Chemist Rush
Over the past couple of years I have been prescribed copious amounts of drugs. I now take much less than I did a year ago and am slowly cutting back on the relatively few I take today. Nevertheless every day for the rest of my life I will have to take some tablets. So thanks to my chemist for the magical but sometimes hellish journey it has taken me on. Thanks to the NHS for thousands of free drugs!
Chemist in Vallance Road. London 2005
Chemist in Vallance Road. London 2005
Sandra of the Golden Heart
Sandra with her Hula Hoop in the Golden Heart. London 2005
I’ve been photographing Sandra for around fifteen years. Half the time she has been running her pub the famous ‘Golden Heart’ in Commercial Street. She has stuck with her pub through hard times and has survived thirty years remaining one of the oldest long term residents around Spitalfields market. Her pub is a landmark which caters for local residents, artists, market workers, tourists and those just passing through.
The Golden Heart Pub. Spitalfields, London 2010
Sandra is an expert with the Hula Hoop. She has retained the skill she developed as a child and from time to time can still be seen Hula Hooping in or around the pub. In our documentary film, which can be watched online ‘Sandra’ she can be seen Hula Hooping in the bar.
Sandra doing the Hula Hoop. Commercial Street, London 1997
Trees
The profuse and varied designs of trees stun us with their amazing beauty. They also hint at aspects of the human body as well as the inventive constructs of the human brain. Lungs, motorways, computer networks, neon lights and so on.
Trees. London 2007
Tree. London 2009
Tree. London 2009
Tree. London 2009
Tree in a field next to a road. UK 1987
Tree in a field. UK 1987
Demolition
The building of the new London Hospital meant the demolition of a number of Victorian buildings. Here are a few I photographed before they disappeared:
Chimney stacks of the old London hospital. London 2004
Chimney stacks of the old London hospital. London 2004
The Gherkin from the old London hospital. London 2004
The Gherkin from the old London hospital. London 2004
A bridge joining different buildings of the old London hospital. London 2004
A translucent view from the old London hospital. London 2004
A view from the old London hospital. London 2004
Splendid Anonymity
I wonder who the people are in these photographs? What secrets do they give away even with their paper disguises?
Traveller on the underground. London 2008
Traveller on the underground. London 2008
Traveller on the underground. London 2008
