Birdmen: The last flight of a working-class tradition

Birdmen: The last flight of a working-class tradition

All images © Zak Waters Zak Waters traces the quiet decline of a passionate subculture — from its past to its present — capturing a vanishing way of life Once a staple of working-class life across post-industrial Britain, pigeon racing is now a fading tradition, kept alive by a dwindling but devoted few. In Birdmen, photographer Zak Waters documents the men and communities bound by this quiet obsession — a sport built on loyalty, ritual…