Byker Zoe childerley at school with David Sims

at school with David Sims

first published in 2013

My photographs ultimately become a conversation between the familiar and the unexpected

registering strange and peripheral details: a sealed cardboard box

Byker Zoe childerley at school with David SimsFirst Bloodaxe edition of Byker by Sirkka Liisa Konttinen. Second impression. Medium format softback in fine condition. About These photographs, and the accompanying text, chronicle much more than the tragedy of a single community in one northern English town; they evoke an entire culture. Sirkka Liisa Konttinen lived in the old Byker area of Newcastle for six years, and photographed it for twelve. 'One way or another I had grown to be part of my