Nik Hartley photographs the social hub of a local barber shop

Date
12 March 2015

Nik Hartley’s Every Street records three days worth of haircut highlights at Stylz barber shop in North-East Lancashire. Alongside the strong cuts are shots of the red-brick terraces that line the streets, bunting and electricity pylons. There’s a nice sense of pride to the portraits, both of a good haircut and more pertinently, the social hub of a hometown.

The shop is run by Haroon Yousef (aka Harris) in Nelson, a former cotton mill town with a high British-Asian population. Nik’s photo-series documents unity, and a snapshot of community in an area not without social tensions.

The book is published by Mily Kadz, with a foreword from Dean Mayo Davies. Nik Hartley was born in Lancashire and is now based in London, where he works predominately in fashion photography and portraiture.

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Nik Hartley: Every Street

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Billie Muraben

Billie studied illustration at Camberwell College of Art before completing an MA in Visual Communication at the Royal College of Art. She joined It’s Nice That as a Freelance Editorial Assistant back in January 2015 and continues to work with us on a freelance basis.

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