Comments on: Suresh Singh’s Spitalfields https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/29/suresh-singhs-spitalfields/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:46:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/29/suresh-singhs-spitalfields/#comment-1235249 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:46:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169883#comment-1235249 Suresh certainly knew what he was doing when he took these photographs in 1979. A marvellous collection taken by a young photographer with a natural eye for composition and subject. It would be great to see some contemporary photographs of Spitalfields from Suresh. I photographed the woman on Brick Lane around four years later wearing the same coat. She appears in my book Brick Lane published by Spitalfields life. She lived in Flower & Dean walk.

]]> By: Marla https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/29/suresh-singhs-spitalfields/#comment-1234837 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:04:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169883#comment-1234837 I absolutely love the photograph of the woman in the white coat with her torso framed by the wall painted sign. I only wonder what the words, framing her head, mean?

]]> By: Jose Cadaveira https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/29/suresh-singhs-spitalfields/#comment-1234739 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:16:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169883#comment-1234739 There are some really brilliant photos here! Thanks for sharing, love the atmosphere, takes me back to when I was a kid.

Jose C.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/29/suresh-singhs-spitalfields/#comment-1234732 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:04:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169883#comment-1234732 Yes – fascinating to see the Spitalfields area before gentrification. Suresh obviously has a good eye, and I thought the shoe shop window photograph was particularly striking.

I also really enjoyed his book, and thought his Dad came across as an extraordinary character…

]]> By: Peta Bridle https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/29/suresh-singhs-spitalfields/#comment-1234689 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:12:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169883#comment-1234689 Dear Suresh
I hope you were given an A for your photography project. They are beautiful pictures. I particularly like the 3rd picture of the view over the rooftops and chimney pots on Hanbury Street. It is interesting to see the many gaps on the streets in your photos – all patched up now!
Best wishes Peta

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/29/suresh-singhs-spitalfields/#comment-1234680 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 07:06:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169883#comment-1234680 Those photos really capture the atmosphere of the area at that time. Valerie

]]> By: Jane Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/10/29/suresh-singhs-spitalfields/#comment-1234675 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 06:33:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169883#comment-1234675 What wonderful moody photos. I also really enjoyed Suresh’s book. I read it in one sitting and was reminded how extraordinary ‘ordinary’ lives can be – it was a sheer delight. I hope this is the beginning and not the end of his writing career.

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