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Market moves

April 14, 2011

You don’t have to get up early to see the movement of goods on Whitechapel market. From 7am you can see stallholders preparing the market for the days business. However goods are moved throughout the day giving the market an extra sense of industry and prompting the call: “mind your backs.”

Pushing goods on Whitechapel market

Pushing goods on Whitechapel market, 1998

In the port of Dhaka in Bangladesh goods are on the move all the time. This hand welded cart with its pnuematic tyres is more sophisticated than any thing you might find in Whitechapel.

Pulling a cart

Pulling a cart, Dhaka 1996

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