Comments on: Val Perrin’s Brick Lane https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/04/val-perrins-brick-lane-o/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: John Cunningham https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/04/val-perrins-brick-lane-o/#comment-1456288 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:30:01 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191176#comment-1456288 I know nothing about photography but what always strikes me is how black and white photographs seem to capture an essence that perhaps colour misses. These pics were taken in the very early seventies. As a teenager of the late sixties my memories are all in bright colour. A colour that reflects for me those colourful times, when all seemed possible. Maybe a dose of black and white is a good antidote to my boomer nostalgia for these times. But I did enjoy them…..!

]]> By: Jessica https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/04/val-perrins-brick-lane-o/#comment-1455473 Tue, 05 Apr 2022 12:22:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191176#comment-1455473 Thank you for these images. The faces are so striking – but the clothing of the youth gives away the decade. I would like to compare the landscape captured by these photos over time. Will these photos be preserved in the London Metropolitan Archives?

]]> By: Steve Shinners https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/04/val-perrins-brick-lane-o/#comment-1455439 Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:51:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191176#comment-1455439 I love these photos , they’re like a time machine , back to the seventies.

]]> By: Douglas https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/04/val-perrins-brick-lane-o/#comment-1455404 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:44:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191176#comment-1455404 It was a different world in so many ways and not so long ago. Thank goodness for the photographers that allow us to time travel. Thank goodness for your blog!

]]> By: Mark https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/04/val-perrins-brick-lane-o/#comment-1455401 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:33:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191176#comment-1455401 Fast forward 10 years plus and I spent the odd occasion at the market. People sold any old crap. It seems them times are on the way back.
Thanks tories.
Super snaps.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/04/val-perrins-brick-lane-o/#comment-1455388 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:49:32 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191176#comment-1455388 What a fantastic series. I looked through several times…….the first, to look at faces. The second, to look at surroundings. The third, for the details. And again, just to notice the uncanny compositions of each photo. Near the bottom, look at the photo of the two young boys, facing left. And the old weathered eagle-like gent behind them, facing right. Their youthful faces are so SOFT, his face is so ragged and weary. Beginnings and endings. The entire composition is full of glimpses of faces — and even the sign that pokes up in the rear, seems to be a portrait.

What a slice of humanity. Many thanks, GA. (would love to flip through those boxes of albums!)

]]> By: Bryan Mawer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/04/val-perrins-brick-lane-o/#comment-1455385 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:16:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191176#comment-1455385 The ‘street photography’ of today, with modern digital equipment, is rarely as good as this … these images really do tell stories. Thank you.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/04/val-perrins-brick-lane-o/#comment-1455372 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:27:41 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191176#comment-1455372 Wonderful scenes are captured here: buyers, sellers, young and old, flat-cap wearers, a magician, records, a cup of tea, a puppy, a delighted salesman talking to a customer and three astounded children — and, of course: music. You should be able to travel back in time… Magnum photographers couldn’t have done it better.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/04/val-perrins-brick-lane-o/#comment-1455371 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:27:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191176#comment-1455371 Truly wonderful images. I studied for a degree in the very early 80’s through the Open University, and Brick Lane plus the Docklands & the East End was one of my early case studies, so of course I had to visit and get to know the area. I’d grown up in Chelsea but my married home was in Berkshire, so it wasn’t quite on my doorstep at the time. I fell in love with the area, so rich in human life and history. Incidentally, the first of my sisters-in-laws came from Canning Town. Just love living the past through your wonderful posts Gentle Author, so thank you. Incidentally, I did manage to get a BA Hons!

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/04/04/val-perrins-brick-lane-o/#comment-1455370 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:15:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191176#comment-1455370 How ill-nourished and poor most of the people seem!

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