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Chancers and Dancers

This series of photographs, taken while I was squatting in Fieldgate Mansions in Whitechapel between 1973 and 1984, records a vital community of artists, homeless people and Bengali families who shared these streets with the traders, drinkers and long term residents just making the best of what there was. Thanks to the tenacity and determination of these people, many of the dignified buildings survive today, restored and still in use for housing.

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Children play with an abandoned car in Fieldgate Mansions
Children play with an abandoned car in Fieldgate Mansions
Busker, Cheshire Street, Shoreditch 1975.
Busker, Cheshire Street, Shoreditch 1975.
The Way of the Cross, Stepney. Easter 1975.
The Way of the Cross, Stepney. Easter 1975.
St Hilda's old people's club, Club Row, Shoreditch 1975.
St Hilda's old people's club, Club Row, Shoreditch 1975.
Hessel Street, Whitechapel. 1973
Hessel Street, Whitechapel. 1973
Bengali boy plays in the courtyard of Fieldgate Mansions
Bengali boy plays in the courtyard of Fieldgate Mansions
Cheshire Street market, Shoreditch 1981.
Cheshire Street market, Shoreditch 1981.
One Man Band, in or near Cheshire Street, Shoreditch 1984.
One Man Band, in or near Cheshire Street, Shoreditch 1984.
Children play in abandoned underground garages beneath the Ranwell Estate, Bow 1991.
Children play in abandoned underground garages beneath the Ranwell Estate, Bow 1991.
St Hilda's, Club Row. 1975
St Hilda's, Club Row. 1975
St Hilda's, Club Row. 1975
St Hilda's, Club Row. 1975
C3-34 Pub during E1 festival.
C3-34 Pub during E1 festival.
H21-10 Busker, Brick Lane, Shoreditch 1978.
H21-10 Busker, Brick Lane, Shoreditch 1978.
E1 Festival. Bigland Street, Whitechapel. 1974.
E1 Festival. Bigland Street, Whitechapel. 1974.
E1 Festival. Bigland Street, Whitechapel. June 1977.
E1 Festival. Bigland Street, Whitechapel. June 1977.
Street market, Cheshire Street, Shoreditch 1975.
Street market, Cheshire Street, Shoreditch 1975.
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