Exercise - Survival Programmes

'Exit Photography Group' was created by three British photographers Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Their collaborative photographs from period between 1974 and 1979 were later published in 1982 under the title 'Survival Programmes in Britain's Inner Cities'. Eight magazine published an article based on this work marking its 25th anniversary and uplifting the question on the timeless quality of the issues raised by the photographers.

On the closer analysis of the photographs and the interviews accompanying the photo story, it is sad  to say that there has not been many improvements on the social situation of the lower class, often immigrants living in the UK. It seems the only obvious change are the different countries of origins where people came from to Britain. The trend had moved from the Jamaican pickpocketers to Eastern Europeans bag snatchers. I suppose there are not as many riots today as there where in the 70s/80s and there is a visible improvement on general living conditions, but with daily news on the migration increase and benefit cuts are we heading back to a similar climate?