Postcards from East London, July 2023.
Some of the most fascinating corners in London are located in East London - a mixture of past, present and how the future it’s shaping up to be. This particular area of the city might feel chaotic and oversaturated, but it’s a portrait of a place in constant movement.
I spent a bright day in July walking around with my old small Canon camera, getting lost in the area. Starting in Kingsland High Street in Dalston and moving into different directions without any -no pun intended- direction.
To connect with the sauce of a place, you need to pay close attention to details, the layers underneath the obvious. At least that works for me as a photographer. It’s not about the beautiful fresh facades but the old ones that survived the test of time - those tell you the whole story. Paying attention to temporary and atemporal elements summarises the evolution of a place and how it’s navigating the right now.
Self-expression and freedom are some of the keywords of East London. Here the Londoner experience feels very particular and eccentric.
This area might feel like pure contradiction. Safe queer-spaces located next to the most traditional-looking barber shop. Seconds later, a very vibrant and quirky independent cafe next to yet another corner Pret A Manger. And the list goes on. The contrast between a very mundane place right next to a slightly pretentious one it’s also the norm here.
East is not the ideal for everyone but somehow this area sometimes feels more London than anything else in London.
More of my creative work >> WHEN I CLICK Instagram
