PHOTOGRAPHERS

Paul Trevor came to Liverpool in 1975 as part of the ‘Survival Programmes’ project, which looked at inner city deprivation. The young snapper spent several months recording family life on the fringes of the city centre, concentrating in Granby and Everton. Among the terraced streets and high rise flats, Paul captured images of a community defiant and proud despite a backdrop of mass unemployment and poverty.

The Walker is set to stage an exhibition of these pictures, opening in June 2011. In the meantime the photographer is keen to trace the faces he captured on film three decades ago.

“I have very fond memories of my time spent recording life in Everton and Granby in 1975. Despite initially worrying whether I would be accepted into the community, people were very friendly and happy to be photographed.

Britain’s inner cities were difficult places to live in during that era. Life was hard. But despite this I found people who were grappling through life with humour and energy.

I revisited Liverpool this summer in a bid to find out what happened to the people I met back in the 1970s. It has been fascinating to see what those youngsters did with their lives and where they ended up.” Paul Trevor

If Paul is successful in contacting the people he photographed in 1975 he wants to take fresh pictures in the environments they live in today. Are you one of them?