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1974: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen photographs BYKER | Nationwide | Voice of the People
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9:29Now Playing“Blonde Finnish ladies are not a common sight in the streets of Byker.”
A young Finnish photographer named Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen spent years in Byker, taking striking photographs that document the changing face of the area.
She spoke to Bernard Falk about her work, on Nationwide.
Originally broadcast 15 January, 1974.
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You can browse SirkkaLiisa Konttinen’s Byker collection on the website of the Amber Film and Photography Collective
Her work in Byker is also covered in the 1983 film Byker (Amber Films) and the books Byker (Dewi Lewis Publishing) and Byker Revisited (Northumbria Press).
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