A unique and poignant collection of photographs depicting the West Indian community in the 1960s and 1970s.
Internationally acclaimed rock photographer Dennis Morris, best known as Bob Marley s photographer, grew up in Hackney and first discovered photography at church in Dalston.
Growing Up Black features some of his earliest work and is an insightful visual record of the world he grew up in, taken of friends, family and strangers, at church, social events and on the streets, and he has donated this collection to Hackney Museum.
Growing Up Black was a free exhibition shown at Hackney Museum from Friday 2 October 2009 until 23 January 2010.
Internationally acclaimed rock photographer Dennis Morris, best known as Bob Marley s photographer, grew up in Hackney and first discovered photography at church in Dalston.
Growing Up Black features some of his earliest work and is an insightful visual record of the world he grew up in, taken of friends, family and strangers, at church, social events and on the streets, and he has donated this collection to Hackney Museum.
Growing Up Black was a free exhibition shown at Hackney Museum from Friday 2 October 2009 until 23 January 2010.
