Tish Murtha’s photographs remain among the most powerful accounts of working-class life in Britain. Made from within the community she documented, the work carries both urgency and intimacy, holding together… Read more
Tish Murtha’s photographs remain among the most powerful accounts of working-class life in Britain. Made from within the community she documented, the work carries both urgency and intimacy, holding together social reality, lived experience and extraordinary photographic force.
This new edition brings that landmark body of work back into print in a newly reworked publication, with a new sequence, updated texts and a renewed sense of purpose for a new generation of readers. Published by British Culture Archive in collaboration with the Tish Murtha Archive,Vandalism on a Grand Scalereturns one of the defining works of British documentary photography to circulation.
Opening in summer 2026, this landmark exhibition in Baltic’s Level 3 gallery (4 July 2026 – 4 April 2027) marks the first time four major series by celebrated documentary photographer Tish Murtha will be shown together in the North East, alongside a newly commissioned body of work by Newcastle–based artist Kuba Ryniewicz.
