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DOCUMENTING YOUR COMMUNITY A Photography Project celebrating the work of Tish Murtha. @tishmurtha @TishMurthafilm Get involved, details below: #tishmurtha #tishmurthafilm
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RT @Mixmag: A new photobook published by @britcultarchive is showing "post-club Britain" in all its glory 📸 See a selection of images from…
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RT @britcultarchive: Thanks to @timjonze @guardian for the feature on our first publication out today.
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RT @nicholas_hogg: 'There’s a certain freedom and a certain chaos that Britain seems to enjoy. People want to get off their heads and forge…
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RT @JR_Dickenson: “I think the fact this series is all pre-phone matters. Nobody has a phone in their hands & nobody is taking pictures of…
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Cuddles playing cards. Photo by Tish Murtha, from the series Youth Unemployment (1981). Available as an 10 x 12” Limited Edition of 50 prints from our exclusive collaboration with The @tishmurtha Archive. You can view the full Tish Murtha Collection and availability in our online shop: Photo © Ella Murtha, all rights reserved.
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Liverpool, 1996. Photo © Rob Bremner / BCA. All rights reserved.
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RT @britcultarchive: Hanging out on The Ford Estate. Birkenhead, 1981. Photo © Mike Abrahams. Mike ”There was a bit of weed being smoked a…
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RT @britcultarchive: Photographs from the series Edge of Living by Ricky Adam. Photographed between 2008 - 2013 ‘Edge Of Living’ chronicle…
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Leeds, 2003. Photo © @rickyadam all rights reserved. You can browse more of Ricky Adam’s photography projects online at BCA.
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RT @FakeGlennMiller: I miss these youth subcultures. Some are still around but it seems less about the music, friendship and socialising t…
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Great Yarmouth Scooter Rally, 1987. A look back at the 1980s Scooter scene and warmer bank holiday weekends. From photographer Debby Besford‘s ‘Scooter Reunion’ series documenting the May Bank Holiday scooter rally in her hometown of Great Yarmouth. Feature/Gallery online at BCA: Photos © Debby Besford / BCA. All rights reserved.
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Great Yarmouth Scooter Rally, 1987 | Photographs by Debby Besford.
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Hyde Park Flats, Sheffield, 1980s. Photo © Andy Greaves / BCA. All rights reserved.
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Hackney Ladies, 1984. A favourite from our feature on the Rio Cinema tape/slide archive. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Here’s to 2025! Photo © Rio Cinema Archive/Tape Slide Project.
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OPEN CALL We’re excited to be working with @BoltonLMS and BCA photographer Don Tonge on an exhibition as part of Bolton Town of Culture, 2025. For the exhibition we’re inviting photographers of all levels to submit images that highlight everyday life in and around the town of Bolton. If selected, your photograph will feature alongside Don Tonge’s celebrated images of 1970s Bolton in our exhibition opening at Bolton Museum on Saturday 15th March. HOW TO ENTER: Photo: Boys on the railway tracks by George Arthur Street, Bolton, 1970s. Photo © Don Tonge / BCA. All rights reserved.
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RT @britcultarchive: Christmas in Carlisle, 1980s. A festive highlight from @peoplearchive Photo © Berny McClusky / BCA. All rights rese…
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Christmas in Carlisle, 1980s. A festive highlight from @peoplearchive Photo © Berny McClusky / BCA. All rights reserved. Happy Christmas from all at BCA.
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