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Toxteth girls

Photograph
1981 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Black and white photograph of three laughing teenage girls - two black, one white.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleToxteth girls (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Brief description
Toxteth girls, gelatin-silver print by Sarah King, 1981, part of the New Society/The Other Britain collection, gift of Paul Barker
Physical description
Black and white photograph of three laughing teenage girls - two black, one white.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 50cm
  • Image width: 33.5cm
  • Sheet height: 61cm
  • Sheet width: 50.8cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Paul Barker
Production
Photographed on assignment for New Society magazine
Bibliographic reference
Published as the cover to New Society, 26 November, 1981, 'The kids of Toxteh have their say.' The cover credit reads 'Girls at a Toxteth disco, Sarah King. The article on pp.359-361 reads 'The voices of the kids of Toxteth: Many, now including Lord Scarman, have sat in judgement on the summer riots. But little has been heard from the young people themselves. Ian Walker, in Liverpool, reports. Sarah King took the pictures.'
Collection
Accession number
E.98-2006

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Record createdJuly 23, 2008
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