Stunning Photographs British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker

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British photographer Shirley Baker captured striking portraits of punks in Manchester, Stockport, and Camden Town in the early 1980s.

Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, shared insights about her mother’s work at an exhibition, highlighting the challenges Shirley faced in the 1960s as a female photographer in a male-dominated industry and her preference for photographing everyday life over the famous.

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