Underground Tales
For me the Underground is a huge changing studio full of suprises. Here are some recent examples.
On the underground, 2013
On the underground, 2013
On the underground, 2013
On the underground, 2013
Aldgate East Station, 2013
The Passage Pommeraye
The Passage Pommeraye is a small shopping mall in central Nantes, France, named after its property developer, Louis Pommeraye. Construction started at the end of 1840 and was completed on 4 July 1843. The Passage Pommeraye is a passage between two streets, the rue Santeuil and rue de la Fosse, with one 9.40 m higher than the other. Midway, there is a flight of steps and the mall then continues on another floor. Two architects, Jean-Baptiste Buron and Hippolyte Durand Gasselin, contributed to its design, which is very elaborate and includes renaissance style sculptures. The Passage Pommeraye has been classified as a historic monument since 1976.
I took these photos on a recent visit to Nantes where my exhibition ‘From the street’ was held.
The Passage Pommeraye, 2013
The Passage Pommeraye, 2013
The Passage Pommeraye, 2013
The Passage Pommeraye, 2013
The Passage Pommeraye, 2013
The Passage Pommeraye, 2013
The Passage Pommeraye, 2013
Brick Lane Exhibition
I’ve started planning for an exhibition about Brick Lane and the surrounding area. It will be at the Rich Mix Centre in April next year. I hope to publish a book to go with it.
I’ve been taking photographs of the area for over thirty years so I have to be ruthless in editing images for the book and the show. This is a process I am familiar with but I still feel the urge to break away from work in my studio and seek out more potential shots. Here are a few shots I made one day last week; most likely none of them will make into the book or the exhibition!
The BLITZ shop in Hanbury Street, 2013
The BLITZ shop in Hanbury Street, 2013
Brick Lane, 2013
Brick Lane, 2013
Betting shop Brick Lane, 2013
Back To The Street
As part of the East End Lives film project Wentworth Street in Petticoat Lane Market has received a makeover of historic black and white photographs taken in Whitechapel during the past 30 years. This is the first time street photography has been returned back to the street on such a scale. The street exhibition, sponsored by East End Homes and Telford Homes, comprises classic shots from my East End archive; the result is a grand free open air exhibition of East End images. You Have two years to catch the show!
The East End in Wentworth Street, 2013
The East End in Wentworth Street, 2013
The East End in Wentworth Street, 2013
The East End in Wentworth Street, 2013
Two Men In A Boat
Two Men In A Boat, Photomontage 2012
