Dhaka Cobblers
The street in Dhaka is an industrial engine catering for many every day needs. These cobblers had established their own production line when I photographed them on the pavement in 2009.
Cobblers hard at work on the pavement in Dhaka. Bangladesh 2009
Cobblers hard at work on the pavement in Dhaka. Bangladesh 2009
Although the pavement stone work was incomplete any shoe repair would be complete.
New & Second Hand
You can buy virtually anything new or second hand in the East End. Most derelict sites have been utilised for car boot sales before they were ‘regenerated’. The women below were selling goods at the bottom of Vallance Rd on a site which has now been utilised for housing.
Car boot sale on a derelict site in 1987. Vallance Rd. London 1987
The numerous street markets in Tower Hamlets provide an alternative to mainstream shopping. Market traders often have communication skills which embrace the finest traditions of music hall.
'Perfume Pat' on her stall in Bethnal Green Rd. London 1995
Petticoat Lane and Bethnal Green Rd Sales
Market shopper. Petticoat Lane. London 1988
Selling goods from a tea chest. Sunday market Bethnal Green Rd. London 2007
Rickshaw Dreams
New York Rickshaws. Photomontage 2011
Rickshaw. Brick Lane, London 1999
Street Talk
The Lady below lived just off Brick Lane and would spend a lot of her day talking to herself and at the same time trying to engage passers by in conversation. She always wore the same white coat and would usually have a plastic bag with some food inside. One of her favourite spots was the bridge on Brick Lane.
Lady on the Brick Lane bridge. London 1983
I photographed the TV presenter below as she did a ‘live relay’ from Time Square, I always felt the old Lady on Brick Lane had stories to tell which would eclipse anything the TV presenter was capable of sharing with her audience.
TV presenter in Time Square. New york 2005
