The United Kingdom is a unique and paradoxical country. On the photo exhibition “The ideals of life: photographing a class, culture and identity in modern Britain” the realities of British life have been shown – from punk to protesters, who gathered on the streets. By these striking images you can explore the habits and occupations of British society.

During a picnic in the parking lot on the day of the Derby at Epsom, 2001.

1967. Charles Phillips made a photo of the “couple of Notting Hill”.

Factory workers. Class differences in Hellas. United Kingdom, 1965.

Class differences in the UK. 1937.

Life of the British youth, 1980. The development of the counterculture, the appearance of skinheads and punks can be seen on many similar photos.

1965. A child is playing in the rural settlement of miners.

1978, disco in the city of Wolverhampton.

A woman is selling ice cream in Brighton. Summer 1985.

On the left – the girl is going to school in Kensington. On the right – the children are going to fish on Serpent Lake in Hyde Park London. The end of the ’70s.

1956. The child is sleeping in the Liverpool slums, which were considered unsuitable for life.

1955. Vibrant student life at the University of Manchester.

The celebration of the coronation of Elizabeth II in London’s Ful. June, 1953.