The 80s: how photography shaped Britain’s decade of protest

The 1980s was a turbulent decade in the UK. The miners’ strike, race uprisings and the politics of Thatcherism all created stories of protest and change.

At a time when taking a photo was much more of a rarity, photography was not just a means of recording people’s lives, but a tool of political activism.

A new exhibition at Tate Britain is revisiting the era and its images.