Post by beatnik69 on Apr 10, 2024 15:14:13 GMT
www.tishmurtha.co.uk/home.html
We 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.
Re. social media - would her stuff get lost amongst all the rubbish?
