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A Snapshot of Britain Back Then by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen

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Byker, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen,1971

Who? For almost 50 years, the Amber Film and Photography Collective created and collected work to represent marginalised communities and their disappearing landscapes. “We felt that the working class were not represented and if anything, were parodied rather than given a genuine voice,” explains Finnish photographer and founding member Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen. This week, Newcastle’s Laing Gallery will present a retrospective of their work, an exhibition Konttinen calls “long…

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Kendal Street, 1969, Byker, Sirkka-Liisa Kontti
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02 Heather playing piano,1971, Byker, Sirkka-Liisa
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03 WH Douglas, Gents' Hairdresser, 1974, Byker, Si
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04 The Fabulous Queens of Striptease, 1971, The Ho
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05 Launch of World Unicorn, 1973, River Project, S
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06 Machinist, Watson's the sackmakers, 1979, Quays
 
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