Nicky Bird
@NickyCBird
Artist who investigates contemporary relevances of found photographs, archives & specific sites.
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Before and After Coal National Galleries of Scotland Events: Sangstream Choir | A Concert of Mining Songs, with Sangstream Folk Choir nationalgalleries.org/event/sangstre… Free but booking essential
Industrial history and Nicky Bird new works in moving Before and After Coal exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh National Galleries of Scotland
Before and After Coal National Galleries of Scotland Events: Professor Jim Phillips on 'Milton Rogovin and the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike'. In person and online live steam, free but booking essential nationalgalleries.org/event/milton-r…
Announcing my forthcoming exhibition, Families Living in Temporary Accommodation, presented by Households in Temporary Accommodation APPG with Shared Health Foundation , at UK House of Commons
Public tours on Monday 22/04, pre-booked places only. More info and tickets;
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I am delighted to be the keynote speaker for photographica_revue 's internaltional symposium 'Blinded by light, just to see: Flashes and revelations' on October 17th-18th, 2024 in Paris.
Deadline for submissions: May 5, 2024.
More info here: sfp.asso.fr/index.php/phot…
The best book I have read this year! Suzanne Joinson’s Museum of Lost and Fragile Things. It’s a clever and fascinating tale of outgrowing a cult (which purged possessions) and of piecing together a self through recovering the items that structure a life. theindigopress.com/product/the-mu…
Thanks so much Malcolm Chisholm for visiting Before and After Coal #MiltonRogovin National Galleries of Scotland Creative Scotland
Doing research on photography and autobiographical memory? There's an exciting conference coming University for the Creative Arts in Canterbury on 18th July 2024. Deadline for proposals is this Friday (12th April). It is organised by Sara Andersdotter; find more info here: uca.ac.uk/events/researc…
A timely reminder - if you needed it - about the consequences of war and 'war fatigue' particularly on women and girls: Sewing Conflict by Jenny Matthews, with informative and moving text by Max Houghton Street Level Photoworks until 12 May
Before and After Coal | Opening Talk now on YouTube. Thank you National Galleries of Scotland Anne Lyden Robin Baillie Dr Gráinne Rice/ @Grainnerr.bsky.social Ross MacDougall! And the audience for both searching questions and sharing their own family mining connections youtube.com/watch?v=HkVVAA…
Just received print copies from the lovely ScottStreetMag The Glasgow School of Art where I discuss good practice and responsibility > how does your personal choice of being a photographer impact the people you are photographing? Incl. photos from An Ordinary Eden & the brill G20 Youth Project 💫
FONDS launches at Greater Govanhill CIC community space upstairs at Tramway, Glasgow Sat 3rd Feb, 3-5.30pm. FONDS: Stories of People Through the Objects They Treasure - photography and podcasts. Partnership in Street Level Photoworks Culture Collective community engagement programme. Superb!
