Comments on: Malcolm Tremain’s East End In Colour

By: Philip Marriage

Philip Marriage — Sun, 26 May 2019 09:41:59 +0000

Wonderfully, the Police box outside Liverpool Street (No 21 (60)) can still be seen to this day.

By: Shawdian

Shawdian — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:19:37 +0000

ATMOSPHERE : PHOTOGRAPHY SPEAKS
Some one mentioned the value of these photographs in colour. Where I think black & white adds more interest to a photo. Like many photographers, I prefer location photographs in black & white which for me allows the charismatic form of the subjects to come alive rather than let the colour speak for them. There is something ‘deep’ about black & white that colour can miss. Plus I like to see the distinction between ‘light & shade’ and ‘shapes’ which black & white can form. I personally think colour can shrink certain subjects in a photo blending the subjects into one mass. Colour photos such as sunsets and certain landscapes and flowers etc can lend a beauty to the pictures capturing the essence of the colours like a painting creates a picture. In portrait photos black & white can add more interest to a face bringing out ‘that something,’ capturing angles and precision which I think colour can miss. Then again there are some facial photos that look beautiful in colour that cannot be found in a black & white. It all depends on the ‘atmosphere’ the creator is trying to capture. Each to ones own. The world is much more interesting having the beauty of Photography. Like music, a photograph can bring out feelings and memories, only you know and understand. Photography Speaks. Magic!

By: Phil Maxwell

Phil Maxwell — Fri, 20 May 2016 17:22:49 +0000

An amazing & unique record.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Sun, 15 May 2016 18:52:39 +0000

M D West – These are all transparencies. Ektachrome and Kodachrome.

By: M D West

M D West — Sat, 14 May 2016 23:20:15 +0000

Very careful, thoughtful work!..Are these transparencies or scanned colour negative or from colour prints…great muted colours!

By: Annie G

Annie G — Sat, 14 May 2016 19:19:28 +0000

Was this the very cold winter of 81-82? It doesn’t snow that often in London but it did that year. So cold in my Shepherds Bush flat….washing froze on the clothes frame.

By: John Rowe

John Rowe — Sat, 14 May 2016 18:11:52 +0000

The blue and white striped coffee bar with viewing lounge upstairs was in Wapping on the river near Hermitage basin. Opposite was a boat ( on dry land) lived in by, I think, an elderly lady.

That stretch of river frontage was derelict and sometimes after a drink bonfires were lit there.

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Sat, 14 May 2016 13:44:49 +0000

Great photos, for me another walk down memory lane. Valerie

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Sat, 14 May 2016 09:43:31 +0000

The locations where I took the photographs are:

1-3 – Oban Street, Bromley-by-Bow
4-5 – Wapping Wall
6 – Little Britain
7 – Bunhill Row
8 – Wapping
9 – Liverpool Street
10 – Wapping Wall
11 – Scandrett Street, Wapping
12 – Tower Buildings, Brewhouse Lane, Wapping
13 – Corner of Wapping Lane and Cinnamon Street, Wapping
14 – 17 – Wapping Wall
18 – Brewhouse Lane, Wapping
19 – King Henry’s Wharf
20 – Tower Bridge Stairs on the south bank
21 – Liverpool Street
22 Between Moorgate and Barbican, now demolished
23 – Billingsgate Market just after it closed
24 -26 – The demolition of Little Britain

The others are correct.

By: Roger Tiller

Roger Tiller — Sat, 14 May 2016 08:44:06 +0000

Just Fabulous photos, takes me right back to the 50/60s, more photos please.
Roger