A selection of images by Peter Mitchell, the British documentary photographer renowned for capturing Leeds, England, in vivid color during the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Manchester in 1943, Mitchell moved to Leeds in 1972 and began documenting the city while working as a truck driver and running a print workshop. From shopfronts and demolition sites to quiet residential streets, his photographs record a city in transition.
Often regarded as a pioneer of British color photography, Mitchell combined documentary clarity with wit and storytelling. His long-term focus on Leeds has created one of the most distinctive visual records of urban change in late 20th-century Britain.
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