The Often Ignored

“Everyone knew about these communities. People passed them daily on the bus, but they never went inside. People were turned out of their homes. Some squatted in old buildings, trying to hang on to the life they knew. They didn’t have much and things were decided for them… I wanted to do something. But what could I do? I decided I would go out on to the streets capturing this upheaval, photographing people I came across… I couldn’t help it: around every corner there was someone different. It became an obsession”

-Shirley Baker