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“Nick Hedges’ work is not only deeply human, an expression of our shared humanity, it is also important as evidence. This is how life is, and how it was. These pictures show our vulnerability and dignity, our solidarity and strength at work. The subtext tells of the betrayal by politicians entrusted with bringing change, but who instead perpetuate poverty and hardship”.
Ken Loach

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the crisis of slum housing became a dominant factor in the social landscape of Britain. The Second World War had left the country impoverished and in every large city there were large areas of housing that had already been declared unfit for human habitation before the outbreak of war.

Nick Hedges’ remarkable photographs for Shelter in the late 1960s and early 1970s were instrumental in changing both public and official attitudes towards a housing crisis that shamed one of the richest nations in the world. They are an essential record of the indifference of government to tackle a problem that had persisted for generations and still, to this day, blights society.

Available at https://beyondwords.co.uk/home-hedges