John Bolloten is a photographer based in Bradford, UK.

Publications:

Bradford Street (self-published, 2014)
Belgrade (self-published, 2015)
Shabash (self-published, 2016)
Nothing To See Here (Fistful of Books, 2017)
Field of Broken Dreams (Fistful of Books, 2018)
Love Story (Fistful of Books, 2019)
Gladiators (Fistful of Books, 2020)
This is Shit (self-published, 2020)
Shit (self-published, 2020)
Margins (Shotta Publications/Fistful of Books, 2021)
North Guerillas (Shotta Publications, 2022)
Fuck You (Shotta Publications, 2022)
Words Are Weapons (Shotta Publications, 2023)
Tbilisi Raw (Shotta Publicatons, 2023)
Margins 2 (Shotta Publications, 2024)

Exhibitions:

Bradford Raw (Bradford University) 2011
Nothing To See Here (Photo North Festival, Harrogate) 2018
Nothing To See Here (York Has Class, York) 2018
Nothing To See Here/Love Story (Hull International Photo Festival) 2019
Love Story (Photo North Festival, Harrogate) 2019
Still Somebody (Homelessness Awareness Week, Belfast) 2019
What W' Like (group exhibition, Kube Gallery, online) 2021
Mass Energy (group exhibition, Bibliotheca, London) 2021
Tbilisi Raw (Photo North Festival, Leeds) 2024
Blood Brothers (Blackpool) 2025
This is Not a Life, It's Just an Existence (Photo North Festival, Leeds) 2025


John's current on-going projects include Blood Brothers (bare knuckle pit fighting), Levelling Up (a disturbing documentation of the decline of Britain's towns and cities), Trap Life (an in-depth investigation into the criminal side of the drugs world) and The Life and Times of Shuttle Athletic which sees him return to the Bradford Sunday football league. His critically-acclaimed book "Tbilisi Raw" went deep into the Georgian underground amongst football hooligans and skinheads.

John's long-awaited book "This is Not a Life, It's Just an Existence" which covers the whole five year period of his work with injecting drug users will be published in January 2025.

All images are available to buy as prints, please contact John for details.

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