PHOTOPAPER 17 – Paddy Summerfield nominated by Gerry Badger

Paddy Summerfield is a photographer based in Oxford whose work has been shown in major galleries in London: Serpentine, ICA, Barbican and The Photographers’ Gallery. His first book, mother and father (Dewi Lewis 2014) was in several best photobook selections of the year and his upcoming photo book, empty days (2017) is drawn from fifty years of photography. www.paddysummerfield.com

gerry badger is a photographer, architect, and photography critic. He has written extensively for the photographic press and has curated a number of exhibitions. Among his books are (with Martin Parr), the photobook: a history (3 vols., 2004, 2006, 2011), and the pleasures of good photographs (2010). His own work is in a number of public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York.