Bryan Wilson, a social documentary photographer from Hull, East Yorkshire, has spent decades recording everyday life in the north of England — the streets, people, and small moments that often pass without acknowledgement.

“In the 1960s and ’70s, when cameras became affordable to the masses (myself included), I took to social documentary photography,” he recalls. “In 1975, I visited Bradford — I’d never been before and didn’t know what to expect. But within minutes there were photographs to be made everywhere I looked. In just two or three hours, I took dozens of pictures, some of which are still among my favourites.”

When Wilson arrived in the mid-1970s, Bradford was going through a period of significant change. The decline of the textile industry had led to factory closures and rising unemployment across the city. At the same time, immigration from South Asia was reshaping local communities, introducing new cultures while also exposing deep structural inequalities. Wilson’s photographs capture parts of this transition — the streets, shops, and residents of a working-class city adjusting to both economic strain and demographic shift.

Some of his photographs were exhibited at Hull’s Ferens Art Gallery in the 1970s, but most of the images in this collection have not been published until now. Together, they form a record of Bradford at a pivotal point in its history.