East End Women In Colour
These portraits were all taken by Contributing Photographer Sarah Ainslie for Spitalfields Life over the past eight years. You can see them in Sarah’s exhibition WOMEN OF THE EAST END AT WORK which runs at the Brady Centre in Hanbury St until 30th March as part of Women’s History Month.
Sue Venning, Proprietor, G Kelly Pie & Mash, Roman Rd
Elfet, Garage Mechanic, Three Colts Lane
Anjum Ishtaq, Heba Women’s Project, Brick Lane
Mrs Mustapha, Nazal Dry Cleaners, Hackney Rd
Sandra Esqulant, Publican at The Golden Heart, Spitalfields, and Molly
Shakala, Customer Assistant at Favorite Fried Chicken
Fatima Chowdury, Jumara Noor Eli and Sumsun Nahar Shirna at Mahir Sarees in Bethnal Green
Arful Nessa, Home Machinist, Spitalfields
Laura Porter, Powerlifter, Bethnal Green
Carol Burns, Manager, C.E. Burns Waste Paper Merchants, Spitalfields
Chloe Robertson, Electroplater at Margolis Silver, London Fields
Photographs copyright © Sarah Ainslie
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Good to see so many different women doing their work. Valerie
There’s a dignity between each one of the women and the photographer which powerfully comes across. Love that each picture tells a story about the individuals and records the variety of work the women are doing. Another great post.
Thank you, Sarah, for showing all of these amazing women full-frontal, looking us right in the eye. There isn’t a profile, or a 3/4s view in the bunch. I love it.
Pride, capability, strength, and beauty.
Onward and upward!
Would like to send this to my husband’s actor cousin Steven Berkoff who has published his own photographic albums of the East End.
A great post, showing the role of women in many different walks of life in the East End; such diversity in every image. Many thanks
Great women. Great photo’s!
Wonderfully dignified images. I especially love the outdoor location of Home Machinist.