Tish Murtha

[Alex Benjamin]

Tish Murtha, one of my favorite photographer, is now subject of a documentary.

Review here:

Tish review – gripping portrait of a passionate photographer of Austerity Britain

Tish Murtha, who lived a life as tough as those she shot in different eras of deprivation and marginalisation, receives a wholehearted and riveting tribute

www.theguardian.com

For those who don't know her, short bio here:

Wasteland wanderer: how Tish Murtha captured the beating heart of Tyneside

Kids at rubbish tips, adolescents on the dole, sex workers in the street … the photographer made marginalised lives matter. But recognition came too late. Now her daughter’s making a film about her extraordinary life

www.theguardian.com

Or check her archives: http://www.tishmurtha.co.uk/

Youth Unemployment is a fantastic book. If you want to talk—photographically speaking—about poverty, this is the way to do it.

 

[logan2z]

Thanks for the links to The Guardian articles.

I've been following the development of the film online and am looking forward to seeing it. She was a great photographer who deserves to be better known.

 

[Don_ih]

@Alex Benjamin - thanks for letting us know about her. I just ordered the two books that are currently available - I think her daughter deserves the support to try to make the work better known. The photos on the website are excellent.

 

[logan2z]

@Alex Benjamin - thanks for letting us know about her. I just ordered the two books that are currently available - I think her daughter deserves the support to try to make the work better known. The photos on the website are excellent.

I've been on the fence about these books for a while only because I much prefer hardcover books and these two are only available as softcovers. There was a hardcover version of 'Youth Unemployment' but it was a limited edition and sold out before I was able to buy a copy.

Here's a good overview of the book for anyone considering getting it:

 

[Don_ih]

I'm ok with softcover. My copy of Leonard Freed's Police Work is soft cover - and a first edition. You can't always hold out for things.

The photos I've seen are impressive. And the books are affordable (even with the across-the-ocean shipping).

 

[Alex Benjamin]

New article on Tish — the photographer and the movie.

Tish Murtha’s Art of the Excluded

A new film celebrates photographer Tish Murtha, who intimately captured life on the margins during Thatcherism’s rise – and demonstrated art’s potential to undermine the powerful.

tribunemag.co.uk

A good read.