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Over
several decades, Birmingham Central Library has commissioned leading photographers
to record the city and its diverse communities. This remarkable book brings
this work together for the first time in a sequence of picture essays
ranging from Vanley Burke’s astute documentation of the Afro-Caribbean
community to Tom Merilion’s extraordinary vision of the cityscape
as though it were an architect’s model. The book is published to
coincide with Birmingham’s bid to become European Capital of Culture
in 2008, and includes work specially commissioned for the bid.
These portrayals of Birmingham show a city recreating itself, both in
terms of concrete, bricks and mortar, and in terms of a thriving multi-cultural
population. Together, these remarkable photographs create a colourful
and enjoyable evocation of a city and its people: a world city.
The Photographers: Derek Bishton, Vanley Burke, John Reardon, James O
Davies, John Davies, Ravi Deepres, Nicola Gotts, Susan Green, Brian Griffin,
Lorentz Gullachsen, Willoughby Gullachsen, Michael Hallett, Nick Hedges,
Ian Leonard, Terry Lo, Tom Merilion, Matthew Murray, Claire Richardson,
Dave Ruffles, Tim Smith, Luke Unsworth, Peter Williams. |
