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Bedrooms of London: images from a new exhibition about child poverty

A new exhibition records the sleeping spaces of children living in poverty. Here, we preview some of the images

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A new exhibition records the sleeping spaces of children living in poverty. Here we preview some of the images #ukhousing

A new exhibition shows heartbreaking images of the sleeping spaces of children in poverty #ukhousing

Photographer Katie Wilson wanted to expose reality for the 700,000 children living in poverty in London.

Her Bedrooms of London exhibition documents the sleeping spaces of some of these children and their families.

The exhibition runs at the Foundling Museum until 5 May.

Scroll down to view a selection of images from the exhibition.


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Baby Laurel and her mother Mai live in a kitchen. They were moved here by social services because Laurel’s dad is a registered sex offender. Mai eats at the counter because there is no room for a table and chair.

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Antousha, 5; Gabriela, 4; and Moses, 1, share a two-bedroom flat with their parents Beatrice and George. The family receives benefits but neither George nor Beatrice, a trained nurse, can work. They are in debt as a result of court fees and they depend on charity support.

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Darnesha, Gita and Dipesh are triplets. Their mother and father have no savings – the money they had stored in cash burned in a house fire five months ago. They lost everything they had for their children.

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Preeti, Amir and Priya sleep alongside their mother on a mattress on the floor of a rented basement. There is no living room and the kitchenette only fits one person, so the family eats in the bedroom.

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Nadine, 17; Crystal, 16; Peter, 15; and Simone, 9, live with their parents in a two-bedroom flat. The children share a room and spend their leisure time here.

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Newborn Jane lives in a bedsit with her mother Amelie. There’s nowhere safe to cook. The pair endure neighbours who engage in nightly parties, late-night rows and chronic substance abuse.

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Nine-month-old Adam sleeps in the living room alongside his mother Emily and father Martin. The family eats in this room with Adam’s sister Patricia, 10, and brothers Bradley, 6, and Harry, 3, as there is nowhere else to sit.

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Edward, 4, and his mother Genavieve live in a one-room hostel, where they have been for nearly a year.

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