Bibliography

1991

Memento Mori

Memento Mori, Peter Mitchell’s first publication, was self published in 1990 and documents the dramatic impact of the Quarry Hill redevelopment project in Leeds.

2013

Strangely Familiar

The publication of Strangely Familiar in 2013 marked the beginning of Peter's recognition as a master of early colour photography in the UK.

2015

Some Thing Means Everything to Somebody

Some Thing Means Everything to Somebody is the most personal of Peter's publications, an autobiography told through inanimate objects silently observed by scarecrows.

2017

A New Refutation of the Viking 4 Space Mission

Peter Mitchell’s groundbreaking show was first presented at the Impressions Gallery of Photography York in November 1979, and more recently at Arles. 38 years overdue, the body of work was published as a book for the first time by RRB Photobooks.

2020

Early Sunday Morning

Early Sunday Morning, edited and sequenced by John Myers, shows a different Leeds to Mitchell’s earlier publications. It is neither the sombre look at destruction seen in Memento Mori, nor the detached view of ‘the man from mars’ of A New Refutation of the Viking 4 Space Mission, but a more intimate document of Mitchell’s own Leeds

2021

Epilogue

Epilogue acts as a sequel to Mitchell's 1990 publication Memento Mori. The book contains over 40 new images, documenting the abandonment and subsequent demolition of the site, adding a poignant final chapter to the Quarry Hill story.

2023

Early Sunday Morning

British Documentary Classics Edition

The original edition of Early Sunday Morning sold out in record time, thanks in part to the nationwide lockdown the UK was under at the time of it's release. Re-released in paperback and in a smaller format, Early Sunday Morning's Documentary Classics Edition makes this key title available again to a wider audience.