Anne Ramsey - THE GAY ARCHIVIST

Go to any LGBT community event in Northern Ireland and you’re sure to see Anne Ramsey wondering around in the background, quietly taking photo after photo of the moments that will someday become our queer history.

Affectionately dubbed “The Gay Archivist” by the late P. A. McLaughlin, Anne has been photographing events like PRIDE and OUTBURST for many years. With an innate ability to capture the humanity in everyone, from LGBT people to Orangemen to heavy metal rockers, her diverse portfolio is a surprising treasure trove of local colour.

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Our work in Sandy Row is almost complete. Please stay tuned for a selection of oral histories and photographs from this historic Belfast community.

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Another important collection within the BAP is the work of the very prolific John White. White was born in the Ballymacarrett/Short Strand district in 1930. Before his death in 1992, he captured the dramatic changes in this small industrial enclave of Belfast. His photography is notable for revealing the everyday lives and practices of those with whom he lived and worked. . . . . . . . . . #documentaryphotography #localheritage#archives#belfasthistory#localhistory #photoarchive#streetphotography#street_vision#love_belfast#streetizm#historicalphotos#documentbelfast#SandyRow
Klondyke Bar, 1974. Bill Kirk. . . . The Klondyke was built in 1872, and was one of many bars in the once busy area of Sandy Row. On 30 January 1976, only two years after Bill Kirk's coverage of the pub and its punters, the Provisional IRA exploded a car bomb outside the Klondyke Bar, killing a middle-aged civilian named John Smiley on the spot and costing the bartender, Vina Galaway, her eye. . . . #documentaryphotography #localheritage#archives#belfasthistory#localhistory #photoarchive#streetphotography#street_vision#love_belfast#streetizm#historicalphotos#documentbelfast#SandyRow
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