One of the photographers I came across whilst undertaking Context and Narrative was Dave Heath. I saw a small exhibition of his work at the Photographers Gallery and blogged about it here. Heath had a difficult childhood, his father leaving the family when he was one, his mother abondoning him when he was four and his grandparents declining to raise him. As a result he was raised in an orphanage and a series of foster homes in Philadelphia. It is possible that this difficult upbringing influenced his work much of which has a sense of sadness about it. Many of … Continue reading Dave Heath