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Around Liverpool (82)

March 20, 2025
Lighting up, Queen’s Square. Liverpool September 2024.
On the phone in town. Liverpool September 2022.
Ranelagh Street. Liverpool, September 2022.
Children on the street. Liverpool c.1979
Passing a shop in Wavertree. Liverpool 1979.
Picton Road. Liverpool, January 2025.
Burn’s Night at the Edinburgh pub. Liverpool, January 2025.
Shopping in Wavertree. Liverpool, January 2025.
Demonstration in town. Liverpool, September 2015.
On the phone in Bold Street. Liverpool, September 2015.

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Mixed Media On Paper

March 19, 2025

The two faces in this composition are derived from a street photo I took in Bethnal Green in the 1980s. They are complimented by abstract and semi abstract images that are linked together by pencil lines. Humanity in a bewildering space.

Untitled – mixed media on paper 2025.
Untitled (detail) – mixed media on paper 2025.
Untitled (detail) – mixed media on paper 2025.

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Around Liverpool (81)

March 16, 2025
Irish music session in the Edinburgh pub, Wavertree. Liverpool September 2022.
Getting cash in town. Liverpool March 2024.
In the Edinburgh pub, Wavertree. Liverpool January 2024.
Campaigners in Wavertree protesting against Council cuts and the ending of the winter fuel allowance. Liverpool, December 2024.
Liverpool One, March 2024.
London Road. Liverpool, January 2025.
Working late delivering food. Liverpool March 2024.
Lime Street Station. Liverpool, January 2025.
Central Station. Liverpool, February 2024.
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Around East London (36)

March 13, 2025
Wapping market. East London 2006.
Brick Lane. East London 2002.
Whitechapel bus stop. East London 2003.
On the phone on Whitechapel Road. East London 2008.
Whitechapel Market. East London 2007.
Stall holder taking a break in Whitechapel Market. East London 2002.
Conversation in Watney market. East London 2006.

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Drag Queen

March 12, 2025

In 2003 I had an exhibition called ‘Spitalfierlds 25’ which was comprised of photography, collage and experimental work inspired by Spitalfields. The venue was the Brick House on Brick Lane – a great venue for an exhibition given the location and the size of the space (see below). During the month the exhibition was on Hazuan Hashim and myself decided to organise a number of events during the evening. On one occasion Asian drag queens and their friends from around East London were invited to a party at the space. Loads turned up wearing brilliant costumes; some people changed at the venue and applied make up, others turned up ready to dance! On the night I was able to take many photographs of a wonderful night. Those images I made on that night keep giving and have proved an invaluable source for further work.

Brick House exhibition of Phil Maxwell photographs, 2003
Opening of ‘Brick Lane’ at the Brick House, 2003.
‘Drag Queen’ 2003 – (detail) mixed media on paper 2025.
‘Drag Queen’ 2003 – (detail) mixed media on paper 2025.
‘Drag Queen’ 2003 – (detail) mixed media on paper 2025.

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Construction Worker

March 4, 2025
‘Construction Worker In Bangladesh’ – mixed media on paper 2025.
‘Construction Worker In Bangladesh’ (Detail) – mixed media on paper 2025.
‘Construction Worker In Bangladesh’ (Detail) – mixed media on paper 2025.

A 2021 report by the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies revealed that 154 construction workers perished on the job that year alone. Construction work is universally acknowledged as high-risk, fraught with the potential for injury or even fatality. In Bangladesh, the risk is exacerbated by the fact that many of the workers are migrants, a demographic often synonymous with vulnerability in the labour market. 

In the UK the construction industry is only lightly regulated and deaths on construction sights are not uncommon. 138 workers were killed in work-related accidents in 2023/24 in the UK; 51 of those were in the construction industry.

This work examines the perilous working conditions of construction workers. Despite globalisation (referenced by the telephone lines) the construction industry everywhere is a vital part of the economy but the workers in that economy are often on precarious terms and conditions and poor wages.

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Around Liverpool (80)

March 3, 2025
Escalator in Liverpool One. Liverpool, January 2025.
Evening in Liverpool One. Liverpool, January 2025.
Cyclist on Wavertree High Street. Liverpool. February 2025.
Launderette in Toxteth. Liverpool, 1970s.
Shop keeper on Wavertree High Street. Liverpool. February 2025.
Conversation on Wavertree High Street. Liverpool. February 2025.
Myrtle Street. Liverpool. February 2025.
Irish music session in the Edinburgh pub in Wavertree. Liverpool, January 2025.
Smithdown Road. Liverpool 1970s.

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