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Shirley Baker: Women, Children and Loitering Men, The Photographers' Gallery

17 Jul 15 – 20 Sep 15, Monday - Saturday 10.00-18.00 Thursday 10.00-20.00 (during exhibitions) Sunday 11.30-18.00

Post-war photographer Shirley Baker captures the devastation and resilience of urban communities at Photographers' Gallery exhibition

By CW Contributor on 5/7/2015

Manchester, 1968, © Shirley Baker Estate, Courtesy of Mary Evans Picture Library, The Photographers' Gallery London
Manchester, 1968, © Shirley Baker Estate, Courtesy of Mary Evans Picture Library, The Photographers' Gallery London
Shirley Baker: Women, Children and Loitering Men, The Photographers' Gallery Shirley Baker: Women, Children and Loitering Men, The Photographers' Gallery Ali Godwin
Pioneering artist Shirley Baker is believed to be the first female photographer to have documented the streets of post-war Britain, which memorialized the humanitarian crisis facing urban communities.

Shirley Baker photographer & technique

Baker’s work received little attention at the time it was produced, but she is now credited for portraying both the poverty and the resilience of Britain’s fractured postwar society. She maintained that all of her photographs were unposed, in an effort to reveal honestly the situation as it was.

The Photographers' Gallery exhibition 

This major show’s focus is Baker’s images capturing the urban clearance programmes of inner-city Manchester and Salford between 1961 - 1981. The works are grouped loosely  on a thematic basis, showing mothers and their babies; groups of children playing in the streets; and ending with a series of broken cityscapes, half-built of rubble and carrying the mark of war’s destruction.


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What Shirley Baker: Women, Children and Loitering Men, The Photographers' Gallery
Where The Photographers' Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies Street, London, W1F 7LW | MAP
Nearest tube Oxford Circus (underground)
When 17 Jul 15 – 20 Sep 15, Monday - Saturday 10.00-18.00 Thursday 10.00-20.00 (during exhibitions) Sunday 11.30-18.00
Price £Free
Website Click here for more details



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