https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/27/nicholas-sack-lost-in-the-city/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 01 May 2013 11:54:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/27/nicholas-sack-lost-in-the-city/#comment-106218 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:32:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87406#comment-106218 It amazes me that no one else has commented on the total isolation of all the people photographed. No one is speaking to anyone else. This is truly chilling photography, a terrifying vision of urban life. Solitary automatons marching purposefully through a grid of iron and steel. Blank expressions….

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/27/nicholas-sack-lost-in-the-city/#comment-106161 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:32:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87406#comment-106161 I do like the sharp contrast between light and shadow especially on a bright sunny day, so technically difficult to achieve. And the chance placing of the little figures as they go strutting about their business. Must take a lot of patience to get exactly the one shot that works visually.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/27/nicholas-sack-lost-in-the-city/#comment-105600 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:28:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87406#comment-105600 Sacks eye for the wonders of the City streets is enhanced by his ability to sieze the moment and not disturb the subjects in his shots. Nearly all his work is devoid of
traffic or irrelevant street furniture and thus creating the eerie atmosphere.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/27/nicholas-sack-lost-in-the-city/#comment-105362 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:29:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87406#comment-105362 they are gorgeous – esp the one of the shadows cast inside the hoardings. but even with london’s curving roadways they are all about the grid, aren’t there. it would make my brain crazy.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/27/nicholas-sack-lost-in-the-city/#comment-105305 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:19:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87406#comment-105305 More of the City seen through Nicholas Sack’s always keen eyes. It is as if, consciously or inadvertently, his figures are taking part in an urban performance, an on-going street choreography. We never know when we may be players.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/27/nicholas-sack-lost-in-the-city/#comment-105287 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:10:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87406#comment-105287 Like very much.
Slightly voyeuristic, strangely intimate and very human.
The people contrasting with the concrete, steel and glass. Some pictures even suggest a freezing of time as someone hurls a “Magic Boomerang” (anybody remember that ?)
Order your t shirts now.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/27/nicholas-sack-lost-in-the-city/#comment-105271 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:31:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87406#comment-105271 Some of these office workers, esp. the woman in the third-last one, remind me of Pina Bausch dancers. Look at the woman on a ledge with her feet sticking out, in heels, and the young man in a suit behind her. Suddenly they would get up and begin a stiff sort of dance.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/27/nicholas-sack-lost-in-the-city/#comment-105212 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:47:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87406#comment-105212 How lovely to be able to take a moment and see people as they really are, in this city. Makes me want to be more observant. Thank you, Nick

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/27/nicholas-sack-lost-in-the-city/#comment-105169 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:49:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87406#comment-105169 Enjoyed looking through those wonderful photographs, thank you

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