Salford 1977 - Two - Phil Portus

Salford 1977 - Two - Phil Portus / 36 pages, 5.5 x 8 inches, staple-bound, published by Cafe Royal Books

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The photographer says:

In the mid to late 70s, I was part of a small group of photographers called the REFLEX GROUP which was led by Diane "Hank" Olson (aka Diane Bush), an American documentary photographer, who had previously worked in London with the EXIT Collective and exhibited at the Half Moon Gallery along with work published in Camerawork. The REFLEX GROUP had met up occasionally in between our individual Salford photo excursions. I concentrated mainly in Langworthy, Ordsall and some work in the Adelphi area. In 1978 we had a group exhibition held in the Salford Players Theatre on Liverpool Road. After the exhibition we all went our separate ways.

In the years that followed, I have traced some of the young people I had photographed and re-photographed them, listening to and recording their stories. In 2016 I had a small exhibition of some of these Salford images at St Clements Church, Ordsall, as part of a heritage weekend event.