Boy and girl in slum interior
Photograph of a young boy and girl in a dark interior. Taken in Bradford by Nick Hedges.
Boy bathing in slum kitchen
Photograph of a young boy in a plastic bath in a dark kitchen interior. Taken in Hackney, London by Nick Hedges.
Boy in street
Photograph of a boy standing in front of a derelict house. Taken in Balsall Heath, Birmingham by Nick Hedges.
Boy with scar
Photograph of a little boy with his jumper pulled up to reveal a vertical scar on his stomach. Taken in Newcastle by Nick Hedges.
Boy with sibling, London, by Nick Hedges
Hedges tried to capture the human face of homelessness. This photograph shows that positive family relationships existed despite the difficult conditions. The boy and his sibling are shown under the watchful ...
Children in school classroom
Photograph of a white boy and a black girl in a classroom interior. Taken in Liverpool by Nick Hedges.
Eight children in slum bedroom
Group photograph of eight children in a slum bedroom. Taken in Moss Side, Manchester by Nick Hedges.
Family in bedsit interior
Photograph of a woman and man with their two children in a bedsit interior. Photograph taken in Liverpool by Nick Hedges.
Father and two children
Photograph of a father with his two children in a slum interior. Taken in Moss Side, Manchester by Nick Hedges.
Girl in slum interior
Photograph of a little girl in a white dress in a derelict house. Taken in Liverpool by Nick Hedges.
Girl sweeping yard
Photograph of a girl sweeping a back yard, seen from above. Taken in Salford by Nick Hedges.
Highlighting Housing Need
The Sparkbrook newsletter became an important space for local residents to express their thoughts about living in Sparkbrook. This edition from 1965 includes an article by a 'Sparkbrook Resident' which ...
Mother and three children
Photograph of mother holding a baby with two other children in a slum interior. Taken in Balsall Heath by Nick Hedges.
Mother and two children in slum kitchen
Photograph of a mother and her two children in a slum kitchen. Taken in Balsall Heath, Birmingham by Nick Hedges.
Roof
Roof, published by Shelter, was launched in 1975- "to provide a radical and informed forum for discussion of Britain's continuing-and worsening- housing crisis." (Roof Oct 1975 p.1) Roof's aim was to ...
Sleeping Rough
Photograph by Vanley Burke from the collection 'Sundays are Bloody Awful' depicting homeless people in Birmingham.
Street Boys in Greece
This photograph shows 'street boys' in Patras.
Street Children in Italy
This photograph shows 'street loiterers' in Milan.