Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Photographer Nick Hedges travelled from Birmingham slums to Glasgow tenements in the 1960s and 70s to document poverty-stricken Britain. He found families who slept with the lights blazing to keep the rats away, children sleeping on wet floors and mothers cooking over an open fire
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Powerful Photos Of Glasgow Slums 1969-72
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Londoner Peter Mitchell (born 1943) began taking photographs of Leeds in the early 1970s. After studying art at Hornsey College of Art in north London, he travelled to Leeds to visit friends. “I set up a silk-screen studio in the basement of where I was living,” he says. In 1973, he took a job as a lorry … Continue reading "Colour Snapshots of Leeds to London in the 1970s"
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Louis Wain (5 August 1860 – 4 July 1939) was an English artist and diagnosed schizophrenic who made a name from drawing self-conscious, trippy and anthropomorphic cats and kittens. At the peak of his powers, he cranked out 1500 original paintings and sketches of cats every year. They were copied by the million. In Christmas 1903, … Continue reading "Louis Wain: The Man Who Drew Millions of Far-Out Cats"
Glasgow hasn’t always been that wee stinky joby in the bathtub as some poor souls might think. Or even yon city of the dreadful night riddled with drug addiction, knife crime, and sectarian bile. Once upon a time, Glasgow shimmered in pixie dust and was almost literally a fairy wonderland full of cartoon elves and … Continue reading "Thomas Annan’s Powerful Photographs of ‘The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow’ 1868"
Photos Of Leeds Slums 1969-72
Photos Of Manchester Slums 1969-72