Syd Shelton is a photographer and graphic designer. He studied fine art at Wakefield College of Art. In the early 1970s, he began his photography practice after moving to Australia. In Sydney, Syd worked as a freelance photojournalist for newspapers such as Nation Review, Tribune, and Digger. In 1975 he had his first solo photographic exhibition ‘Working Class Heroes’ at the Sydney Film-makers Cooperative.In 1976 Syd returned to London and established the design and photography partnership ‘Hot Pink Heart/Red Wedge Graphics’ which evolved into his current company ‘Graphicsi’. Syd became a key activist in the Rock Against Racism movement (RAR). He was a photographer and one of the designers of the RAR magazine Temporary Hoarding (1976 to 1981). During the 1980s he produced photographs for the press, and graphics for the public and private sectors/ He also was co-editor and art director of a series of photographic books that included the award-winning Day in the Life of London, and Ireland: A Week in the Life of a Nation.Syd's work has been widely published and exhibited and is in numerous public and private collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Tate Gallery, The Photographers Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, The Istrian Museum of Modern Art, the Rock Archive, Eric Frank Fine Art and Autograph. In 2015 a book of Syd’s RAR-associated photographs was published by Autograph, Syd Shelton: Rock Against Racism and accompanied by the touring exhibition of the same name. A revised version is to be published by Rare Bird Books, Los Angeles in December 2022.Syd Shelton Website: http://www.sydshelton.net/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/syd.shelton.9/Print Sales: http://www.sydshelton.net/print-sales.htmlGraphicsi Graphic Design: http://graphicsi.com/index.htmlRock Against Racism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Racism Books'A Day in the Life of London' (Penguin Random House,1984)'Ireland: A Week in the Life of a Nation' (David & Charles,1988) 'Gerddi Cymru : Gardens of Wales''The Glamorgan Heritage Coast and Countryside Wales' (Glamorgan Heritage, 2009)'Syd Shelton: Rock Against Racism' (Autograph, 2015) https://autograph.org.uk/shop/syd-shelton-rock-against-racism-1153'The Falls' (Fistful of Books,2022) https://fistfulofbooks.com/product/the-falls/ 'Rock Against Racism' (Rare Bird, 2022) https://rarebirdlit.com/rock-against-racism-by-syd-shelton/Camera is onX: https://twitter.com/Camerasnaps ​YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Camerasnaps/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camera_books/​ Merch: http://camera.myspreadshop.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/camera.proje...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0I5BX44...Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ed3... Thank you for all your support.#sydshelton #photojournalism #photographer #photography #photos #rockagainstracism #documentaryphotography #camera #photobook #cameratalk #lifestories #streetphotography #wtfpodcast #blackandwhitephotography #racism #aborigines #northernirelandMusic from Epidemic SoundThat Just Ain't Enough for Me Stonekeepers