Eid-ul-Fitr 12/04/2021

Sunset at Curry Mile, Rusholme, Manchester, UK. The start of Eid-ul-Fitr  ending Ramadan
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Last Day of the Albert Inn – 6th Sept. 2020

The afternoon of the last day of the Albert Inn, which has been the last standing pub along Curry Mile for several years with Joanne McCann as the amazing landlady. The will be running another bar in a weeks time, called the Studio opposite Owen’s Park student residency.
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Street Photography 2020-10-28

More street photography from Michael Baker and Phil Portus one Wednesday afternoon nearly a week after covid Tier 3 was imposed on Manchester

Street Photography – Evening Mile – 25th Oct 2020

EVENING MILE

A late afternoon / early evening session of street photography
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Street Photography – 27-11-2020

A Friday afternoon during the second national lockdown
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Eid-al-Adha Friday 31st July 2020 – Afternoon

Street photography on the first full day of Eid-al-Adha on a relatively quiet hot afternoon.

Rusholme Street Photo – Friday 25th Feb 2022

Curry Mile,  as covid restrictions are lifted and things getting back to normal

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Curry Mile to Shisha Mile – The Book -Available July 2022

Michael Baker and Phil Portus have been working on a documentary photography project since 2016, along “Curry Mile” in Rusholme. Initially to have an exhibition at the Central Ref Library in Manchester, but that was cancelled because of covid. We then decided to make a book of our photos and interviews, which is finally at the printers. ‘Curry Mile to Shisha Mile’ records the cultural shift and perception of Wilmslow Road being predominantly curry restaurants and pubs, to a now more diverse and Arabic influenced neighbourhood. It will be available to purchase  in early July 2022. £20  +P&P  ( if required)

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Curry Mile to Shisha Mile Book Flip Through

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EXHIBITION Central Reference Library, Manchester City Centre Upper Gallery: July 10th – September 30th 2023

Manchester Derby Match Day at the Albert Inn – 24-04-2019

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Curry Mile – Selection

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Street Photography Jan 2020

Eid-al-Adha – Street Photo – 11th Aug. 2019

Eid-al-Adha in Platt Fields

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Street Photography – Rusholme – 04/08/2019

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Curry Mile Gallery

Curry Mile Project
Documenting Life and Change along Curry Mile

Street Photography – 2019/04/14

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Photo shoot from the “The Barbers Bar” – 28/10/2018

Adam, originally from Palestine, has been a barber in Rusholme for 8 years. He told me the other barbers in the shop come from all over the world such as, Columbia, Syria and northern Iraq. The parrot in the shop window is called “Lou”
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Street Photography – 19/11/2019

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Street Photography on Super Saturday 04/07/2020

This  photoshoot is from  Super Saturday afternoon , first day of easing of Covid – 19 lockdown rules – 4th July 2020.

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