Vanley Burke - Ikon Gallery

A film shown during Vanley Burke - By the Rivers of Birminam, a retrospective of one of the UK's most prolific black photographers showing 100 of his images from the last 45 years.

In part 1, Vanley Burke talks about his life, his introduction to photography and how he started his practice documenting the history of the Caribbean community in the Handsworth area of Birmingham. Curator Lynda Morris explains what appealed to her about Burke's photographs.

Vanley Burke - By the Rivers of Birminam was first presented at mac birmingham, Sat 22 Sep - Sun 18 Nov 2012, as part of mac at fifty.