Lee jefferies photography biography

Bolton photographer Lee Jeffries, born 1971, has received international acclaim for his powerful portraits of homeless people. His work is uncompromising, thought provoking and intensely intimate.

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After an emotional chance encounter with a homeless girl on a visit to London in 2008, Lee sharpened his focus on the subject matter of street photography.

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The homeless people in and around Manchester city centre became his first photographic subjects. His body of work now includes the homeless of Las Vegas, New York, London, Paris, Rome and Skid Row in Los Angeles.

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Every wrinkle, scar and hair is accentuated in the faces of his subjects, their weathered skin and intense gazes, tell of the hardship of life on the streets - perhaps better than any spoken words.

We met Lee in a coffee shop in Manchester city centre where he talked at length with Katie and Vicky about his work.

He told us how he spares no detai Tracing Faces – An Interview with Photographer Lee Jeffries VAMIN