Photographer Tish Murtha's powerful depictions of working class life in Newcastle's West End in the late 1970s and 1980s have attracted acclaim from far and wide.
Tish died in 2013 on the day before her 57th birthday. Since then, her daughter Ella has worked tirelessly to promote her mother’s pictorial legacy. Tish's work has been the subject of dedicated books, national newspaper and magazine features, and major exhibitions - and now a feature-length documentary, Tish, is in the offing.
Last year, schoolchildren in Elswick - the location which became the focus for much of the the photographer's iconic work - chose to name a new sheltered housing scheme after her. On Tuesday, March 14, at Tish Murtha House on Wolsingham Street, an exhibition of Tish's photographs, Camera In Hand - the largest display of her work in the country - will be officially opened by Ella Murtha. The day will also mark the official opening of Tish Murtha House.
