Mrs T and her family of 5...

PART OF:
Shelter Archive of photographs by Nick Hedges
Made:
1969-05 in Sheffield
maker:
Hedges, Nick

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mrs T and her family of 5 lived in a decaying terraced house owned by a steelworks. She had no gas, no electricity, no hot water, no bathroom. Her cooking was done on the fire in the living room. Each part of the evening meal was done separately one saucepan at a time, the whole operation took several hours. As soon as it got dark, Mrs T locked up, took some sleeping pills and went to bed'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Sheffield, May 1969.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1983-5235/117
Materials:
paper/fibre product
Measurements:
Image: 154 mm x 238 mm
Support: 202 x 255 mm
type:
photograph