John Myers (photographer)

[2] Between 1973 and 1981 he photographed mundane aspects of middle class life in the centre of England—black and white portraits of ordinary people and suburbia within walking distance of his home in Stourbridge.

[5] His self-published book from this period, Middle England (1974), contains black and white portraits of individuals and families,[4] which were also included in his first major exhibition at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, in 2012.

[6] His black and white photographs of "garages, TVs, electricity substations, new builds and his neighbours" in The World is not Beautiful: 1973–1981 (published 2017) were also made within walking distance of his house.

[9] Although his work is thoroughly English in feel, Myers was a contemporary of, and can be favourably compared to, American Landscape photographers including Stephen Shore, Lewis Baltz & Robert Adam[s].

Closely echoing minimalist sculpture, Myers' imagery pares landscape back to its most minimal, presenting environments, objects and buildings, which marginalise or exclude human presence and offer clear stylistic affinities with the work of Carl Andre[,] Dan Flavin, Donald Judd and Sol LeWitt.