Title – Sleeping Rough
Photographer - John Angerson
In this series of images created for the Leeds based homeless centre St George’s Crypt, John Angerson sought to convey the experience of living rough without employing the visual clichés that can often feature in charity work. His photographs depict the city at twilight and simply record a selection of the sites most frequented by those seeking shelter at night. “The images offer an insight into the vulnerability and discomfort faced by people living on the streets,” says Angerson. “By contacting some of the users of St George’s Crypt services, I was able to compile a list of locations around the city that were regularly used by them and other homeless people to sleep overnight.”
Angerson worked closely with the centre on the project and with designer Lee Bradley of B&W Studio who designed the annual report in which the images feature. Angerson was allowed free reign to explore ideas and received no visual brief to adhere to, instead relying on the documentary skills that have seen him travel on assignments all over the world for a range of international publications. His latest book – Love, Power, Sacrifice: Life With The Jesus Army – is published this month (October) by Dewi Lewis Publishing. To see more of his work, go to www.johnangerson.com.
Taken from Creative Review October 2007. The Photography Annual
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