HERE TODAY

Carpenter’s Road

Views of east London made in 2010 that draws on the aesthetics of picture postcards from the 1970s. Composition, choreography of passers-by and vivid colour transforms the locations into hyperreal places of interest. The photos are published as artist postcards and limited edition prints.

C-Type prints, Postcards, 2010

Hollow Pond

Link Road

Friendship Way

Argon Road

Town Hall

Central Parade

Coronation Gardens

Here Today formed part of a 15 metre installation documenting the lives and surroundings of inhabitants of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, a community engaged exhibition by photography collective Image 17 in an unused office space in Wathamstow. The salon hang of 142 photographic prints emulates the narrative and scale of Grayson Perry’s eponymous artwork with twelve photographers exploring themes such as capitalism, consumerism and the cycle of life from birth to death. Each artist's work is interspersed with the others creating connections picture by picture, ultimately creating a collective visual journey. Through collaboration, the artists were able to challenge modes of practice, the nature of ownership and reflect on collective responsibility within the local community.

Exhibition view, The Walthamstow Tapestry (after Grayson Perry), 2010