Comments on: David Hoffman’s Easter In Stepney https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/20/david-hoffmans-easter-in-stepney/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:09:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/20/david-hoffmans-easter-in-stepney/#comment-1715033 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:09:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202955#comment-1715033 Photo # 22:

Evocative!

]]> By: Janet M https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/20/david-hoffmans-easter-in-stepney/#comment-1714426 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 03:59:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202955#comment-1714426 Wonderful photographs! They are beautifully composed and printed.

I was reminded of the time I saw people out in a city park having a bit of a sword fight. They were in costume and practicing for a Passion play. 😉

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/20/david-hoffmans-easter-in-stepney/#comment-1714094 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 07:32:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202955#comment-1714094 Very moving scenes

]]> By: sarah ainslie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/20/david-hoffmans-easter-in-stepney/#comment-1713915 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 21:13:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202955#comment-1713915 Incredibly powerful photographs especially the ones in the estate.

]]> By: Michael Byrne https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/20/david-hoffmans-easter-in-stepney/#comment-1713802 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 12:23:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202955#comment-1713802 Great, evocative photos.

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/20/david-hoffmans-easter-in-stepney/#comment-1713745 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 08:45:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202955#comment-1713745 I certainly didn’t expect a “living passion” in the East End. Incredible. But what really surprises me is that David Hoffman’s pictures were taken in the 70’s. I live in Chinchón, about 40 miles Southeast of Madrid, and the town celebrates a “living passion” every Easter Saturday since… 1963. Some ten years before the East End’s. There are five other little towns that do the same, Morata de Tajuña, for example, started in 1987. The East End was ahead of some very Catholic little towns.

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/20/david-hoffmans-easter-in-stepney/#comment-1713722 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 07:31:14 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202955#comment-1713722 What a big community event. Just wondering why there are three different people playing Jesus?

]]> By: Susan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/04/20/david-hoffmans-easter-in-stepney/#comment-1713703 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 06:10:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202955#comment-1713703 This is great. In a bizzare kind of way, it reminds me of the film “Jesus of Montreal” (which, while old, is terrific).

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