£125.00
Limited edition print
Part of the BCA Editions Programme.
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Photographed in Hulme, Manchester, during the early years of the Hulme Crescents.
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David Chadwick documented the first residents of the Hulme Crescents in Manchester, the vast concrete housing estate once promoted as the future of social housing.
Arriving in the city in 1972 to study at Manchester Polytechnic’s School of Art, Chadwick began photographing Hulme in his final year, returning over the next two years as the area settled into its new form. Made as the estate’s problems began to surface, the photographs focus on everyday life—families adapting to new flats, socialising on walkways, and children playing in newly built courtyards.
Chadwick’s work is held in major public collections in the UK.
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