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International Women’s Day 2023

March 8, 2023

Today is International Women’s day. These photographs celebrate women the world over. I hope they challenge the idea that progress is largely brought about by men. We still have a long way to go before injustice based purely on a persons sex is eradicated. “Women’s freedom is the sign of social freedom.” – Rosa Luxemburg.

Campaigner supporting refugees, February 2023.

Bangladesh c.1994 — Grinding herbs. Bangladesh, 1994.

NHS Not Trident. Manchester, October 2017.

Sewing. Chaing Mai, Thailand 2017. — Chaing Mai, Thailand 2017.

‘Women Unite Against Racism’, mixed media. From a photograph taken in East London 1994.

NHS demonstration. March 2017. — Save our NHS demonstration. London 2017.

Tea workers. Photomontage 2012

Save Charing Cross. NHS demonstration. March 2017.

Teacher striking for fair pay and improved conditions for children and all workers in schools. Liverpool, February 2023.

Tea worker. Bangladesh 1996 — Tea worker. Bangladesh 1996.

Protester. Manchester, October 2017.

‘We Can’t Pay Our Bills’, Mixed media collage used in the campaign against the cost of living crisis. 2022.

Market in Dhaka, Bangladesh c1992 — Market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1992.

‘Porto’, Mixed Media photomonage. Portugal 2022.

Anti BNP demo outside John Scurr school c. 1984 — Anti BNP demo outside John Scurr school, East London 1984.

Mixed media collage with two images (1982) of a woman on Brick Lane. 2002.

Floating village, Tonle Sap, Siem Reap Cambodia 2009 — Floating village, Tonle Sap, Siem Reap. Cambodia, 2009.

Demonstration against NHS privatisation. Liverpool 2022.

Speaking up on behalf of women’s rights. Liverpool, March 2019.

‘Gentrification’. Mixed media collage combining a 1980s photograph of a woman just off Brick Lane with the City encroaching on the East End of London. 2022.

Deep in thought. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Betty Beehive — Save Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Liverpool, May 2018.

Mixed media collage used in the campaign against the Arms Fair sponsored by Liverpool City Council in 2021.

Street seller in Hanoi. Vietnam 2019.

NHS — Campaigner Lesley Mahmood talks to the Merseyside Pensioners Association about the campaign to save the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Liverpool, January 2018.

Pensioners campaigning to save Liverpool Women's Hospital — Pensioners campaigning to save Liverpool Women’s Hospital

Photomontage combining a Leonardo Davinci painting with a contemporary image. 2022.

East village. New York 2005.

East London women in support of the miners, Kent c. 1984 — East London women in support of the miners, Kent 1984.

Photomontage campaigning about fuel poverty. 2022.

Climate crisis demo, 2022.

Inspirational banner for International Women’s Day. Liverpool, March 2019.

My mother, Mary, smiling on the underground. London 2004.

Protester in Clayton Square, Liverpool 2017.

Women in support of the miners, London c. 1984 — Women in support of the miners, London 1984.

Protest, Whitechapel 2008 — Protest against education cuts in Whitechapel. East London 2008.

Women protesters against racist murderers — Women protesters against racist murderers. Newham, East London 1980s.

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Woman recycling cardboard with her bike. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Relaxing on a street corner. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Woman in blue. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Disposing of water on the street. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Man and child on a motorcycle. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Woman selling vegetables and fruit from her bike. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

On the phone. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

On the phone in the park. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Electric and utility cables. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

On the phone. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

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Young man with his dog and phone. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

On the road. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Flower shop. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

On the road. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Writing on the wall. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Shopkeeper. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Waste collector. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Market stall. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

On the phone at the night market. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Outside a shop. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

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Woman & child on a scooter. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Aerial view of a Temple. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Selling fruit. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

On the phone. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Bicycle. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Aerial view of a Street. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Early evening. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

Electric Bike. Hanoi, Vietnam 2019.

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Waiting for the bus on Wavertree High Street. Liverpool August 2022.

Scooter in Picton Road. Liverpool August 2022.

Pedestrian passing a scooter on London Road. Liverpool August 2022.

Shop on London Road. Liverpool August 2022.

Cyclist on London Road. Liverpool August 2022.

Boarding the 79 bus. Liverpool August 2022.

Lime Street Liverpool August 2022.

Lime Street. Liverpool, June 22nd 2019.

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