Going Under
Two women talking outside Whitechapel Station. London 1998 (Bishopsgate Institute Collection)
Three men on the underground. London 1998 (Bishopsgate Institute Collection)
Going under. Whitechapel station, London 1988 (Bishopsgate Institute Collection)
Horizon Deficit
The two cranes (below) heralded the building of the new London hospital. Once built it was to entirely block this view of Canary Wharf.
Two cranes on the eastern horizon. London 2007
Vinyl Hoarding
I have never got rid of my vast collection of Vinyl LP’s. I marveled at CD’s when they were first invented but never considered them a reason to dump my vinyl collection of mainly classical albums. I now have thousands as I have continued to collect. I am constantly tempted by collections that now litter Brick Lane and other market streets. This photograph is in praise of vinyl and its wonderful accompanying technology. There is surely something reassuring about watching a record go round and round over and over again in contrast to the frigidity of digital technology. Many of the records I have collected over the years are now out of copyright. I’ve digitised many of these and they have usefully found their way into the sound tracks of our films. Vinyl will never die.
Record player with stacks of LP's. Brick Lane, London 2009
Cup of Tea and a Read
This man managed a brief glimpse at the camera during his newspaper read in a Whitechapel Cafe.
A man briefly stares into the camera during his cup of tea and read in a Whitechapel cafe. London 1988 (Bishopsgate Collection)
A man has a cup of tea and read in a Whitechapel cafe. London 1988 (Bishopsgate Collection)
Two Men in a Liverpool Pub
I photographed these two gentlemen in a pub on Lodge Lane known as the ‘Flat House’. I remember it was a weekday afternoon and the pub was fairly busy. Firstly I wondered if the photographs of the Liverpool Pier Head hanging behind the men connected them in any way to the sea. Perhaps they had worked on ships that sailed the world from Liverpool. Anyway I had decided in my head that there was a connection between the men and the nostalgic photographs in the pub.
Two men in a Lodge Lane pub. Liverpool 1980 (Bishopsgate Collection)
Two men in a Lodge Lane pub. Liverpool 1980 (Bishopsgate Collection)
Two men in a Lodge Lane pub. Liverpool 1980 (Bishopsgate Collection)
A Lodge Lane pub. Liverpool 1980 (Bishopsgate Collection)
Two men in a Lodge Lane pub. Liverpool 1980 (Bishopsgate Collection)
Two men in a Lodge Lane pub. Liverpool 1980 (Bishopsgate Collection)
Two men in a Lodge Lane pub. Liverpool 1980 (Bishopsgate Collection)
Two men in a Lodge Lane pub. Liverpool 1980 (Bishopsgate Collection)
Two men in a Lodge Lane pub. Liverpool 1980 (Bishopsgate Collection)
