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Simon E
5th December 2009, 09:22 PM
Just read that there is an exhibition of Peter Marlow's night photographs of this area of London. Looking at his biog (http://www.petermarlow.com/) it seems he has been shooting square since the 1990s but earlier work was on 35mm. The Wapping series were a series of night photos, all in B&W and printed on Ilford Galerie.

30 images here (http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.ExhibitionDetail_VPage&pid=2K1HRGMBHOM) on the Magnum site, 11 photos at wallpaper.com (http://www.wallpaper.com/gallery/art/peter-marlow-at-the-wapping-project-bankside/17051518/). Exhibition is on until 10th January 2010 at Bankside, 65a Hopton Street, London SE1 9LR.

TheoP
6th December 2009, 06:42 PM
Might have to go see that when I'm in London over christmas. I remember going to those docks at night when I was younger after reading 'The ruby in the smoke', and being horribly creeped out!

Mike O'Pray
6th December 2009, 08:19 PM
Some great and atmospheric night shots here. I know nothing of Docklands, then or now but looking at the pics rightly or wrongly reminds me of " The Long Good Friday" made in 78/79 with Bob Hoskins where the gangster character played by Bob is looking to develop docklands and predicting a great future for London and docklands - somewhat prophetically as things turned out in the 1980s with Mrs Thatch and the "loadsamoney" zeitgeist.


Mike

brianrbird
7th December 2009, 05:01 PM
Well done Simon this exhibition is definitely a must for me.