Neil Kinnock
Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock (born 28 March 1942) served as a Member of Parliament from 1970. He was leader of the Labour Party from 1983 until 1992. This made him the longest serving opposition leader in British political history. I photographed him during the last 5 years of his leadership.
Neil Kinnock. London 1992
He moved the party to the right and spearheaded the expulsion of many socialists from the Party.
Neil Kinnock. London 1992
Neil Kinnock. London 1992
Neil Kinnock. London 1992
Seeta Patel
Here are a couple of stills I took of the outstanding dancer Seeta Patel during a break in the filming of Ophelia, a collaboration with Genenvieve Grady.
Seeta’s other work: Alter Ego – a collaboration with Kamala Devam.
Seeta Patel. The Place 2008
Seeta Patel. The Place 2008
Bishopsgate Fashions and the Conventional High Street
Apparently the world’s first pop-up shopping mall will be assembled within the next month at the former Bishopsgate Goods Yard. The historic site will be renamed ‘Boxpark’ and will house 60 recycled shipping containers, spanning two floors. According to the advertising hype it promises to be “a radical, ground-breaking alternative to the ailing conventional high-street”. What the organisers have failed to realise is that such an alternative existed for years when every Sunday a small army of people would sell a range of clothes and household items. One of my favourite retailers was the woman below.
An 'alternative' shop keeper promotes her stock at the Bishopsgate Goods Yard. London 1998.
Indo Mosque
My local pub (the pub closest to where I live) is opposite the East London Mosque. These photographs provide a splendid view of both at the same time.
The Indo pub and the East London Mosque. London 1999
The Indo pub and the East London Mosque. London 1999
Exchange Square
Built in the early 1990’s as part of the redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station Exchange Square has always felt to me like a space designed to pay homage to Capitalism. The tablet of stone (below) once touched by bankers, gives them unrivalled powers to rob money from the rest of us. The curvaceous sculptural steel architecture hints at a menacing alien spaceship which has brought privileged knowledge about quantitative easing and Armageddon Hedge Funds. Possibly I was left with these feelings after a security guard told me I needed ‘written permission’ to take photographs on the square as it was private property.
Exchange Square. City of London, 1993
Exchange Square. City of London, 1993
View from Exchange Square. City of London, 1993
