I thought it would be useful to set out where I am currently planning to make my photographs for ‘Always Follow Ur Dreams!!’ on a map. This is it….
Annotated Map of Locations for ‘Always Follow Ur Dreams!!’ urban landscapes
©Keith Greenough November 2013
There seems to be an area in the centre around Stepney which I have overlooked. I must have a look around there….
Posted in: Always Follow Ur Dream!!, Documentary, East End London, Locations, Map, OCA YOP, YOP East End Project
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Rob™
November 3, 2013
Interesting you’re doing this – I bought a book on historical Lancashire murders some time ago – never managed to get around to doing anything with it though.
Keith Greenough
November 3, 2013
Yes a similar type of idea…my title may be a bit misleading as the location are not all associated with crimes per se. Joel Sternfeld did something similar with his ‘On this Site’ series. Simon Norfolk also did a series revisiting the sites of genocides and Richard Misrach returned to places of environmental disasters in ‘Petrochemical America’. Misrach’s use of text with images is also pretty relevant to what I am trying to do.
Catherine
November 3, 2013
Interesting to see it laid out like that. Have you been watching the BBC1 series “Ripper Street” Keith?
Keith Greenough
November 3, 2013
No not been watching the Ripper series….maybe I should have been??
Helen
November 3, 2013
Hi Keith, I am rather behind with everyone’s blogs and study progress but this looks really interesting. Not sure if it is relevant, or if you already know about it, but there is a Jewish cemetery between Brady St and Granary Rd (near Sainsbury’s) and also a drinking fountain memorial to Ed7 opposite the old Royal London hospital donated by the Jewish community. I often think that all the closed pubs (often converted to flats or shops) are a striking indication of how the area has been changed by incoming cultures (ie largely teetotal Muslims). The smoking ban is also to blame obvs! : )
Keith Greenough
November 3, 2013
Thanks for the encouragement and the links Helen…..the pub angle is an interesting one in light of the largely Muslim community around Banglatown. There is a pub in Cheshire Street which used to be owned by the Kray brothers which I was interested in but now I’ve focused on immigration it no longer fits. The cemetery sounds particularly interesting given that it could serve as a metaphor for the Jewish community departing the area…
jsumb
November 3, 2013
Have you seen this work by David Gillanders ‘uncivilised’ I will probably reference it in some way for my final run in on Documentary, but I think it has some resonance to your project… http://www.davidgillanders.com/documentary/uncivilised/
Keith Greenough
November 4, 2013
Great link John. Yes this does seem to fit very well with my work. I plan to do a review of his work for the blog and have a careful think about his work. The traditional black and white film gives it a nostalgic feel which seems to reference history and his truncated text leaves much to the imagination…