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In 1981, aged 25, Paul Graham started his first serious project. The concept was to travel up and down the A1, the 410-mile road that stretches the length of the UK from London to Edinburgh, and capture the people and places he came across.
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Here's some of those images
Cafe Assistants, Compass Cafe Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, November 1982.
Photo Paul Graham
Little Chef, St. Neots,
Cambridgeshire, May 1982.
Photo Paul Graham
Driver's discussing redundancies,
Morley's Cafe, Markham
Moor, Nottinghamshire, November 1981.
Photo Paul Graham
Lorry Driver in Cap, Yorkshire, 1981
Photo Paul Graham
Interior, Tyne House Café, Catterick, North Yorkshire, September 1981
Photo Paul Graham
Drivers’ bedroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1982.
Photo Paul Graham
Interior, Rainton Services, North Yorkshire, November 1981.
Photo Paul Graham
A Bus converted to Café in a Lay-by, West Yorkshire, November 1982
Photo Paul Graham
Café Waitress, John’s Café, Sandy, Bedfordshire, May 1982
Photo Paul Graham
Mac’s Café, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire, February 1981
Photo Paul Graham
BP Station at Dusk, Bedfordshire, 1981
Photo Paul Graham
John’s Café, Bedfordshire, 1981
Photo Paul Graham
Bible - Drivers’ Rest Room, Blyth Services, March 1981
Photo Paul Graham
Morley’s Café, Markham Moor, Nottinghamshire, February 1981.
Photo Paul Graham
Interior, Blyth Services, Nottinghamshire, June 1981
Photo Paul Graham
Mill Hill, North London, November 1982
Photo Paul Graham
Paul's book was republished this year and is available from @MACK_books here...
Get it while you can. mackbooks.co.uk/products/a1-th…

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