Claire Wray

1988. Manchester, England. 

“Quite often, street photography pays attention to extraordinary occurrences within a city. In contrast to the unusual and sometimes fantastical, Claire Wray manages to capture the more realistic, everyday perspective of the daily life of Manchester.

Wray’s ever-changing ‘Manc’ characters and backdrops show Manchester for its true self. The delightful personalities to be found on public transport, the caffeine-addicts through steamy café windows and the rushing feet of business along rainy pavements. We are not only given a taste of Manchester, but a rushing, blurry, reflection of Britain as a grumpy, ageing, multicultural nation.”

- Article Magazine. 

"A sense of permanence, like an old idea of a dystopian future," is how David Kerekes describes the photographs of Claire Wray. "The characters captured in Claire’s photographs being the landscape, while everything around them is merely passing through.” 

- Headpress Magazine