PER-ANDERS PETTERSSON: Rainbow TransitBJP Best photo books of the Year Shortlisted for the Swedish Photobook Prize In Spring 1994 Per Anders Pettersson arrived in South Africa to cover the countrys first democratic elections. Nelson Mandela was to become its first black president; he had been free for four years and had toured the world like a rock star. The election itself was of immense significance: from the ashes of a repressive, segregated and racist state a multi racial nation

Particularly as it was also clear that she didn’t have too much time left

Polly Braden has exhibited at venues internationally including the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London) and the Museum of Contemporary Photography

her work explores the way in which the formation of identity becomes entwined with geopolitics

The book documents a wide cross-section of English people living in the City

I became apprehensive about my future

hidden from the rest of the city – a different and invisible existence

They were later joined by the Oligarchs and the Hedgies

Leaden-coloured scenes

He is currently research professor at GSA

and Vision

short-story writer and novelist Dermot Healy has received numerous awards

ISBN: 978-1-904587-70-5