Shot between 2009 and 2017, these images take the street corners of London’s east end as a place of arrival, departure and coincidence. Using the rich textures of the buildings as backdrops that suggest a historical framework, the passing pedestrians negotiate the space and each other in the early morning light of Spring and Summer. The Corners was published by Hoxton Mini Press in 2018.
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Photographer | CHRIS DORLEY BROWN |
Chris Dorley-Brown is a British documentary photographer and filmmaker headquartered in London's East End. For his series 'The Corner', he photographed today's hip districts east of the medieval city center and north of the River Thames. East End emerged in the 18th century as an aggregate of factory districts such as those specialized in textile manufacture in the hinterland of the London harbor. Jack the Ripper once wreaked havoc on...