A Wild Thirst For The Imagery Of The East End

Recently someone asked me if they could buy a print of the biegal shop on Brick Lane. I must have photographed the shop and its surrounding area scores of times so the request should have been welcomed. Unfortunately I couldn’t think of a suitable print. It is one of those places that I feel I have never photographed satisfactorily. The magic of the place has alluded my lens. It’s as if there is always something missing after a photograph is taken. Perhaps there is a clue to what is happening in these recent pictures. People in the photographs seem fixed on one thing; its as if they can only focus on one thing at a time suggesting that there is just too much to take in. Anyway these images are certainly the result of a renewed passion to photograph the area I have lived in for over thirty years. I feel as if I am starting again at the beginning with so much to photograph and so little time to capture it all. I have a wild thirst for the imagery of the East End of London. Every day I will need to go out and explore ….

Outside the Brick Lane Beigal Shop, London 2012

Outside the Brick Lane Beigal Shop, London 2012

Outside the Brick Lane Beigal Shop, London 2012

Outside the Brick Lane Beigal Shop, London 2012