Steven McGregor, Remission, The Well Concert, Symphony Hall, 2002.
Remission is a Black British gospel group based at a Pentecostal church in Walsall. The group has worked for a number of charitable causes including the Roy Castle Cause for Hope Foundation and the Birmingham ...
Summer School at Methodist Church on Coventry Road
Summer Schools were quite popular in the 1970's and 1980's as a means of supplementing the education of Black youngsters. At these schools emphasis was placed on history and culture and the three "r"'s....
Supplementary School, Handsworth
In the 1970's supplementary schools were set up. They took place on Saturday mornings with the aim of giving black children support with their lessons for example english and maths. They also educated ...
Sycamore Road in the Snow
The Billiard Hall on Soho Road
The Boy With The Flag
Boy with his bike in Handsworth Park. With all the political connotations of the British Flag, especially in the late 1970's, it's interesting to see a child for whom it is merely something colourful ...
The Eternal Optimist
Man studying the form at Ladbrokes on Soho Road
The Lord's Supper, Austin Road United Church of God.
A service where members of the congregation sit around a table to receive communion. Vanley Burke gained special access to record the life of this Pentecostal Church through his grandmother and mother, ...
Typing Class at Handsworth New Road School
"Education is di key to success" (comment submitted in discussion of Vanley Burke photographs by student from Handsworth Wood Girls School)
Vanley Burke at Symphony Hall: Vertical Hold
From 'Vertical Hold' artshow, Westminster Road, Handsworth. 23rd September 2002
Vanley Burke at Symphony Hall: Vertical Hold
From 'Vertical Hold' artshow, Westminster Road, Handsworth. 23rd September 2002
Vanley Burke Galleries
Vanley Burke has been living and working in Birmingham since 1965. He started photographing the community around him in 1967 and has continued to the present day. He has exhibited his work extensively ...
Vanley Burke Work: Vertical Hold
From 'Vertical Hold' artshow, Westminster Road, Handsworth. 23rd September 2002
Vanley Burke, Photographer
"Vanley Burke has lived in Birmingham since 1965. In 1967 he started photographing the community and continues to the present day. He has twice visited South Africa, recording events of the post-apartheid ...
Vase and photographs
Including photograph of Princess Diana.
Wasiffa Sound System, Handsworth Park