https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/01/27/tamara-stolls-ridley-rd-portraits/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 28 Jan 2019 02:30:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/01/27/tamara-stolls-ridley-rd-portraits/#comment-1254025 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 02:30:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172049#comment-1254025 This is lovely – an authentic view of multicultural London. I liked the stories, too. England at its best is like America at its best (I am American) – a collection of wonderful people who bring the best of their traditions and mix them with the traditions of others.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/01/27/tamara-stolls-ridley-rd-portraits/#comment-1253976 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:45:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172049#comment-1253976 Love these!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/01/27/tamara-stolls-ridley-rd-portraits/#comment-1253965 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 13:13:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172049#comment-1253965 Marvelous pictures, so alive.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/01/27/tamara-stolls-ridley-rd-portraits/#comment-1253950 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 11:07:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172049#comment-1253950 Brilliant photos. So much character captured here and Angelique is so beautiful she should be an international supermodel.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/01/27/tamara-stolls-ridley-rd-portraits/#comment-1253941 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:28:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172049#comment-1253941 I remember Friday trolleybus rides in 1938 or 1939 from our home in Stoke Newington to Ridley Rd, and the bedlam at the fish-shop somewhere along the right hand side while my mother claimed the fishmonger’s attention and selected her choice – usually a large Plaice – which then had its fins trimmed and was cut across into slices and wrapped in newspaper.
Bernie

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/01/27/tamara-stolls-ridley-rd-portraits/#comment-1253933 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 08:56:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172049#comment-1253933 Great portraits and stories with connections to so many different worlds from the people Ridley Road. A real community, hope to see more.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/01/27/tamara-stolls-ridley-rd-portraits/#comment-1253927 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 08:27:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=172049#comment-1253927 What a wonderful set of honest and unpretentious portraits. More like this from a great photographer please.

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