Wheels Within Wheels
January 21, 2013
Man moving tyre, Bacon Street 1984
When I saw this man emerge from the crowd in Bacon Street I wondered where he got the tyre from. Possibly it was from one of the small car repair workshops that operated just off Brick Lane at the time.
Youth with tyre, Whitechapel 1985
The tyre in this photograph has been coaxed successfully across Whitechapel Road by the youth wearing gloves. I suspect he has become skilled in car maintenance by using spare parts from a variety of sources.
Pushing a tyre in Whitechapel, c.1990
Human transportation of tyres. Dhaka 1995
The tyres being transported by human energy here are in better condition than the worn tyres on the cart transporting them.
Vintage wheels on Brick Lane, c. 2003
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beautiful shapes if you look at the shadows on these three pictures – so that’s where Joan Miro et al got their ideas? Shadows!