{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-east-end","title":"A History of the East End","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-form__buttons\"\u003eNouveau Palais, 2024, softcover, 152 pages, 18 x 29.5 cm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-form__buttons\"\u003eChris Dorley Brown has documented London’s East End all his life. Today, we are delighted to present this collection in a retrospective book – the photographer’s first monograph.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-form__buttons\"\u003eChris Dorley Brown is a self-taught British documentary photographer, based in London’s East End. His cultural education was formed in East London in the late 1970s, against a backdrop of highly polarized political conflict and change.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-form__buttons\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-form__buttons\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe photographs presented in this book - almost 100 - were taken between 1984 and 2023. The journey through the book is like taking a stroll: starting on the banks of the Thames, we discover the vernacular architecture of the 1980s; their demolition a few years later; followed by more recent architecture. We follow the transformations brought about by construction for the Olympic Games; then, the deserted streets during lockdown; ending on the banks of the Thames, almost at its mouth. One-offs, here and there, intersperse these main themes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-form__buttons\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-form__buttons\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTexts and leaflets are included in the book. The author recounts his career with a certain ease: the depictions are very visual, and anecdotes are related side-by-side with his most profound thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Chris Dorley Brown,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003esaudade\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the word that best sums up this work, a story that Native Americans told and sang to each other as they travelled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58443312365952,"sku":null,"price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/71ExRpu9rUL._SL1500.jpg?v=1783959047","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/a-history-of-the-east-end","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}