Video · Shirley Baker
Lou Stoppard: Shirley Baker's photographic eye
Lou Stoppard, editor of the MACK book on Shirley Baker, talks about Baker's street photographs from Manchester and Salford.
Lou Stoppard talks about the life and work of Shirley Baker, including her street photographs from Manchester and Salford. Stoppard is a writer, editor, and curator who put together the MACK book on Baker. The video was posted in 2020 on the MACK channel and runs about 26 minutes.
Baker's photographs document rapid economic and social changes from the 1950s onward. She approached her subjects with compassion and humor. Her work includes photographs from the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and the United States.
