Views of Birmingham recaptured 50 years on: Times to ‘Compare and Contrast’

websiteThe BBC has highlighted an exhibition offering new access to ‘‘Before and after’ shots of Birmingham taken about 50 years apart that are being displayed in a new exhibition.

The BBC writes:

A group of photographers from the city recreated photos taken by university lecturer Phyllis Nicklin between 1953 and 1969.

More than 850 of her images were discovered in 2015 during a clear-out by University of Birmingham staff.

More than 70 photographers went back to the same spots as Ms Nicklin to capture the second city’s changing landscape.

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