For the poor, the unwell, the dispossessed and those with mental health difficulties London's East End is a grimy, rough, depressing place to survive and a constant struggle to keep ones head above water.
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Kingsmead Estate, Hackney, London 1991. Neglected by the local authority this became a sink estate occupied by the poorest residents & infested with cockroaches & rats.
Ocean Estate, Tower Hamlets, London 1998. Neglected by the local authority this became a sink estate occupied by the poorest residents & infested with cockroaches & rats.
091210 Cotall Eviction 324 Eviction of squatters from a semi derelict council flats in Cotall Street, Tower Hamlets. Due for demolition they were squatted in Spring 2009 and evicted on December 10, 2009.
091210 Cotall Eviction 313 Eviction of squatters from a semi derelict council flats in Cotall Street, Tower Hamlets. Due for demolition they were squatted in Spring 2009 and evicted on December 10, 2009.
100929 Peter Tatchell Plaque 014 Peter Tatchell & Sir Ian McKellen at the ceremony to place a plaque in honour of the work done by Tatchell & Outrage, Southwark, 29 September 2010.
Nightingale Estate, Hackney, London 1991. Neglected by the local authority this became a sink estate occupied by the poorest residents & infested with cockroaches & rats.
Young teenage friend of black teenager Paul Erhahon on the estate in Leytonstone where he was murdered.