Life Without a Car

I’ve always lived in a City and spent most of my life living just off Brick Lane in Spitalfields. I have never driven a car and always relied on public transport or the generosity of a friend who drives. As a non driver I have occasionally felt I was regarded as a little odd. I can recall times when I was asked the question ‘Do you drive Phil?’ On hearing the answer there would be a silence as if the questioner had stumbled on a dreadful secret.

One of the many car accessory places in and around Spitalfields, Brady Street London 1989.

My ‘guilt’ as a non driver was reinforced as I walked around Spitalfields and stumbled on a tyre shop.

A loan tyre on on this bridge that crosses Whitechapel underground lines. London 1991

Car installation at the Frieze fare in London 2007

Tyres on Bethnal Green Road, London 2008