To mirror the phenomenal street photography of Shirley Baker we have been able to collect together a series of images made by Stroud based photographer Barbara Manzi-fe. These will be shown on a slideshow next to the art gallery.

Barbara made her street photographs in 1967/68 in Bethnal Green and Basildon during a process of slum clearance and resettlement affecting families in London’s East End.

Her photographs were inspired by the book ‘Family and Kinship In East London’ written by Michael Young and Peter Willmott as a result research examining the adverse affect of the loss of community at that time.

They are sensitive additions to that famous research and tell a compelling social documentary story as well as adding to the history of British Street Photography.

Barbara’s photograph have been made into a digital slideshow by the Museum in the Park and can be seen during the course of the ‘Shirley Baker Street Photographs’ exhibition. Slideshow times will vary - please check at reception.

During her retirement Barbara has concentrated on exploring the intricacies and beauty of close up details of flowers. Many of these newer images were featured in the Stroud Festival of Photography in 2007 and can be seen, along with her landscape photographs, at www.barabaramanzi-fe.co.uk