Just a few images from around my rapidly gentrifying ‘manor’ in the East End of London. Images taken on phone, film, DSLR and mirrorless.
Tag Archives: Hackney
Exhibition Update
Two of my images are currently on show in the 2018 LIP Annual Exhibition which runs from today, October 2nd until the 7th at the Espacio gallery in Bethnal Green Road, East London.
Both images come from a set I have been making around ephemeral and temporary shelters and occupations by homeless people in the borders between hackney Tower Hamlets and the City in East London. An area challenged by increasing disparities in both wealth and lifestyle.
Exhibition: LIP Annual 2018
I have had a couple of images from my ongoing Hackney Road series selected to be shown in this years LIP Annual Exhibition at the Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green Road. The Exhibition runs from the 2nd to the 7th of October 2018. Opening hours as follows: Tue 2 – Sat 6 October 1-7pm; Sun 7 1-5pm. The Venue is 5 minutes from brick lane, walking east and ten minutes from Shoreditch High Street the 8 & 388 bus routes also run past Espacio.
Darkitecture VI
Latest addition to the ongoing series on empty buildings in London. This, the first for this winter, is in the Hoxton area of London, a building which must be worth a fortune yet has been empty for ages.
Personally, I was drawn by the green fluorescent light in the building on the left and the way it contrasts with the red light on the right.
Flower
A wire hanging from an old taxi which is being broken up, near hackney road.
A chair
The colour combinations here elevate fly tipping to the level of art!
Garage
A companion to this – and only a couple of arches away from the earlier shot.
Wyke Road (Contax G90mm Sample)
A bonus upload for today. This was seen in hackney Wick last December. Made with the Contax G fit 90mm this shot really shows the sharpness and ‘Pop’ that the lens can deliver on the A7r in good light. I was lucky enough to spot this lens, in the rare black version, in Cash Converters for a relative pittance and snapped it up. Rather than go down the helicoid route I had went for the latest version of the Tech-Art adapter which meant a bit of a wait before I could make use of it but n this walk I tried to use it as much as possible and I’m really pleased with the results.
Definitely a keeper and a great lightweight alternative to the C/Y fit 85/1.4 Planar with the added bonus of being an AF lens and, in all honesty, while the AF hunts a bit I’d say that it is quite usable and definite improvement on using the Canon 24-105L on my Metabones smart adapter III which drove me mad…
I am really enjoying the Manual aperture ring too, I wish more makers would follow Fuji’s lead on that front. There’s an honesty about changing that setting on the lens which is really appealing and direct.
