Syd Shelton

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Syd Shelton (born 1947) [1] is a British photographer who documented the Rock Against Racism movement. [2] [3] His work is held in the collections of Tate and the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. Shelton lives in Hove, East Sussex. [4]

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Life and work

Shelton was born in Pontefract in 1947. Having studied fine art in Yorkshire he began his photography practice in the early 1970s, following a move to Australia. In Sydney, Shelton worked as a freelance photo-journalist for newspapers such as Nation Review, The Age, and Digger. In 1975 he had a solo exhibition of his photographs, Working Class Heroes at the Sydney Film-makers Cooperative.

In 1976, Shelton returned to London and established the design and photography partnership Red Wedge Graphics' which evolved into the current agency Graphicsi. Shelton become one of the key activists in the movement Rock Against Racism (RAR). He was a photographer and one of the designers of the RAR magazine 'Temporary hoarding' which was published between 1976 and 1981. During the 1980s, as well as producing photographs for magazines and the press, and graphics for the public and private sector, Shelton co-edited, and was art director of, a series of photographic books that includes Day in the Life of London, and Ireland: A Week in the Life of a Nation.

He now lives in Hove, East Sussex. [4]

Publications

Books of work by Shelton

Zines of work by Shelton

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Collections

Shelton's work is held in the following permanent collections:

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