"Connecting Identities"
Young people's photographs of Aston and Yardley.
Connecting Identities was a youth inclusion project, that involved young people using photography to explore issues around identity, izzat/pride, place, ...
"George Hallett: Bearing Witness"
Photographs by George Hallett of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, exhibited as 'Bearing Witness', at the Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, in 2004.
The Promotion of National Unity ...
"Ghazala Saddique: Lok Mela Festival, Birmingham"
Photographs by Ghazala Saddique, October 2000.
Lok Mela is the national folk festival of Pakistan, held in the first week of October. It is a cultural celebration that usually involves folk music, ...
"Handsworth Self Portrait"
A selection of photographs from the 'Handsworth Self Portrait' project.
Handsworth-based photographers Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon organised the self-portrait project in autumn ...
"Pogus Caesar: Muzik Kinda Sweet"
Photographs of black musicans, from the exhibition "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Birmingham film-maker, photographer and artist Pogus Caesar.
For the past 20 years Pogus Caesar has been a television producer ...
"Proud History"
The histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in Birmingham and the West Midlands remain largely hidden from view although recent research in the archives has begun to recover episodes ...
"Robert Taylor: Portraits of Black Achievement"
Photographs by Robert Taylor produced for the book 'Portraits of Black Achievement: composing successful careers' by Jacqui MacDonald.
"Sangeeta Redgrave: Diwali Celebrations"
A collection of photographs taken by Sangeeta Redgrave (nee Chauli) during the Hindu festival of Diwali.
This photograph is of Lakshmi Puja, at the Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham, ...
"Sisters of the Long March"
The Black woman in Black His[Her]story has been a prominent point of focus, from the female monarchs of African Kingdom’s, such as Queen Amina of Zaria, to the role of the matriarch in black families ...
"Stone Photographic Collection"
This exhibition features just a few samples from the extensive photographic collection of Sir Benjamin Stone (1838-1914).
The collection includes 22,000 mounted prints, 17,000 glass negatives, 600 ...
"Terry Lo: From Cathay to Pershore Street"
Photographs by Terry Lo, produced for the exhibition 'From Cathay to Pershore Street', portraying the everday life of the Chinese community in Birmingham.
Terry Lo was born in Hong Kong on May 23rd ...
"Triangle Photography Gallery Posters"
Derek Bishton was director of the Triangle Photography Gallery, part of the Triangle Arts and Media Centre at Gosta Green, Birmingham, between c.1984 and 1987. These are some of the posters advertising ...
‘Europe Peace or Famine - Which’, by Joseph Southall
The Edgbaston Quaker artist Joseph Southall contributed occasional prints to Sylvia Pankhurst's anti-war suffragette broadsheet 'The Woman's Dreadnought'; the paper later became the 'Workers' Dreadnought' ...
‘No child can resist’, Picture Post
Advertisers used images of children to catch the viewer’s eye. As families became more affluent they also targeted children as consumers. These adverts for Birmingham made ‘Bird’s Custard’ represent children ...
‘Wounded Soldiers at a Concert', Southern Hospital
This postcard shows a montage of scenes of wounded soldiers attending outdoor music entertainments at the Southern General military hospital, Edgbaston, including an inset of a boy dressed in a soldier's ...
A Boy and a Catch of Fish
This photograph shows a boy and a catch of fish, with the fishing rod and basket beside a tree.
A Government School in Wadi Halfa
This photograph shows advanced scholars and teachers at a Government School in Wadi Halfa.
'A Medical Board', by W.L. Sherwood
This caricature by Staff-Sergeant W.L. Sherwood presents a sardonic view of the Medical Boards, which decided the fates of many soldiers during the First World War. Consisting of a panel of both military ...