Red Saunders

Red Saunders (born 28 December 1945 in London) is a British photographer and director. Saunders was one of the founders of Rock Against Racism.

Life Saunders was born in late December 1945 in London. As a young mod in the 1960s he joined the underground theatre group CAST.

From 1963 until 1965 he served a photographic apprenticeship at the ad agencies G.S.Royds and S.H.Bensons as well as the Gilchrist studios, London. He later studied at Polytechnic of Central London and worked for G.S.Royds at the Photo de Seine studio in Paris.

In 1985, he founded Short Circuit Films, where he produced and directed the short film The End, the six part production The Gift for BBC Wales and White Girls on Dope for Channel 4.

In 1993, Saunders studio and most of his work was destroyed by an arsonist, which led to a three year hiatus.

Publications Klaus Fabricius, Red Saunders (Hrsg.): 24 Hours in the Life of Los Angeles / Olympic City '84. Alfred van der Marck Editions, New York, 1984. Red Saunders, Syd Shelton, Malcolm McGregor: A Day in the Life of London. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1985, 288 pages. Red Saunders, Syd Shelton: Ireland: A Week in the Life of a Nation. Ebury Press, 1986, 288 pages. Roger Huddle, Red Saunders: Reminiscences of RAR: Rocking Against Racism (1976–1982). Redwords, 2016, 256 pages.

Exhibitions 2000: Nearby. Pentagram Gallery, London. 2011: Hidden. Impressions Gallery, Bradford.