Manchester Art Gallery - Images by Shirley Baker

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Manchester Art Gallery - Images by Shirley Baker

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As we have been focusing on Street Photography with the finale being the Terry Mooney Set Subject competition - Street Photography, I thought this may be of interest to members. I took the bus to the Manchester Art Gallery (the bus now stops almost out) on Monday. Images by Shirley Baker were being exhibited, of life in the 1960s & 70s. The time period being around the time lots of demolition took place in Manchester and Salford to make way for new housing & apartments. After seeing the images you can really compare life then with today. The exhibition is well worth seeing.
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I remember seeing her images in magazines. i'll definitely be going to see those, thanks John.
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Here's some of her Manchester work..Well worth seeing up close...

https://youtu.be/_Gl9331eCUA
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Thanks for the link Stuart, some very evocative images there.
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I saw this exhibition some years ago at the Lowry. Some fascinating images that gave a real insight into what was happening at the time. The image that starts of the YouTube video is one that I bought at the time. It reminds me very much of the street I lived in in Brussel Street in Salford and the games I used to play with my sister. Well worth seeing.

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