Brick Lane 1980s & Today
A combination of photographs on Brick Lane from the 1980s and today.
Brick Lane c.1985
Brick Lane 2016
Brick Lane c.1984
Brick Lane 2016
Brick Lane c.1986
Brick Lane 2016
Brick Lane c.1984
Brick Lane 2016
Brick Lane c.1985
Brick Lane 2010
Sclater Street: Old & New
Here are more photographs of Sclater Street, old & new.
Sclater Street Market 2014
Sclater Street c.1983
Sclater Street 2012
Sclater Street c.1985
Burger bar, Sclater Street 2004
Sclater Street c.1983
Sclater Street 2013
Sclater Street c.1989
Sclater Street, 2008
Sclater Street c.1986
Man with Ice Cream. Sclater Street, London 2012
Sclater Street 2016
Sclater Street: Film & Digital
I stopped using film and went ‘digital’ in 2002. I was a late convert to the new format but I have no regrets about using the new technology. I still love exploring my film archive and discovering photographs I haven’t seen in years. Most of my negatives are now housed at the Bishopsgate Institute in London in the safe hands of archivist Stefan Dickers. There are many images that are still waiting to be digitised and I keep ‘discovering’ new images. Here are a few of Sclater Street (just off Brick Lane) in East London; I’ve mixed them with some more recent digital images.
Sclater Street c.1986
Sclater Street 2012
Sclater Street c.1985
Sclater Street 2002
Sclater Street c.1985
Sclater Street 2015
Sclater Street c.1990
Sclater Street Market 2012
Sclater Street c.1990
Sclater Street 2014
East London & Liverpool
Picton Road in Liverpool is the main Road in Wavertree, a few yards from where I now live. In some ways it reminds me of Bethnal Green Road in East London. So here are some photographs from both places.
Picton Road 2016
Bethnal Green Road 2004
Picton Road 2016
Bethnal Green Road 2002
Picton Road 2016
Bethnal Green Road 2015
Picton Road 2016
Bethnal Green Road 2013
Picton Road 2016
Bethnal Green Road 2002
A Compact Camera in 1980
In 1980 I bought my first compact camera. It was an Olympus XA2. I bought it because I thought it would be a useful tool for street photography. Small, discreet and with an excellent lens it was ideal for unobtrusive photography. Before then I used a SLR (single lens reflex camera) which was much larger. Today I fluctuate between using a Digital SLR and a compact camera depending on what I am shooting. Mostly for street photography I use a high end digital compact. This gives incredible results, is flexible and can be set manually. In 1980 the Olympus compact produced excellent results. Below are some of the photographs taken with the first roll of HP5 film I wound into the camera.
Bootle, Liverpool 1980
Bootle, Liverpool 1980
Bootle, Liverpool 1980
Bootle, Liverpool 1980
Bootle, Liverpool 1980
The following Photographs were taken using HP5 film and a SLR camera.
Liverpool Cathedral c.1978
Distant view of the Anglican Cathedral. Liverpool late 1970’s
Distant view of the Anglican Cathedral. Liverpool late 1970’s
Boy riding his bicycle off Princess Avenue. Liverpool 1980
An empty Toxteth street, Liverpool 1981
