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Office workers having a drink, or two at an Aldgate wine bar. Aldgate, London 1994
Reflections. Sunday market, Spitalfields, London 2012
International Markets
Walking around various markets in the world I can sometimes imagine the world as a huge market place (not in the capitalist sense!) where the market traders all know each other. The demeanour of traders has a similar resonance throughout the world. The gentleman below caught my eye recently at the Sunday market in Spitalfields. I thought the relaxed disposition of the young man in Chittagong market was similar to his older counterpart in Spitalfields.
Market Trader. Spitalfields, London 2010
Market trader. Chittagong Market, Bangladesh 2008
Bus Stop
Bus Stop. Dhaka, Bangladesh 2009
Bus Stop. Whitechapel Road, London 1999
Where’s a Policeman when you want one?
What a wonderful invention is a tripod! Coupled with a shutter release cable I was able to turn this shot of two policeman into a shot of eight. The same two officers appear throughout the image. The work of Artist Ben Slow vibrates from the wall the officers are passing!
Eight Police Officers. Hanbury Street, London 2012
The Holland Estate (2)
It was around 30 years ago when I first photographed the Holland Estate on the edge of Tower Hamlets and right next two the City of London. I am delighted that our next film with East End Homes about the East End will introduce the Holland Estate for the first time in our East End series. Possibly some of these photographs will make their way into the film which will be the 4th in our series about East End Lives.
Brother and sister. The Holland Estate London early 1980's.
Bathroom and kitchen. The Holland Estate London early 1980's.
The photograph above was taken in the bathroom which, at the time, was also the kitchen. When the bath was not in use it was covered and provided an extra surface for the kitchen. The flats were ‘modernised’ in the late 1980’s.
Children playing. The Holland Estate, London early 1980's.
Children playing. The Holland Estate, London early 1980's.
Children playing. The Holland Estate, London early 1980's.
View through a window. The Holland Estate, London early 1980's.
Man with a pram. The Holland Estate, London early 1980's.
Man in a doorway. The Holland Estate, London early 1980's.
Man in a doorway. The Holland Estate, London early 1980's.
Child in hallway. The Holland Estate, London early 1980's.
The Holland Estate, London 2009.
Man selling beefburgers near the Holland Estate, London 1987.
The Holland Estate, London 2009.
The Holland Estate, London 2009.
The Holland Estate, London early 1980's.
Over the coming months I will be working with a number of photographers who will be photographing the Holland Estate and the surrounding area. Their work will form part of an exhibition at the Bishopsgate Institute in October. Some of the photographers have close links with the estate so I am really looking forward to curating and filming their work with Hazuan Hashim.
