Sandra George
‘Victoria Hostel, Edinburgh’ (1981)
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Image description: black and white portrait image of a room at the Victoria Hostel. The bed in the background is unoccupied and stripped. A person lies in the bed in the foreground. The bed has a floral duvet. There is a chair covered in clothes, and a box of belongings at the foot.
Image description: black and white landscape photograph of a room at the Victoria Hostel. A woman with light skin and long dark hair wearing a white jumper, light coloured skirt, and black tights sits on a wooden seat next to a neatly made white bed. She is looking down at her hands, and knitting a piece of fabric from a large ball of light coloured yarn, which sits on the bed. Light streams through a window to her left above the bed.
Image description: black and white landscape photograph of two women at the Victoria Hostel. On the left, an older woman with light skin and grey hair wearing a grey knitted cardigan and dark trousers holds a small pair of black scissors. She looks towards the camera and is mid-speech. Beside her, a younger woman with light skin, dark hair, and a patterned coat and white jumper sits with her arms folded. She looks towards the camera.
Image description: black and white landscape photograph of a couple at the Victoria Hostel. A man and a woman, both in black shirts and white trousers, kiss at a table in front of a series of floor to ceiling cupboards. The woman sits on the man's lap and he is pulling her in towards him
Image description: black and white landscape photograph of three people at the Victoria Hostel. A woman with light skin and curly light coloured hair wearing a grey jumper and a grey zip up vest sits at a table in the foreground. She has a cigarette in one hand and a glass pint bottle of milk in the other. She is looking down at the bottle and laughing. To the right, a man and woman, both with light skin and dark hair, in black T shirts and light coloured trousers smile broadly at the camera and embrace. The woman stands behind the man, and has her arm around his shoulder and chest.
Image description: black and white landscape photograph of a woman sitting in a chair at the Victoria Hostel. She has light skin and short dark hair, and is wearing a light coloured shirt, a dark skirt, and black shoes. Her feet are curled beneath her, and her chin is resting on her left palm, which is on the arm of the chair. Her right hand is over her knee, with one finger resting on the arm of the chair. She looks to the left, smiling slightly. There are several plasters on her left knee.
Image description: black and white landscape close up photograph of a woman at the Victoria Hostel. The woman has light skin and grey hair. She looks directly at the camera with a neutral expression.
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Sandra George
Photographs, 1981
Digital reproduction from photographic scan
Courtesy of Craigmillar Now
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