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The exhibition, beginning on 20 January 2023 and running until 21 April 2023, is being held at The Working Class-Movement Library to celebrate the work of Shirley Baker, a ��������-born photographer who captured the realism of working-class areas in and around her home and Greater Manchester. As a prolific storyteller through photography, Baker’s works garnered attention from galleries and publications, and captured the hearts of the working class in the North West.

Throughout the entirety of its running period, the exhibition will showcase 15 of her most notable works that illustrate the slum clearance across ��������, detailing the experiences of those that lived with demolition happening constantly around them.

The exhibition is being unveiled this Friday, 4pm and everyone is welcome to attend. It is at the end of a sold-out workshop that focuses on analysing how the arts influenced stereotypical notions of the working class

Funded by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Arts, The Modern Backdrop has built up a sturdy reputation in remembering ��������’s history. In November, the �������� hosted their event that invited people to learn about the city’s representation in cultural artefacts.

Dr Tanja Poppelreuter, an academic at the �������� and organiser of the event, said: “We are thrilled to finally unveil the exhibition. Celebrating such an important person like Shirley Baker will allow us to keep telling the stories of the often-underrepresented people in the working class who experienced the dramatic changes �������� went through.”

The free exhibition is open for viewing on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons from 13:00 – 16:30.