Byker Revisited : Portrait of a Community

Byker is a poor residential area of Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK. In this compilation of portrait photography, a nonjudgmental visual and verbal documentary of a community that is in flux—a community of the poor, the disadvantaged, and the refugees who demonstrate a life-affirming humanity—is captured in both photographs and the residents' own words. This contemporary look at a diverse group of people confined to a tight geographical region of a city affirms a commonality in the hopes and aspirations to be found in deprived communities around the globe. Ugliness and beauty come together in 40 years' worth of stunning and complex photographs.