Previous Exhibition
Listed are all solo shows & those contributed to; with links to each Exhibition Gallery & also links to any major on-line coverage.
You can see traditional print-based press coverage & publicity items for all these exhibitions here
We recommend that you take advantage of the full-screen slideshow option now available in all our galleries
ALL IMAGES ON-LINE ARE AVAILABLE TO BUY HERE IN VARIOUS-SIZED PRINTS
You can see traditional print-based press coverage & publicity items for all these exhibitions here
We recommend that you take advantage of the full-screen slideshow option now available in all our galleries
ALL IMAGES ON-LINE ARE AVAILABLE TO BUY HERE IN VARIOUS-SIZED PRINTS
BLACK STYLES UK @ Contact Manchester (October 2010 - January 2011)
PYMCA exhibition exploring the influence of Black British Culture
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio130940.html)
BLACK SOUND SERIES: Promo Contact promotional film: You-Tube post
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JglQ0TjBjTU&feature=player_embedded#!)
BLACK SOUND SERIES: 3-Day Black History event (October 2010) encompassing dance, spoken word, world music & digital beats
(http://www.examplemagazine.com/features/post/462)
HOMEGROWN The Story of UK Hip-Hop @ Urbis Manchester (October 2009 - March 2010)
Major new exhibition exploring the British side of Hip-Hop history
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio74480.html)
HOMEGROWN! Promo Urbis Promotional Film: Vox Pops posted on YouTube
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGJFbrnReFQ)
HOMEGROWN! Previews: Urbis' own posterous site interviews with: al baker (manchester); alex fakso (graffiti); baba israel & jonzi d (live beatbox); beezer (bristol); benji reid (broken glass); cookie pryce (cookie crew); jehst & micall parknsun (ynr records); normski (london); paul h (hhc magazine) (http://www.urbis.posterous.com)
HOMEGROWN! Al Baker (BBC Manchester): post-HomeGrown on-line interview
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8330000/8330721.stm)
HOMEGROWN! Al Baker (BBC Manchester): accompanying photo slideshow & my comments on HomeGrown exhibit
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8330000/8330711.stm)
HOMEGROWN! Channel M looks at HomeGrown with Urbis exhibition curator Andy Brydon
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld775P7t1SY)
HOMEGROWN! DJ Semtex Manchester-born Semtex (1xtra) walks thru Urbis exhibition
(http://www.djsemtex.com/blog/2009/10/19/home-grown-urbis-manchester/)
HOMEGROWN! Dick Fontaine Interview: UnityRadio.fm plays host to cult film-maker responsible for Beat This! A Hip-Hop History (1984) & Bombin' (1988) @ the HomeGrown exhibition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rwF35L6XQA)
DNB MCR @ Urbis Manchester (November 2007 - April 2008)
Celebration of North-West Drum’n’Bass scene! 200 prints fill the walls of Corridor Gallery @ Urbis
Opening night event dj sets from Shortee (usa) / Prophecy / Mr Brown / Deval / Dawn Raid / Levity
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio90380.html)
DNB MCR: Drum&BassArena First exhibition where publicity went viral
(http://forum.breakbeat.co.uk/tm.aspx?m=1969833602&mpage=1&key=�)
INNER CITY SOUL: GEMS @ Contact Manchester (Summer 2006)
Retrospective Expo: 37 prints from prior exhibition + unseen work-in-progress
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio104957.html)
365 @ Wonderland, Zion Arts Centre Manchester (2002)
Slide-based exhibition, 80 favourite ravers portraits, shown at multi-media event
365 @ Eyes Down, Band On The Wall Manchester (2003)
Slide-based exhibition reel shown alongside DJ Dobie
365 @ Manchester Academy (2004)
Shown at Lee Scratch Perry & Horace Andy concert
YOU ARE HERE @ Planet K Manchester (2000)
Slide-based exhibition, a year in one nightclub, Audiences & Artists
Shown several times on & after venue 1st birthday celebrations
Part-sponsored by the Rebel Alliance
ICE CREAM YOU SCREAM @ Nowhere Bar Knotts Mill Manchester (1999)
Views from a Vendors’ Van. Sponsored by Bolton Institute, NWAB, Walls
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio105164.html)
ICE CREAM YOU SCREAM @ The Bar Chorlton Manchester (1999)
Views from a Vendors’ Van. Sponsored by Bolton Institute, NWAB, Walls
ICE CREAM YOU SCREAM @ Sandbar All Saints Manchester (1999)
Views from a Vendors’ Van. Sponsored by Bolton Institute, NWAB, Walls
A BIT OF PERSONAL @ Sandbar Manchester (1998)
Local Rogues Gallery: A Document: Postcard from Hulme
As part of New Exposure (22 photographers in 16 different venues)
Audrey Linkman of Manchester Documentary Archive gave a talk
New Exposure was part of Photo ‘98
NEW EXPOSURE @ Generation X Manchester (1998)
One print included in New Exposure Showcase (Photo ’98)
FIX @ Thomas Street Northern Quarter Manchester (1997)
3 floors of photographs documenting emergent youth culture: Graffiti & Skateboarding
8 weeks in a vacant shop as part of the Northern Quarter Street Festival
Alongside fellow photographer & exhibitor Seb Pattenden
FIX @ SUMO Sheffield (1997)
(Prints from FIX shown in SUMO skate-shop)
FIX @ Sandbar Manchester (1997)
Northern Quarter exhibition prints re-presented
FIX @ Ponds Forge Sports Centre Sheffield (1997)
(Transparencies from FIX accompany skate-film ANTHEMS premiere)
FIX @ The Bar Chorlton Manchester (1998)
Selection of FIX prints shown during New Exposure (Photo ’98)
IMPROVISE @ Atlas Bar Manchester (1997)
Companion show for FIX (graffiti & skateboarding) Part of debut Re-Percussions
(later annual G- & D-Percussion) music event in Castlefield Arena Manchester
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio146052.html)
Alongside Seb Pattenden
PYMCA exhibition exploring the influence of Black British Culture
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio130940.html)
BLACK SOUND SERIES: Promo Contact promotional film: You-Tube post
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JglQ0TjBjTU&feature=player_embedded#!)
BLACK SOUND SERIES: 3-Day Black History event (October 2010) encompassing dance, spoken word, world music & digital beats
(http://www.examplemagazine.com/features/post/462)
HOMEGROWN The Story of UK Hip-Hop @ Urbis Manchester (October 2009 - March 2010)
Major new exhibition exploring the British side of Hip-Hop history
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio74480.html)
HOMEGROWN! Promo Urbis Promotional Film: Vox Pops posted on YouTube
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGJFbrnReFQ)
HOMEGROWN! Previews: Urbis' own posterous site interviews with: al baker (manchester); alex fakso (graffiti); baba israel & jonzi d (live beatbox); beezer (bristol); benji reid (broken glass); cookie pryce (cookie crew); jehst & micall parknsun (ynr records); normski (london); paul h (hhc magazine) (http://www.urbis.posterous.com)
HOMEGROWN! Al Baker (BBC Manchester): post-HomeGrown on-line interview
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8330000/8330721.stm)
HOMEGROWN! Al Baker (BBC Manchester): accompanying photo slideshow & my comments on HomeGrown exhibit
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8330000/8330711.stm)
HOMEGROWN! Channel M looks at HomeGrown with Urbis exhibition curator Andy Brydon
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld775P7t1SY)
HOMEGROWN! DJ Semtex Manchester-born Semtex (1xtra) walks thru Urbis exhibition
(http://www.djsemtex.com/blog/2009/10/19/home-grown-urbis-manchester/)
HOMEGROWN! Dick Fontaine Interview: UnityRadio.fm plays host to cult film-maker responsible for Beat This! A Hip-Hop History (1984) & Bombin' (1988) @ the HomeGrown exhibition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rwF35L6XQA)
DNB MCR @ Urbis Manchester (November 2007 - April 2008)
Celebration of North-West Drum’n’Bass scene! 200 prints fill the walls of Corridor Gallery @ Urbis
Opening night event dj sets from Shortee (usa) / Prophecy / Mr Brown / Deval / Dawn Raid / Levity
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio90380.html)
DNB MCR: Drum&BassArena First exhibition where publicity went viral
(http://forum.breakbeat.co.uk/tm.aspx?m=1969833602&mpage=1&key=�)
INNER CITY SOUL: GEMS @ Contact Manchester (Summer 2006)
Retrospective Expo: 37 prints from prior exhibition + unseen work-in-progress
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio104957.html)
365 @ Wonderland, Zion Arts Centre Manchester (2002)
Slide-based exhibition, 80 favourite ravers portraits, shown at multi-media event
365 @ Eyes Down, Band On The Wall Manchester (2003)
Slide-based exhibition reel shown alongside DJ Dobie
365 @ Manchester Academy (2004)
Shown at Lee Scratch Perry & Horace Andy concert
YOU ARE HERE @ Planet K Manchester (2000)
Slide-based exhibition, a year in one nightclub, Audiences & Artists
Shown several times on & after venue 1st birthday celebrations
Part-sponsored by the Rebel Alliance
ICE CREAM YOU SCREAM @ Nowhere Bar Knotts Mill Manchester (1999)
Views from a Vendors’ Van. Sponsored by Bolton Institute, NWAB, Walls
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio105164.html)
ICE CREAM YOU SCREAM @ The Bar Chorlton Manchester (1999)
Views from a Vendors’ Van. Sponsored by Bolton Institute, NWAB, Walls
ICE CREAM YOU SCREAM @ Sandbar All Saints Manchester (1999)
Views from a Vendors’ Van. Sponsored by Bolton Institute, NWAB, Walls
A BIT OF PERSONAL @ Sandbar Manchester (1998)
Local Rogues Gallery: A Document: Postcard from Hulme
As part of New Exposure (22 photographers in 16 different venues)
Audrey Linkman of Manchester Documentary Archive gave a talk
New Exposure was part of Photo ‘98
NEW EXPOSURE @ Generation X Manchester (1998)
One print included in New Exposure Showcase (Photo ’98)
FIX @ Thomas Street Northern Quarter Manchester (1997)
3 floors of photographs documenting emergent youth culture: Graffiti & Skateboarding
8 weeks in a vacant shop as part of the Northern Quarter Street Festival
Alongside fellow photographer & exhibitor Seb Pattenden
FIX @ SUMO Sheffield (1997)
(Prints from FIX shown in SUMO skate-shop)
FIX @ Sandbar Manchester (1997)
Northern Quarter exhibition prints re-presented
FIX @ Ponds Forge Sports Centre Sheffield (1997)
(Transparencies from FIX accompany skate-film ANTHEMS premiere)
FIX @ The Bar Chorlton Manchester (1998)
Selection of FIX prints shown during New Exposure (Photo ’98)
IMPROVISE @ Atlas Bar Manchester (1997)
Companion show for FIX (graffiti & skateboarding) Part of debut Re-Percussions
(later annual G- & D-Percussion) music event in Castlefield Arena Manchester
(http://albaker.photium.com/portfolio146052.html)
Alongside Seb Pattenden
