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- 1 2 "Cammell Laird Shipyard, Birkenhea by Tom Wood". The National Archives (United Kingdom) . Retrieved 25 May 2015.
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Caroline began working in photography at Manchester Studies Photography Archive, where in addition to working as a researcher she also programmed a photographic gallery at Manchester Polytechnic. As a key member of The Documentary Photography Archive she was involved in the commissioning of several contemporary photographers including Martin Parr, Clement Cooper and John Darwell.
- ↑ "Inspirations: Clement Cooper". Buffalo. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
Clement worked as a photographer and reporter for a number of local newspapers, before receiving his first important commission in 1987 from the Documentary Photography Archive in Manchester to record aspects of life within the Moss Side and Longsight Afro-Caribbean community. The commission resulted in his first book and exhibition, Presence (1989).
- ↑ "Panel Discussion: Death, Aesthetics & Representation". The Photographers' Gallery. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.