Comments on: Tony Armstrong Jones’ East End https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/11/toby-armstron-jones-east-end/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:41:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/11/toby-armstron-jones-east-end/#comment-1710807 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:41:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202815#comment-1710807 Here I am, ever the Romantic soul. I am speculating that Princess Margaret, tra la, fell for QUITE a fascinating and wildly-layered man, when she took up with this gifted astute photographer. The man who took these photos had a gift for human drama, composition, chiaroscuro, etc. May I
ask if the shapes in one of the photos are “casts” of hands; perhaps from an art studio? I keep inspecting them, and am still not sure. Either way, they are compelling. And I am so captivated by the illuminated nativity scene, seemingly blazing away in the cold night air — attracting these
two young men and provoking wonder.

I love the grit and grime of these photos.

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/11/toby-armstron-jones-east-end/#comment-1710735 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:05:11 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202815#comment-1710735 Back in the 90s I went to an exhibition of his photography in Edinburgh. Some of the photos from the 60s highlighted the lives of mentally disabled people in institutions and were very poignant. I also remember a black and white photo of Princes William and Harry as boys, William sitting on a carver chair and Harry standing beside him. It looked like it was telling us the seated Prince William was a future King and his brother was there to support him in his role. How unfortunate things have turned out for them as Harry’s gaze in the photo was one of a small boy showing love and respect for his elder brother.

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