Comments on: Some East End Portraits by John Claridge

By: john edwards

john edwards — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:59:39 +0000

Little shop of schnorrer’s and mensches goys and not many goils in this – half empty? Half Full? Yes.Through the glass darkly looking glass of warm reflections, rendered forever with that signature etched patina of JC’s that is his alone in getting right down to the nitty-gritty oh! so pretty graphic
snarl of how it was. You had to laugh it was like being in a mime farce with monosyllabic coded
lyrics. Wings of Desire c/w Bicycle Thief. Well done my son.

By: Olga Secerov

Olga Secerov — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:28:27 +0000

Everyone in these portraits is totally different yet they speak the same language. My favourites are ‘woman in Her Kitchen’ and ‘My Mates in Wapping’. I would love a book of these photographs.

By: David Drakes

David Drakes — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:31:03 +0000

Decaying bricks and mortar certainly tell a vivid tale but the real story
of the East End and its sad decline into the annals of history lies in the faces
and demeanour of those who lived through it all . . . JC’s naive and youthful lens
captured wonderfully all that was going on around him . . . a truly everlasting
portrayal of the end of the “East End Empire”.

By: Marien de Goffau

Marien de Goffau — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:55:35 +0000

Great portraits in storytelling photography. John wants his story to be heard in unique black and white prints of the last East End community. One of them his dad in a deck chair. Brilliant. (See that already framed…)

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:10:28 +0000

And they just keep coming! It’s incredible to know that these images are exactly as John shot them all those years ago. No digital, no photoshop and no post production. What an incredible talent which is so lacking in so many of todays ‘photographers’. As I and and so many others have already said; ‘When are these going to get published?’

By: Chris F

Chris F — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:23:13 +0000

We all keep asking John, “When’s the book coming out”? But the book is out… We are simply getting it in eagerly awaited chapters. It’s just how Charles Dickens gave his stories to the world, a little at a time.

By: David Graham Scott

David Graham Scott — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:15:59 +0000

A sentimental journey of joy

By: Jane Spencer-Rolfe

Jane Spencer-Rolfe — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:40:29 +0000

Thanks for sharing these photos. They are just perfect, and such a fabulous record of a ‘time’. You capture the spirit of those photographed, without exception. A rare talent.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:57:36 +0000

Ohy my, another fantastic round of images. So when does the book come out?

By: Cindy Hacker

Cindy Hacker — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:58:19 +0000

Some very interesting-looking characters in the raw and how clever of you to have captured them for us to share. X