Squatters, bikers and skateboarders in hijabs: Brits’ wild communities exposed
▻https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/26/squatters-bikers-and-skateboarders-in-hijabs-brits-wild-communities-exp
Murtha’s stunning photography – and the tragic story of her death a decade ago, in relative obscurity and poverty at the age of just 56 – is the subject of a recent documentary, Tish, by Paul Sng. Inspired by Murtha’s work, and to celebrate the spirit that drove it, the photography project Document Your Community was launched to tie in with the release of the film. Created by the British Culture Archive, in association with Modern Films and supported by the British Film Institute, it invited the public to follow in the footsteps of Murtha and document their own communities.
Everyone was welcome to submit photos, be it keen amateurs, budding professionals or simply those who happened to snap something in passing on their phone. These 11 images taken from the project, picked in collaboration with Paul Wright from the BCA, capture the breadth of modern life in Britain via fun fairs, squat parties, skateboarders, window cleaners and broken-down bikers.
Fight for Socialism! Smithdown Road, Liverpool by Sam Jones Photograph: Photo © Sam Jones/ British Culture Archive
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