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Tish Murtha:

The woman who fearlessly documented

dereliction and decay in Thatcher's north-east

 

Capturing gritty images of imposed idleness

and the ‘squandering of a whole generation of human potential’,

the photographer, who died in 2013, provided an intimate glimpse

into the dismal reality of growing up in 1980s Newcastle

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6 October 2017

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/photography/
tish-murtha-youth-unemployment-photography-margaret-thatcher-england-a7984026.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From “Juvenile Jazz Bands.”

 

Photograph: Tish Murtha

Courtesy of Ella Murtha and The Photographers' Gallery

 

This Working Class Photographer

Documented Her Community in Industrial England

NYT

June 27, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/
lens/photographing-community-industrial-england-tish-murtha.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From “Elswick Kids.”

 

Photograph: Tish Murtha

Courtesy of Ella Murtha and The Photographers' Gallery

 

This Working Class Photographer

Documented Her Community in Industrial England

NYT

June 27, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/
lens/photographing-community-industrial-england-tish-murtha.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From “Youth Unemployment.”

 

Photograph: Tish Murtha

Courtesy of Ella Murtha and The Photographers' Gallery

 

This Working Class Photographer

Documented Her Community in Industrial England

NYT

June 27, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/
lens/photographing-community-industrial-england-tish-murtha.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From “Elswick Kids.”

 

Photograph: Tish Murtha

Courtesy of Ella Murtha and The Photographers' Gallery

 

This Working Class Photographer

Documented Her Community in Industrial England

NYT

June 27, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/
lens/photographing-community-industrial-england-tish-murtha.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patricia Anne "Tish" Murtha    1956-2013

 

Working Class Photographer

(who) Documented Her Community

in Industrial England

 

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

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/
lens/photographing-community-industrial-england-tish-murtha.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jun/14/
tish-murtha-alex-prager-review-photographers-gallery

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/26/
the-big-picture-tish-murtha-youth-unemployment-newcastle-1980

 

 

 

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/photography/
tish-murtha-youth-unemployment-photography-
margaret-thatcher-england-a7984026.html - 6 Oct. 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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