Thatcher's Children
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2023
Gost Books (Verlag)
978-1-910401-84-2 (ISBN)
Gost Books (Verlag)
978-1-910401-84-2 (ISBN)
Thatcher’s Children, a long-term project by photographer Craig Easton, examines the
intergenerational nature of poverty as experienced by three generations of the Williams family
in the north of England. The passage of time shown in the book demonstrates how deprivation is
connected to the social policy failures of successive governments.
Thatcher’s Children was born out of a series first made in 1992 focusing on two parents and six
children living in a hostel for homeless families in Blackpool, England. The project was made
in response to a speech by Peter Lilley, then Secretary of State for Social Security, in which
he announced his determination to ‘close down the something-for-nothing society.’ French
newspaper Libération dispatched a journalist to northern England to find out what this society
looked like, and Easton was commissioned to take the accompanying photographs. His resulting
monochrome images of the overcrowded two-bedroom council flat in Blackpool sparked a
reaction by both the public and the press. His images attached human faces and nuanced realities
to a group of people casually maligned by politicians and media as an ‘underclass of scroungers.’
intergenerational nature of poverty as experienced by three generations of the Williams family
in the north of England. The passage of time shown in the book demonstrates how deprivation is
connected to the social policy failures of successive governments.
Thatcher’s Children was born out of a series first made in 1992 focusing on two parents and six
children living in a hostel for homeless families in Blackpool, England. The project was made
in response to a speech by Peter Lilley, then Secretary of State for Social Security, in which
he announced his determination to ‘close down the something-for-nothing society.’ French
newspaper Libération dispatched a journalist to northern England to find out what this society
looked like, and Easton was commissioned to take the accompanying photographs. His resulting
monochrome images of the overcrowded two-bedroom council flat in Blackpool sparked a
reaction by both the public and the press. His images attached human faces and nuanced realities
to a group of people casually maligned by politicians and media as an ‘underclass of scroungers.’
Craig Easton’s work is deeply rooted in the documentary tradition. He shoots long-term documentary projects exploring issues around social policy, identity and a sense of place. He often working collaboratively with others to incorporate words, pictures and audio in a research-based practice that weaves a narrative between contemporary experience and history.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.01.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 11 duotone & 52 colour images |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 211 x 265 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| ISBN-10 | 1-910401-84-6 / 1910401846 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-910401-84-2 / 9781910401842 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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