WHAT'S ON / THE BIRTH OF BRITISH ROCK: PHOTOGRAPHS BY HARRY HAMMOND

DATE: 15 JANUARY 2011 - 10 APRIL 2011

DETAILS:

VENUE: THE LOWRY

Starting in the late 1940s, Harry Hammond captured the definitive images of virtually every leading British musician, as well as those of many visiting American artists.

From Cliff Richard to The Beatles, Shirley Bassey to Dusty Springfield, Harry Hammond captured the emergence of the British rock ‘n’ rollers. First circulated through New Music Express (NME), his work has set the standard of pop photography for the following generations.

This exhibition will comprise of over eighty photographs by Harry Hammond which take us back to the birth of British Rock.