Tish Murtha

Tish Murtha
Born
Patricia Anne Murtha

(1956-03-14)14 March 1956
South Shields, England
Died13 March 2013(2013-03-13) (aged 56)
Middlesbrough, England
NationalityBritish
EducationThe University of Wales, Newport
Known forPhotography
StyleSocial documentary photography
Websitetishmurtha.co.uk

Patricia Anne "Tish" Murtha (14 March 1956 – 13 March 2013) was a British social documentary photographer best known for documenting marginalised communities,[1] social realism[2] and working class life[3] in Newcastle upon Tyne and the North East of England.

The posthumously published books of her work are Youth Unemployment (2017), Elswick Kids (2018) and Juvenile Jazz Bands (2020).

  1. ^ Falconer, Karen. "For ever Amber: Britain's answer to Magnum present life under a lens for marginalized communities of the North-East". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (11 May 2008). "Before all the shouting started". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. ^ Savage, Jon (23 March 2008). "Tories, turmoil and tank tops". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 February 2016.