London Life by Colin O’Brien
I’ve just discovered Colin O’Brien’s work and got stuck on his website for half an hour. An exhibition of the photographer’s work opened at the Hackney Museum last week, showing life in London – and O’Brien’s local Hackeny, where he has lived since 1984 – over a period of more than 60 years. It’s unclear which images will be on show and if you can’t get to Hackney anyway, here’s a selection of shots from the photographer’s own website – including a few from his great Moments In History section, which is much more community-minded than it sounds, covering occasions such as Last Day of the 38 Bus and Last Day of Smoking in Shoreditch. Some of the other shots remind me a bit of Bert Hardy’s famous photographs of the Gorbals.
The exhibition runs until 6 September at Hackney Museum.
thanks for the info – will definitely try and head over to the exhibition as these photos just make you stop and look don’t they. not heard of him before but would love some of these in my home
gorgeous – they all tell such a story 🙂