Slideshow of photography project: Streatham High Road- Seeing the light

When: Friday, April 23rd  at 4pm and 7pm

Where: Streatham Library, 63 Streatham High Road

During the year of 2009 I photographed along Streatham High Road to capture contemporary Streatham.

Streatham High Road (SHR) is not only what is locally believed to be the longest High Road in the UK but was also voted Britain’s worst street in a 2002 poll byCABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment). However, with my images I am hoping to provide a different perspective of this area- a reviewing of the place and the people to show it in a different light. I believe that this project presents an important visual document that shows that far from being Britain’s worst road, SHR is in fact a microcosm of multi-cultural Britain and, hence, representative of modern day Britain.

You can see images of my project at: www.susannehakuba.com

You can read my blog about this project at: http://streathamhighroad.blogspot.com/

 After very successful presentations at Streatham Library in January and at Streatham Society in March, I have managed to secure another date for two slideshow presentations of my Streatham High Road project at Streatham Library.

The presentation will be about 1h long with a slideshow of images and a discussion about the project, my experiences and your comments afterwards. As it is all about the wonderful people of Streatham it would be lovely to see you all there! So please save the date!