Brick Lane: A Visual Journey Through Time

Brick Lane is usually a busy public space but this dignified man, pushing a trolley, is alone. The emptiness of the pavement contributes to a feeling of solitude. He’s surrounded by posters advertising music releases, commercial imagery and consumer-driven city life. For me he symbolises generational continuity within a rapidly changing urban space that’s slowly pushing people on lower incomes out of the area.

The pressure of regeneration has forced many local Bangladeshi run businesses out of Brick Lane. The local community needs genuinely affordable homes and workspaces rather than soulless corporate style developments that push up rents on that drive out independents and threaten the long established Bangladeshi community.

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