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Cable and camera: selfies in 1970s Handsworth
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 15 Oct 2026, 21:32 UTC. The headline in use is “Cable and camera: selfies in 1970s Handsworth”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Nearly 50 years ago in inner-city Birmingham, photographers Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon set up an impromptu studio in the street and invited their neighbours along. With no camera phones in 1979, long cable releases gave participants the power to decide how they wished to be seen and…
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