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ABSTRACT
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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