in the footsteps of phyllis ...

Phyllis Nicklin is Birmingham's very own, Vivian Maier - a photographer whose work only entered the public arena after her death.  She was a teacher and university lecturer who documented the changing landscape of her home city in the 1950s and 1960s. 

Birmingham Library is currently hosting a superb exhibition called, 'In the Footsteps of Phyllis' which places a number of her stunning pictures next to contemporary recreations by a group of local photographers.  

Having seen all the changes going on in Birmingham at the moment one wonders what a similar exhibition might look like in fifty years time!