Unmade Beds

Liz Hingley LIZ HINGLEY GRADUATED FROM BRIGHTON UNIVERSITY, WITH A FIRST CLASS BA HONOURS IN EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN 2007 AND WENT ONTO COMPLETE A TWO-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP WITH FABRICA RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IN ITALY. IN 2011 SHE GAINED AN MSC IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY (WITH DISTINCTION) FROM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (UCL) AND IS CURRENTLY ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT THE UCL MIGRATION RESEARCH UNIT AS WELL AS HONORARY RESEARCH FELLOW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY AND RELIGION AT BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY. HER WORK UNDER GODS: STORIES FROM SOHO ROAD WAS PUBLISHED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH BY DEWI LEWIS PUBLISHING IN MARCH 2011; THE EXHIBITION IS TOURING INTERNATIONALLY.

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Liz Hingley received the 2011 Getty Editorial Grant to complete her project The Jones Family, which explores the intergenerational cycle of deprivation within the context of a wealthy country. In this visual essay, she observes the significance of one particular item of material culture—the bed—in the everyday life of a low-income British family. Photographs are taken as points of departure to demonstrate how a close examination of the bed can reveal the patterns of a household's past, present and future lives, economic situation, desires, and ideals. The bed is discussed in relation to socioeconomic status, home arrangement, taste and consumption, family relations, and identity.

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