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From Streets in the Sky, a series made by Bill Stephenson in 1988 during the final months of life at Hyde Park Flats, part of the Park Hill estate in Sheffield.
Once among the largest social housing developments in Europe, Park Hill and the adjoining Hyde Park blocks were gradually emptied after being declared a failed experiment. Stephenson arrived as residents prepared to leave, encountering a community that retained a strong sense of pride and belonging despite the visible decline of the buildings around them.
The photographs were made through time spent on the estate, with Stephenson working quietly and unobtrusively as trust developed. The resulting work reflects both everyday life and the strength of community at a moment of profound change.
Streets in the Sky was first exhibited at the Untitled Gallery in 1988 and later toured nationally. Stephenson was nominated for the Fox Talbot Award by the National Media Museum for this work.
Bill Stephenson was born in Birmingham in 1955 and grew up in Leeds. He came to photography while studying furniture design at Trent Polytechnic, initially using a camera to document his coursework before recognising photography as his primary focus.
While studying, Stephenson spent long hours in the polytechnic library, engaging with the work of photographers who shaped his early outlook, including Robert Frank, Diane Arbus and Garry Winogrand. He began working regularly in the campus darkrooms, laying the foundations for the documentary approach that would come to define his practice.
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