The BiB Film and Photo Gallery

Born in Bradford is fortunate to be able to work with Bradford-born photographer Ian Beesley to capture the people of the cohort on film. In 2009 Ian’s Born in Bradford work was shown at two highly successful exhibitions at the National Media Museum and the Impressions Gallery in Bradford.

From 2007 to 2009 Ian worked on the Delivery Suite and the Maternity wards at Bradford Royal Infirmary to do a series of photographs of fathers with their new-born babies, often taken just minutes after the baby was born.

In January 2009 we invited all the BiB babies born on New Year’s Day to have their photos taken with their parents. This was the start of an annual event. In 2011 we added to the number of babies by inviting all those born on Christmas Day 2010 and New Year’s Day 2011 to come along to the photo shoot.

In March 2009 we invited all the Twins to be photographed, at the time there were 66 sets of twins: now that recruitment has finished we have 175 sets of twins and 3 sets of triplets and they are all invited for an annual photograph. In 2011 we met and photographed 44 sets of twins and 1 set of triplets in one afternoon! It is fascinating to see the babies growing and changing as the years go by.