The Last Days Of Hulme By Al Baker
The first 300 orders get an exclusive free 8” silk print.
Shipping 12th Nov
About The Book
Softcover, 132 pages, 127 Photographs, 210mm x 210mm
ISBN - 978-1-874171-16-4
Barcode - 9781874171164
When Al Baker moved to Hulme, Manchester, in the mid-1990s, its notorious crescent-shaped housing blocks – the Hulme Crescents – were already earmarked for demolition.
Planned as a gleaming post-war replacement for grimy pre-war housing, the blocks quickly failed in their utopian purpose… but once the original residents moved out, a new kind of community moved in.
Cut loose from suburban norms, Hulme became the blazing centre of Manchester’s creative furnace, where young people lived cheaply, resourcefully, expansively, dangerously. With his camera under his coat and lenses stashed in a Kwik Save bag, Al Baker documented Hulme’s razor-edge existence – its squat parties, graffiti jams, cellar raves and lost weekends – capturing image after image of an extraordinary moment in time.
Against the apocalyptic backdrop of an estate whose days were numbered, Al’s photographs reveal the characters, culture and chaos of Hulme… before the bulldozers finally arrived.
The first 300 orders get an exclusive free 8” silk print.
Shipping 12th Nov
About The Book
Softcover, 132 pages, 127 Photographs, 210mm x 210mm
ISBN - 978-1-874171-16-4
Barcode - 9781874171164
When Al Baker moved to Hulme, Manchester, in the mid-1990s, its notorious crescent-shaped housing blocks – the Hulme Crescents – were already earmarked for demolition.
Planned as a gleaming post-war replacement for grimy pre-war housing, the blocks quickly failed in their utopian purpose… but once the original residents moved out, a new kind of community moved in.
Cut loose from suburban norms, Hulme became the blazing centre of Manchester’s creative furnace, where young people lived cheaply, resourcefully, expansively, dangerously. With his camera under his coat and lenses stashed in a Kwik Save bag, Al Baker documented Hulme’s razor-edge existence – its squat parties, graffiti jams, cellar raves and lost weekends – capturing image after image of an extraordinary moment in time.
Against the apocalyptic backdrop of an estate whose days were numbered, Al’s photographs reveal the characters, culture and chaos of Hulme… before the bulldozers finally arrived.
The first 300 orders get an exclusive free 8” silk print.
Shipping 12th Nov
About The Book
Softcover, 132 pages, 127 Photographs, 210mm x 210mm
ISBN - 978-1-874171-16-4
Barcode - 9781874171164
When Al Baker moved to Hulme, Manchester, in the mid-1990s, its notorious crescent-shaped housing blocks – the Hulme Crescents – were already earmarked for demolition.
Planned as a gleaming post-war replacement for grimy pre-war housing, the blocks quickly failed in their utopian purpose… but once the original residents moved out, a new kind of community moved in.
Cut loose from suburban norms, Hulme became the blazing centre of Manchester’s creative furnace, where young people lived cheaply, resourcefully, expansively, dangerously. With his camera under his coat and lenses stashed in a Kwik Save bag, Al Baker documented Hulme’s razor-edge existence – its squat parties, graffiti jams, cellar raves and lost weekends – capturing image after image of an extraordinary moment in time.
Against the apocalyptic backdrop of an estate whose days were numbered, Al’s photographs reveal the characters, culture and chaos of Hulme… before the bulldozers finally arrived.
