Shirley baker

Shirley, known for her honest and eye-opening monochrome depictions of her native Salford, had an illustrious career spanning five decades working jobs including industrial photography and freelance writing

“© Shirley Baker Manchester Mid 1960’s”

Lou Stoppard writes about the English street photographer’s archive, which contains unheralded images that capture “the great madness and oddness of this life.”

Photography of Manchester and Salford in the 1960s by the pioneering British photographer.

Nostalgic photographs back when the humans’ hairstyles were just as groomed.

MACK presents previously unseen photographs by Shirley Baker in a new monograph edited by Lou Stoppard. We talked with her to learn more about this still little known talented photographer who documented the everyday life in the North of England—and not only— from 1950s to 2000s.

The River Thames bursting its banks, rail lines being washed away, villages being turned into islands and soldiers out on the frontline fill...

Shirley Baker – whose work covers the 1950s to 2000 – might be the best street photographer you've never heard of.

Description – Original silver gelatin print, developed and printed by Shirley Baker, Shirley Baker stamp to reverse Size – 8ins x 10ins Cost – £1200 Cost framed – £1295

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