Over the past few months I’ve been loosely working on a couple of projects. Uniformity in urban style, the workings of the Colombia Road flower market, and street life in East London. Strangely these three themes crossed over in this one image.
I’m not too sure how these projects will end up. Or what format they’ll be presented in. So far I’ve been casually building them as the mood takes me. I might start to focus more on the specifics as opposed to my current scatter gun approach.
Strolling through Colombia Road, up to Brick Lane, and around by Spitalfields Market this morning certainly gave me a lot to think about. Such a vibrant part of London. So full of possibilities, so many contradictions, and every inch of pavement brimming with energy.
Hmm… Where to start?
Sheridan Flynn – Aug 10
Dave Boswell - Cabinet Maker - © 2010 Sheridan Flynn
This is a photo of my very good mate Dave Boswell. He is the self proclaimed last cabinet maker of Shoreditch. I spent the afternoon with him in his fascinating workshop drinking tea, chatting about the timber, and discussing the ills of East London’s youth. We both agreed that most problems can be solved by giving people something meaningful and interesting to do. Like welding, carpentry, painting, or creating something of purpose.
Dave is a man full of ancient tales. Every tool and piece of wood hanging from his wall has a string of stories attached to it. He’s making me a table. I must get the history behind the wood he’s using.
Sheridan Flynn.
Just got my hands on an iPad. The moment I held it in my hand it really felt like something very special. After 30 years of home computers a device has finally arrived that makes it a pleasure to read text and view images on. To the naysayers, yes it’s an over sized iPhone locked down by Apple’s walled garden of censorship. But the iPad is a truly compelling tool that will hopefully spark the imaginations of hardware manufactures and software developers to drive inovation into exciting unchartered territories. As for photographers, artists writers, and journalists I really hope we grasp this shift in media and make something as interesting as the device itself.
The images displayed are from the free Guardian Eyewitness app.
1. © Paolo Pellegrin
2. © Emanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images
3. © Getty Images
4. © Aly Song/Reuters
