Peter Mitchell: Nothing Lasts Forever

The Photographers’ Gallery | Until 15 January 2026

Leeds is another planet in this exhibition from veteran British photographer Peter Mitchell, a name nowhere near as well-known as contemporaries like Don McCullin or Martin Parr – but a truly worthwhile discovery if you’ve never heard of him. A Londoner who moved to Leeds in 1972 and never left, Mitchell’s photos in this small but transporting exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery take us on a tour of the backstreets and alleys of his adopted city, mainly during the 1970s, giving us proud shopkeepers and aproned artisans standing in front of crumbling premises.

 

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Tuesday | 10 am – 6 pm
Wednesday | 10 am – 6 pm
Thursday | 10 am – 8 pm
Friday | 10 am – 8 pm
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