A single image window exhibition of Tish Murtha's Statues, Beechgrove Road, from Youth Unemployment (1981) (© Ella Murtha, all rights reserved).

Tish’s images of those on the margins of society challenged and documented the inequalities faced by working-class communities. In equal measures, they celebrated what it means to be working-class. Being part of the community she was documenting, Tish Murtha’s work is among some of the most empathetic and powerful examples of social documentary photography of the 20th century.


This image accompanies a nearby exhibition of Tish's work at 3-4 Dukes Lane and Documenting Your Community by British Culture Archive.

The In Between Gallery is an exhibition space for contemporary photography in Fabrica’s window. We show work from two artists each year including an artist selected via an Open Call advertised annually in October.

British photographer Tish Murtha (1956-2013), captured life in the North East of England in the 1970s and 1980s, chronicling the region's de-industrialisation and the rise of Thatcherism. Tish's work was intimate and non-judgemental, and her community was always at the heart of her artistic output.