmer moved away from photography to film, his earlier photographic work was overlooked. [[Martin Harrison (curator)|Martin Harrison]] credits a 1983 exhibition at the [[The Photographers' Gallery|Photographers' Gallery]], ''British Photography
Bulmer's career in film continued to the mid-2000s, when he retired and turned to digitising and cataloguing his earlier photographs.<ref name="hamilton" />
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==Films and videos photographed, directed, or produced==
''Dir'', directed
*''The Artist's Horse''. 20 minutes, for ''[[The South Bank Show]]'', 1978. ''Dir, pho, pro''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713120506/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6db571a0 The Artist's Horse], British Film Institute. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
*''Beehives and Runaway Wives''. For the [[Discovery Channel]], 2002. ''Dir, pho''<ref>"[http://www.herefordtimes.com/leisure/cinema/film/4220340.Award_winning_John_Bulmer_at_Borderlines/ Beehives and runaway wives to be screened] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130411020428/http://www.herefordtimes.com/leisure/cinema/film/4220340.Award_winning_John_Bulmer_at_Borderlines/ |date=11 April 2013 }}", ''Hereford Times'', 20 March 2009. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref><ref>"Ethiopian Films", in [https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/22828_Booklet.pdf ''What's On,''
*''Bull Magic''. For ''Under the Sun'' ([[BBC]]) and [[National Geographic Channel|National Geographic]], 1994. ''Dir, pho, pro''<ref>[http://www.borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk/bull-magic-15/film Under the Sun] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816061358/http://www.borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk/bull-magic-15/film |date=16 August 2011 }}, Borderlines Film Festival, 2013. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
*''Dances with Llamas''. 50 minutes, for ''Under the Sun'' (BBC), 1997. ''Dir, pho, pro''<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fyynb Dances with Llamas], BBC. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
*''Empty Quarter''. 50 minutes, for ''Journeys'' (BBC), 1996. ''Dir, pho''<ref>[
*''Fat Fiancees''. For the Discovery Channel, 2005. ''Dir, pho''<ref>"[http://www.ziare.com/queen/sibiu/logodnicele-grase-78386 Logodnicele grase]", ziare.com, 22 February 2007. {{in lang|ro}} Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref><ref>"[http://2007.rgnpress.ro/component/option,com_ab_calendar/month,02/year,2007/day,22/Itemid,1/ 'Fat Fiancees', la Cinemateca Astra Film] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033545/http://2007.rgnpress.ro/component/option,com_ab_calendar/month,02/year,2007/day,22/Itemid,1/ |date=4 March 2016 }}", Romanian Global News, 22 February 2007. {{in lang|ro}} Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
*''Finite Oceans''. 1995.<ref>[http://www.tcmuk.tv/movie_database_results.php?action=title&id=460604 Finite Oceans] at Turner Classic Movies. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
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*''Now Is the Hour''. 1970. ''Dir''<ref>[https://archive.today/20130423190912/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b74e6f2d4 Now Is the Hour], British Film Institute. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
*''The Painter and the Fighter''. For ''[[Survival (TV series)|Survival]]'' (Anglia), 1996. ''Dir, pho''<ref>[https://archive.today/20130423185001/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/544790 The Painter and the Fighter], British Film Institute. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
*''Queen of the Elephants''. 90 minutes, for the Discovery Channel, 1994. ''Pho''<ref>[http://msc.opac.marmot.org/Record/.b15144318 Catalogue entry for ''Queen of the Elephants''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214745/http://msc.opac.marmot.org/Record/.b15144318 |date=3 March 2016 }}, Colorado Mesa University library. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
*''The Search for Shangri-La''. 50 minutes, for the BBC and PBS. ''Dir, pho''<ref name="north3rdfloor" />
*''Stick Fights and Lip Plates''. 50 minutes, for the Discovery Channel. ''Dir, pho''<ref name="leominster">"[http://www.ludlowadvertiser.co.uk/leisure/5025835.print/ The Playhouse Cinema at Leominster Community Centre presents a selection of films]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", ''The Ludlow and Tenbury Wells Advertiser,'' 25 February 2010. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
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*''The Tide of War.'' 50 minutes, for National Geographic, 1991. ''Pho''<ref>[https://archive.today/20130423185302/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7b248ecc The Tide of War], British Film Institute. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
*''Up North''. 1970. ''Dir''<ref>[https://archive.today/20130423190143/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b781c578c Up North], British Film Institute. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
*''Vincent the Dutchman''. 50/52/60 minutes,<ref group="n">The sources cited here disagree on the exact length.</ref> for ''[[Omnibus (UK TV series)|Omnibus]]'', 1972.<ref name="leominster" /><ref>John Albert Walker, ''Arts TV: A History of Arts Television in Britain'' (London: J. Libbey, 1993; {{ISBN|0861964357}}), p. 58. [https://books.google.com/books?id=wYjN74Ej-JUC&pg=PA58
*''The Witchdoctor's New Bride''. 50 minutes, for the Discovery Channel, 2005. ''Dir, pho''<ref>[https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin%3FA3%3Dind05%26L%3DANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS%26E%3Dbase64%26P%3D9654088%26B%3D------_%253D_NextPart_001_01C5669C.609213B0%26T%3Dapplication%252Fmsword%3B%2520name%3D%2522FestivalflyerB%2BW.doc Festival flyer] (DOC file). <!-- This does seem to be the shortest form of this horrendous URL --> JISCMail. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
*''Women of the Yellow Earth''. 50 minutes, 1994. ''Dir, pho''<ref>[http://archive.borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk/2010/events_women.shtml Women of the Yellow Earth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032712/http://archive.borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk/2010/events_women.shtml |date=4 March 2016 }}, Borderlines Film Festival, 2010. Accessed 10 February 2013.</ref>
==Exhibitions==
===Solo exhibitions===
*"Hard Sixties: L'Angleterre post-industrielle / Post-Industrial Britain". Galerie David Guirand (Paris),
*"John Bulmer Retrospective". [[Hereford Museum and Art Gallery]],
*"Northern Soul". [[National Coal Mining Museum for England]] ([[Overton, Wakefield|Overton]], West Yorkshire),
*"John Bulmer: A Retrospective, Photographs from 1959–79". Hotshoe Gallery (London), April–May 2010.<ref>Daniel C. Blight, "[http://www.danielcampbellblight.com/john-bulmer-a-retrospective-1959%E2%80%9379/ John Bulmer: Photographs 1959–79] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208113449/http://www.danielcampbellblight.com/john-bulmer-a-retrospective-1959%E2%80%9379/ |date=8 February 2013 }}", danielcampbellblight.com, 18 April 2010. Accessed 10 February 2013. (Blight was a codirector of the exhibition.)</ref>
*"The North". [[Third Floor Gallery]] (Cardiff),
*"Out of England: Images from Overseas". Art360 Gallery ([[Hereford]]),
*"Orkney in Colour", [[Pier Arts Centre]] ([[Stromness]]),
*"Britain's Hard 60s: John Bulmer's Colour Photographs of a Changing Britain". Monnow Valley Arts ([[Walterstone]], Herefordshire).
===Group exhibitions===
*"British Photography
*"The Young Meteors: British Photojournalism
*"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: The Authentic Moment in British Photography", Djanogly Art Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, [[University of Nottingham]], November 2012
==Books==
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===Books devoted to Bulmer's photographs===
*''Northern Soul: John Bulmer's Images of Life and Times in the 1960s.'' Overton: National Coal Mining Museum for England, 2010. National Coal Mining Museum for England publications, 10. {{ISBN|1872925154}}. The catalogue for an exhibition at the [[National Coal Mining Museum for England]].
*''The North.'' Liverpool: [[Bluecoat Press]], 2012. {{ISBN|9781908457080}}.<ref group="n">Bluecoat's [https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/the-north/ page about ''The North''].</ref>
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*''A Very English Village.'' Liverpool: Bluecoat Press, 2021. With text by [[Martin Page (British author)|Martin Page]]. {{ISBN|9781908457639}}.<ref group="n">Bluecoat's [https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/a-very-english-village/ page about ''A Very English Village''].</ref>
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*''Hartlepool 1960s.'' Southport: [[Café Royal Books|Café Royal]], 2017. Edition of 200 copies. Second edition, 2020.<ref group="n">Café Royal Books' [https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/shop/john-bulmer-manchester-hartlepool-1960s70s-series-2-books page about ''Hartlepool 1960s''
*''Manchester 1970s.'' Southport: Café Royal, 2017. Edition of 200 copies. Second edition, 2020.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Mark|last1=Pinder|accessdate=2020-08-09|title=Newcastle West End: Elswick to Newburn|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/07/newcastle-west-end-elswick-to-newburn-in-pictures|newspaper=The Guardian|date=7 August 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
===Other books with Bulmer's photographs===
*''The White Tribes of Africa.'' London: Cape, 1965. New York: Macmillan, 1965.<!-- of course too early for an ISBN --> Photographs by Bulmer, text by [[Richard West (journalist)|Richard West]].
*''The Gringo in Latin America.'' London: Cape, 1967.<!-- of course too early for an ISBN --> Photographs by Bulmer, text by Richard West.
*[[Martin Harrison (curator)|Martin Harrison]]. ''Young Meteors: British Photojournalism,
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