Shirley Baker chronicled Manchester's working class families in the 1960s Street Photographs

Street Photographs Manchester and Salford by Shirley Baker
Shirley Baker (9 July 1932 – 21 September 2014) was a British photographer, best known for her street photography and street portraits in working class areas of Greater Manchester. She worked as a freelance writer and photographer on various magazines, books and newspapers, and as a lecturer on photography. Most of her photography was made for her personal interest but she undertook occasional commissions.

During her lifetime Baker’s photographs were published in two books and exhibited at The Photographers’ Gallery, The Lowry and Salford Museum and Art Gallery.