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Matthew Fells Apr 12, 2025

"Society has withdrawn its contract from these young people: can they now be expected to live by its rules?" - #TishMurtha

#PhotographyQuotes

Mick Yates Dec 6, 2024

Indeed she was. Delighted to say that Tish's work will also be featured at photofrome.org/exhibitions/ in the April 2025 festival. #photography #tishmurtha #documentary #exhibition #documentaryphotography

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Exhibitions - Photo|Frome

Exhibitions - Photo|Frome

Exhibitions Photo | Frome again brings an inclusive and thought-provoking perspective on photography to Frome & the Southwest. The festival approaches contemporary documentary with a broad lens, and the artist line-up reflects that vision, featuring world-class national and international names, photography to explore the history of the Southwest region, and showcasing the talents of local

Photo|Frome - Festival of Photography

John Dal Apr 2, 2024

In case you missed this, it's a marvellous documentary about a fantastic photographer ignored by the UK middle-class London-centric art establishment , the disgusting treatment of the working classes since 50's and about my home - Elswick - in the decade after I left it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xyrg
#ToriesOiut #Socialism #Photography #Documentary #TishMurtha

BBC Four - Tish

Moving story of photographer Tish Murtha, who used her camera to fight for social change.

BBC

Jens Comiotto-Mayer Nov 19, 2023

»A new film about British photographer Tish Murtha, who captured life in the north east of England in the 1970s and 80s, chronicles the rise of Thatcherism and tells the story of a unique artist who was unable to escape from the poverty she exposed.« #TishMurtha #StreetPhotography

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/nov/17/tish-murtha-images-of-childhood-poverty-uk-in-pictures

‘These kids mattered’: Tish Murtha’s images of childhood poverty in the UK – in pictures

The British photographer lived through Thatcherism and the painful decline it caused in her native north east of England – yet her images capture the humanity that shone through

the Guardian