Street Read
The man reading the fly posters on Mile End Road enjoys a collage of contemporary tabloid treats. They include a special report on the world’s richest kids.
Man reading fly posters on Mile End Road, 1983
Man reading a paper on Whitechapel Road, 1984
The man in the Whitechapel betting shop (below) compliments the pavement reader. I suspect they are both studying racing form.
Man in Whitechapel betting shop, 1984
Man reading a paper, Bishopsgate goods yard 1999
Fishermen in Chittagong
Fisherman in Chittagong, 2008
Fisherman in Chittagong, 2008
Fisherman in Chittagong, 2008
Fisherman in Chittagong, 2008
Market Trader
This is the late Bernie Saunders photographed in 1989 in Brushfield Street.
Bernie Saunders in Brushfield Street, 1989
For many years Bernie sold fruit and vegetables from a stall in Middlesex Street (Petticoat Lane). The close proximity of the Spitalfields fruit and vegetable market enabled him to provide fresh food of a high quality.
Bernie Saunders in Brushfield Street, 1989
Bernie was assisted on his stall by his daughter and other family members. In addition to his market business he devoted a great deal of time to his work as a local Councillor in Tower Hamlets.
Lighter Seconds
The boy in these photographs is selling lighters. The four frames below cover a few seconds where he sees me and decides I am a target for his sales skills.
Boy selling lighters, Spitalfields 1986
Boy selling lighters, Spitalfields 1986
It is at this point that the boy decides that he will try to sell me a lighter or two.
Boy selling lighters, Spitalfields 1986
Boy selling lighters, Spitalfields 1986
Brick Lane Dogs and Sheep
Brick Lane is full of the unexpected. The junction of Brick Lane and Quaker Street seems to attract unusual compositions. What is now a clothes shop called ‘Religion’ used to be a coffee shop and before that a pub. The sheep (below) is from Spitalfields farm. The photograph was taken from Quaker Street looking into Brick Lane.
Sheep on Brick Lane & Quaker Street junction, 2002
About twenty years earlier I photographed the boy with the stick (below) from the opposite angle in Brick Lane. He is standing where the sheep is in the 2002 photograph.
Boy with a stick outside a pub on Brick Lane, 1983
Below is a translucent window facing Brick Lane photographed from inside the pub.
Brick Lane pub window advertising Trumans Brewery, 1983
The appearance of this man and his dogs on Brick Lane in 2003 excited my attention. After following him for some time on the other side of the road I was able to cross over and get the shot below. The incongruity of it all is what appealed to me.
Man walking dogs on Brick Lane, 2003
At the time I was preparing twenty years of Brick Lane photographs for an exhibition which was launched in the Brick House in Brick Lane. The man and his dogs made it into the show at the last minute and subsequently brought the dogs into the exhibition!
Opening of 'Brick Lane' at the Brick House, 2003
The dogs (below) had their own private view a week after the launch of the exhibition.
Dogs at the Brick Lane exhibition, 2003
