Virginia Turbett | UK Protests, 1970s

Virginia Turbett is a music and social photographer best known for her photographs of bands, fans and street culture between 1977 and 1987. Virginia was also an active photographer at protests and demonstrations throughout the UK, including the rock against racism movement, documenting the gigs and protests that came together to fight against the rise of the far-right and National Front in the 1970s. 

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Anti-Nazi Demo, West Bromwich, 1979.

Photo © Virginia Turbett.

Rioting at an Anti-Nazi Demo, Leicester, 1979.

Photo © Virginia Turbett.

Procession at the funeral of Blair Peach, 1979.

Photo © Virginia Turbett.

TUC Demo Blackpool, 1979.

Photo © Virginia Turbett.

Anti-nazi demo west brom, 1979.
Anti-Nazi Demo, West Bromwich, 1979.

Photo © Virginia Turbett.

Asian Women picket in Slough, 1979.

Photo © Virginia Turbett.

TUC demo, Blackpool, 1979.

Photo © Virginia Turbett.

Gallery first published 16th October, 2023.  © Virginia Turbett / British Culture Archive. All rights reserved. 

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