Andy Sewell’s photographs of British country life reveal a more modern and vibrant world than the “muted colours and organic, time-worn materials” that make up our idyllic fantasies of country living, says the British artist, who was born in east London and grew up in Hertfordshire. What drew him to this kitchen-sink still life is “the space between the countryside as an idea and the messier, more complex experience we find there”. Sewell’s photographs feature alongside those by Don McCullin, Chloe Dewe Matthews, Martin Parr and others in a new social and cultural history of British documentary photography from 1945 onwards, and also includes essays by Ekow Eshun and Lou Stoppard. Organised chronologically, it offers a striking overview of how British society has been represented over the past seven decades. “It’s a place often depicted as a self-contained world, as an escape from modernity,” says Sewell of the UK’s great outdoors. “What is there is always more fluid, mysterious and entangled.” For three more books that explore the meaning of home, follow the link in bio.⁠ 📷 Untitled, from Something Like a Nest, 2012, by Andy Sewell, at James Hyman Gallery, London and Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin © Andy Sewell⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #Home⁠