£125.00
Limited edition print
Part of the BCA Editions Programme. Exclusive photographic editions released in collaboration with photographers and estates.
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Luis Bustamante (born Chile, 1952) is a Chilean-born British documentary photographer whose work examines everyday life, migration, and community in Britain from the mid-1970s onwards. He arrived in the UK as a political refugee in 1974 and later studied at the University of Hull.
Working primarily in black and white, Bustamante’s photographs are shaped by close observation and an empathetic engagement with the people and places he encountered. His early experience of displacement informed a sustained interest in belonging, social interaction, and the rhythms of ordinary life. During the 1970s and 1980s he produced an extensive body of work in Hull and Yorkshire, alongside projects made across towns and cities throughout the UK.
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