Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, also known as Sirkka-Liisa Roberts, is a photographer born in Kouvola, Finland, in 1948. She has worked in Britain since the 1960s, and is best known for documentary projects made over many years in communities in the north east of England. Her photographs are held by the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Tate and the UK Memory of the World Register. Her pictures of changing places and the people in them are regularly shown in exhibitions about urban life.
© Pete BoydCC BY-SA 4.0 Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
Finnish-born documentary photographer working in Britain
- Born
- 1 January 1948, Kouvola, Finland (78)
Where to see their work
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Under Development: What Happens When Cities Change?, Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne
Opens Saturday 17 October, until Sun 29 Nov
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Changing Cities, Heong Gallery, Cambridge
Opens Friday 12 February, until Sun 4 Apr
Further reading: Wikipedia