Скачать или смотреть TALK: Chris Dorley Brown: Hackney Wick changes since the 1980s

One man's photographs that show how Hackney Wick has changed since the 1980's

Chris Dorley Brown is a renowned photographer who has been photographing Hackney Wick and researching its history for over 30 years. In this talk he will be sharing a personal history of Hackney Wick through photography from the mid-1980s onward. The story begins with the famous blowdowns of the tower blocks of Trowbridge Estate and goes through to the 2012 Games and the development of a new city within a city.

Chris is joined for a Q&A by Wick ward councillor of over 20 years, Jessica Webb.

Wikipedia says of Chris's work "Since 1993 he has collaborated with other people on a variety of projects in radio, print, cinema, television, Internet and architecture. His photography books include The Longest Way Round (2015), Drivers in the 1980s (2015) and The Corners (2018). His films include BBC in the East End 1958–1973 (2007) and 15 Seconds Part 3 (2015)."


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For more details on Chris and his work see https://modrex.com/

'Old Buildings, New Architecture': https://www.rgarchitects.com/old-buil...

Chris contributed to the Hackney Society publication Hackney: Modern, Restored, Forgotten, Ignored and Hackney: Portrait of a Community. https://hackney.hk/portrait

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