Invitation to Shirley Baker exhibition
The print exhibition is at The Photographers’ Gallery in London and starts on Thursday 21st June. It runs until the 28th July, with a selection of prints on show, all available to buy.
Read MoreThe print exhibition is at The Photographers’ Gallery in London and starts on Thursday 21st June. It runs until the 28th July, with a selection of prints on show, all available to buy.
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Read MoreThis is reposted from last year, as the exhibition has just won Best Art Exhibition at Manchester CityLife Awards. The ceremony was hosted at The Deaf Institute. From 19th May, Manchester Art Gallery will show the exhibition Women, Children; and Loitering Men, photographs by Shirley Baker taken primarily in the 1960s. Of Baker’s prolific output, these photographs…
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