Deprivation, resilience and a giant bunny: Polly Braden on capturing the ‘beauty and bleakness’ of young lives on the coast
Photographer Polly Braden is launching a new exhibition documenting the lives of young people living in deprived coastal communities in England and Wales. The project highlights the resilience of youth facing economic hardship and austerity.
Why it matters
It sheds light on the socio-economic challenges faced by marginalized youth in coastal regions, often overlooked in national discourse.
Orson, a dancer, on Blackpool beach. Photographer Polly Braden says: ‘I want people to look at these pictures and go: oh wow, young people on the coast do so many different things … they’re amazing, they’re really fun.’ Photograph: Polly Braden/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Orson, a dancer, on Blackpool beach. Photographer Polly Braden says: ‘I want people to look at these pictures and go: oh wow, young people on the coast do so many different things … they’re amazing, they’re really fun.’ Photograph: Polly Braden/The Guardian Against the tide Young people Deprivation, resilience and a giant bunny: Polly Braden on capturing the ‘beauty and bleakness’ of young lives on the coast In the Guardian’s Against the tide series , the documentary photographer got to know some ‘amazing’ 16- to 25-year-olds living on the fringes of England and Wales, and now her work is the centre of a new touring exhibition
The focus on austerity, deprivation, and social inequality aligns with typical progressive editorial priorities.
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