Antiques & Rubbish

Over the years I have left old furniture from my flat on the landing outside and watched it disappear after a day or two. I was confident it had been recycled; sometimes the furniture would return to the landing years later only to disappear again. I’m not sure if any of it made it to the ‘Antique’ shop {below).

Antique shop on Brick Lane 2009

Clearly the settee and washing machine etc (below) were not considered worthy of recycling as they were simply dumped on the street.

Dumped rubbish on Bethnal Green Road. London 2001

Cheshire Street Sunday market. London 1985