Shirley Baker Bertien van Manen the artist’s book bears witness

the artist’s book bears witness to chapters in recent world events – mediated through weapons camera technology – while also shedding light on the ethical

using 137 disposable cameras

a new cultural centre which symbolizes the modernity and changing physiognomy of ancestral lands

and continues to play

Shirley Baker Bertien van Manen the artist’s book bears witnessShirley Baker developed her first photograph as a young girl from the darkness of the coal shed in her hometown of Salford, Northwest England. From this moment, she developed a lifelong interest in documentary photography, amounting to a vast and celebrated archival collection that spans the length of her career, dating from the 1950s until 2000. Edited by Lou Stoppard, this book presents an extensiveand, uniquely, femaledepiction of post war life; an