Visible Girls

Metro Imaging Private View, London, April 2016

April 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

Over my 35-year career as a photographer, I have walked through Metro Imaging’s doors hundreds of times. But tonight was special. Tonight, those doors were emblazoned with the striking images of ‘Lynne and Penny’, two of my Visible Girls [...]

Punk London: Visible Girls get their first official outing since the 1980’s.

January 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

This month, a very exuberant evening at London’s world famous 100 Club marked the start of a year-long celebration of one of Britain’s most notorious subcultures. Punk London – 12 months of events, gigs, talks and exhibitions – [...]

Visible Girls Revisited

January 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

‘Visible Girls’: Anita Corbin’s extraordinary 1980’s photographic project Anita commences her search 35 years on for the women who defined their subcultures “Back in the 1980s you couldn’t move for images of men [...]

Resonance FM’s special episodes dedicated to Anita’s Career

September 16, 2014 // 0 Comments

London-based arts radio station, Resonance FM is airing two special episodes of their flagship female chat show, Very Loose Women, dedicated to Anita’s career and her quest to reunite with the women she photographed over 30 years ago in [...]

Visible Girls – Join the Search

March 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

As part of my documentary collection for First Women, I want to recreate my Visible Girls collection from 1981. The collection was a series of double portraits looking at girls in subcultures; mods, rockers, skins, rastas, new romantics, [...]

How International Women’s Day inspired a generation of photographers

March 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

First Women creator and photographer Anita Corbin, reflects on how IWD has inspired her work and the work of other young photographers for over 30 years. “When I look at this picture taken on a very damp IWD 33 years ago in Brighton I can remember [...]