Boy with Flag by Vanley Burke

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Date:1970 - 1976 (c.)

Description:Vanley Burke’s photographs are noted for making visible in a sensitive way black daily life in Britain. Looking straight at the camera the boy presents the viewer with a strong sense of his own identity. The inclusion of the Union Jack reinforces this impression and seems to say ‘this is my home, this is my flag.’ The image also directly confronts the adoption of the Union Jack by the racist National Front in the 1970s.

This photograph is part of a Digital Handsworth online gallery:<a href="http://www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/default.asp?resource=4454"> Vanley Burke Galleries</a>

Photograph copyright: Vanley Burke

Related themes:

Sports Photographers Children and Childhood Burke, Vanley Birmingham 1901-2000 (20th century)

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Archives & Heritage

Donor ref:BA&H: MS 2192/A/A/1/76 (110/2536)

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