Lowedges
‘Lowedges’ aims to bring attention to the poverty and hardship that the outskirts of major cities still face. She eld is the UK’s 5th biggest city. Located in the heart of England, the South Yorkshire capital boasts exeptional transport links and has developed massively in the past 10 years. e ‘steel city’ is the home to over half a million people with 7,000 people living in Lowedges.
According to She eld city council, Lowedges has the highest rate of any neighbourhood for teenage conceptions in She eld, signi cantly high levels of alcohol related hospital admissions, smoking prevalence, and mothers recorded as smokers at delivery. Crime is also signi cantly higher than average and deprivation levels are worse than the Sheffield average.
This book aims to give the viewer an insight into the lives of people in Lowedges and explore their day to day lives. e photographs include multiple landscapes of di erent buildings in the Lowedges area, including the shops, the youth club and di erent houses, thus hoping to captivate it’s audience and help them understand the lack of money on the outskirts of cities like She eld, as the centre of the city continues to blossom.
According to She eld city council, Lowedges has the highest rate of any neighbourhood for teenage conceptions in She eld, signi cantly high levels of alcohol related hospital admissions, smoking prevalence, and mothers recorded as smokers at delivery. Crime is also signi cantly higher than average and deprivation levels are worse than the Sheffield average.
This book aims to give the viewer an insight into the lives of people in Lowedges and explore their day to day lives. e photographs include multiple landscapes of di erent buildings in the Lowedges area, including the shops, the youth club and di erent houses, thus hoping to captivate it’s audience and help them understand the lack of money on the outskirts of cities like She eld, as the centre of the city continues to blossom.