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Post by Fenris on Apr 1, 2024 11:30:36 GMT
This looks really interesting:
Mother, fighter and visionary photographer - Tish Murtha emerged from the north east in Thatcher's Britain to expose the struggles and triumphs of her local community.
Tish's daughter, Ella, uncovers her poignant story in this heartfelt documentary, piecing together a portrait of a woman who wielded her camera as a tool to celebrate overlooked working-class lives and to strive for social change.
Tragically, Tish died aged 56, her work relatively unknown, but now, Ella unlocks the doors to her mother's long-hidden archive. Inside, a treasure trove of unseen images, personal artefacts, letters and diaries awaits, revealing the true essence of this enigmatic artist.Link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xyrg |
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Post by Kath on Apr 1, 2024 11:33:18 GMT
Yes, I think I noticed the same link yesterday. It's on my list to watch now!
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Post by peterob on Apr 1, 2024 11:39:37 GMT
This looks really interesting:
Mother, fighter and visionary photographer - Tish Murtha emerged from the north east in Thatcher's Britain to expose the struggles and triumphs of her local community.
Tish's daughter, Ella, uncovers her poignant story in this heartfelt documentary, piecing together a portrait of a woman who wielded her camera as a tool to celebrate overlooked working-class lives and to strive for social change.
Tragically, Tish died aged 56, her work relatively unknown, but now, Ella unlocks the doors to her mother's long-hidden archive. Inside, a treasure trove of unseen images, personal artefacts, letters and diaries awaits, revealing the true essence of this enigmatic artist.Link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xyrgI saw a heads up for this on the Fuji forum. There are (according to that post) four photography themed programs starting at 20:00 with the first part of a history of photography in Britain. I haven't checked the listings. I didn't even know there was a BBC 4 channel. |
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Post by Fenris on Apr 1, 2024 15:19:58 GMT
I didn't even know there was a BBC 4 channel. It's only been around since 2002  |
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Post by willien on Apr 1, 2024 15:21:24 GMT
I didn't even know there was a BBC 4 channel. It's only been around since 2002 Should never be too hasty though. |
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Post by peterob on Apr 1, 2024 16:40:07 GMT
I didn't even know there was a BBC 4 channel. It's only been around since 2002 Amazing. Not that well publicised then, although I was mostly at work before June 2015. I'm curious now as to whether there is a number 3 or even 5. I'll look up the channel list later. |
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Post by MJB on Apr 1, 2024 16:52:27 GMT
It's only been around since 2002 Amazing. Not that well publicised then, although I was mostly at work before June 2015. I'm curious now as to whether there is a number 3 or even 5. I'll look up the channel list later. BBC 3 launched around same time as BBC Four, had a brief spell as streaming only then returned to broadcast TV a couple of years ago. It's target audience was claimed to be the 18-34 year old bracket, but I've always enjoyed a lot of the shows especially the comedy. Many of the more recent BBC sitcoms started on BBC 3 before moving to prime time. Ghosts, This Country, Outnumbered, Fleabag, Detectorists, W1A, and the Cunk on... series all started there. |
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Post by peterob on Apr 1, 2024 17:16:12 GMT
Amazing. Not that well publicised then, although I was mostly at work before June 2015. I'm curious now as to whether there is a number 3 or even 5. I'll look up the channel list later. BBC 3 launched around same time as BBC Four, had a brief spell as streaming only then returned to broadcast TV a couple of years ago. It's target audience was claimed to be the 18-34 year old bracket, but I've always enjoyed a lot of the shows especially the comedy. Many of the more recent BBC sitcoms started on BBC 3 before moving to prime time. Ghosts, This Country, Outnumbered, Fleabag, Detectorists, W1A, and the Cunk on... series all started there. Thanks. I see them now on channel 9 (BBC 4) and 23 (BBC 3). I've seen the Detectorists advertised but I hadn't realised it was a BBC program - it must appear on channel 20 maybe (?). Not heard of the others. |
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Post by JohnY on Apr 1, 2024 20:29:36 GMT
Most of us here are well older than BBC3's intended audience. That is no reason to ignore it.
Sometimes it is great fun.
Sometimes it is something to get steamed up about.
Mostly it is just boring. You know, seen it before, got the tea shirt, worn it out and used for dusters years ago.
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Post by Chester PB on Apr 2, 2024 22:54:16 GMT
The BBC has been forced to drastically cuts its new programmes expenditure, so what funds there are appear to be spent on prime-time stuff on BBC1 and exciting dramas on BBC3 for young persons to watch on their mobile devices (the kind of stuff I very rarely want to watch). Hence BBC4 is now mostly repeats, with a few decent new imported dramas (that take full advantage of the HD picture and five channel sound), which means that their archive of decent programmes can now be offered to a new audience. Of course, older and more discerning viewers also get another chance to watch some of the best stuff the BBC has ever made. |
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Post by don on Apr 4, 2024 13:52:52 GMT
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Post by peterob on Apr 4, 2024 14:48:28 GMT
A bit indulgent. Would have been better edited to half the length. The program before (part 1 of three) I thought was interesting. I didn't have the stamina to watch the third (and fourth) - too late in the evening. |
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Post by Chester PB on Apr 8, 2024 11:41:53 GMT
I watched this last night. Sadly it followed a familiar pattern: promising early work followed by a growing dependence upon regional or national Arts Council grants. Her last application for a grant was quoted in part, and sounded like an exercise in trying to tick as many boxes as possible. I suspect that if she had wanted to make a tedious and noisy video installation instead she would probably have got a grant.
I thought it ironic that her work should end up on display at the Tate Gallery where very few people from Newcastle will ever see it. Looking at the page on the Tate's website shows no images because of 'copyright restrictions', so they can't even look at them there.
www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/tish-murtha-29991 |
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Post by mike40 on Apr 8, 2024 12:43:08 GMT
There’s always this - and a huge ‘thank you’ to Ella Murtha for putting this together too. www.tishmurtha.co.uk/home.htmlWe have to remember that, at the time Tish was setting out to document life around her and highlight the social inequalities and injustices that she found, photography still had a strong element of ‘reportage’ rather than having been taken over by the “oh, it’s art” school of thought with the subsequent cascading of acquisition and financial profiteering that’s displayed in so many places. Sadly, as John Benton-Harris remarked, photojournalism never existed in the UK and certainly the kind of work Tish was undertaking would not have been commercially viable. Visual sociology was another yet-to-be developed area, as J B-H took part but, on the other hand, it’s both sad, yet exciting, to imagine Tish on some form of social media. |
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Post by Chester PB on Apr 8, 2024 15:20:35 GMT
There’s always this - and a huge ‘thank you’ to Ella Murtha for putting this together too. www.tishmurtha.co.uk/home.htmlWe have to remember that, at the time Tish was setting out to document life around her and highlight the social inequalities and injustices that she found, photography still had a strong element of ‘reportage’ rather than having been taken over by the “oh, it’s art” school of thought with the subsequent cascading of acquisition and financial profiteering that’s displayed in so many places. Sadly, as John Benton-Harris remarked, photojournalism never existed in the UK and certainly the kind of work Tish was undertaking would not have been commercially viable. Visual sociology was another yet-to-be developed area, as J B-H took part but, on the other hand, it’s both sad, yet exciting, to imagine Tish on some form of social media. My browser informs me that this site is not secure and may be risky to access. Re. social media - would her stuff get lost amongst all the rubbish? |
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