David Chadwick

Hulme Portraits

Manchester, 1975–1977

Between 1975 and 1977, David Chadwick photographed residents of Hulme during the early years of the newly built Crescents and surrounding estate. Made across Hulme, the portraits include individuals, couples, families and groups of residents.

Chadwick began the Hulme series during his final year studying photography at Manchester Polytechnic’s School of Art. Returning regularly over the following two years, he developed a sustained body of work concerned with the residents as well as the architecture of the estate.

These portraits form part of Chadwick’s wider Hulme archive, documenting some of the first people to live in the development. This gallery sits alongside Chadwick’s general Hulme gallery and Hulme children.

Photo © David Chadwick / British Culture Archive

Archive and exhibition history

David Chadwick received an Arts Council Photography Award in 1978–79, and four photographs from his Hulme series are held in the Arts Council Collection. Work from the series was included in No Such Thing as Society: Photography in Britain 1967–1987, a Hayward Touring exhibition shown in 2008–09, and History Is Now: 7 Artists Take on Britain at the Hayward Gallery in 2015.

British Culture Archive first published its extensive online presentation of the series in February 2023 and represents selected work for editorial use, image licensing and print editions.

For licensing and usage enquiries please email: contact@britishculturearchive.co.uk

All photographs © David Chadwick / British Culture Archive. No reproduction without prior written permission.

More by David Chadwick

David Chadwick: Hulme, Manchester, 1975–1977

David Chadwick: Hulme Kids, 1975–1977

David Chadwick: Photographer

David Chadwick Prints & Editions

Related Hulme photography

Adam T. Burton: Hulme, 1984–1987

Anne Worthington: Hulme Crescents, 1990s