Visible Girls Revisited

In 1981, as a young female photographer at the beginning of her career, Corbin made 28 double portraits of young women. They were from different cultural groups: skins, mods, punks, rockabillies, new romantics, rastas and young lesbians. The resulting photography documents a lifelong fascination with the way in which cultural allegiance and identity were boldly and explicitly expressed through fashion, music and environment in women emerging in to adulthood.

The original photographic series, Visible Girls by Anita Corbin portrayed the search for identity; the street-level self that was part of a tribe bonded by music, fashion and politics.

36 years later, Corbin’s Visible Girls: Revisited has called those original Girls back together, viewing those changed women through a modern lens.

To see the Hull exhibition and touring series follow the link below:

http://visiblegirls.com/

About the Artist

Anita began her photography career in the early ’80s with her now internationally acclaimed Visible Girls series. A graduate of the Royal College of Art and finalist in the Sunday Times/Nikon scholarship of 1981, she then spent 15 years covering “human interest” stories for The Sunday Times and The Observer magazines and commissions for a wide range of publications followed.

Her portfolio includes portraiture, annual report photography for award-winning design consultancies, and public sector documentary work for housing charities, health trusts and The British Council. Her editorial portraiture includes iconic shots of Bob Hoskins, Joely Richardson, Peter O’Toole, Alan Bennett and Mica Paris.

Website: https://1stwomenuk.co.uk/anita-corbin/

Instagram: @visible_girls