£175.00
SuperMac, from the series Elswick Kids (1978) by Tish Murtha
Hand-numbered edition of 50
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl, 285 gsm
Paper size: 25.4 × 30.5 cm (10 × 12 in)
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
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From the Tish Murtha Editions collection
SuperMac was photographed in 1978 as part of Tish Murtha’s Elswick Kids series, made in Newcastle’s West End. The wider series documents childhood, play and working-class life during the late 1970s.
Photograph: Tish Murtha © Ella Murtha, all rights reserved.
This authorised limited edition is published by British Culture Archive in collaboration with the Tish Murtha Archive. Each print is numbered by hand and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by British Culture Archive.
Tish Murtha (1956–2013) was a British documentary photographer whose work forms a sustained record of working-class life in late twentieth-century Britain.
Raised in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Murtha studied documentary photography at Newport under David Hurn before returning to Newcastle in 1978. Her major bodies of work include Elswick Kids, Juvenile Jazz Bands, Youth Unemployment, Save Scotswood Works and Elswick Revisited.
Her photographs document childhood, youth unemployment and everyday life within the social and economic conditions of Newcastle’s West End. Photographing her own community from within, Murtha worked with a dignity and compassion that set her apart from outside observers. She is recognised as one of the most significant British documentary photographers of her generation.
Her work is held in public collections including the Arts Council Collection, British Council, National Portrait Gallery and Tate Britain.
Tish Murtha photographer page
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