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Photography Exhibition
10/07/2010 12:00
11/07/2010 18:00
Europe/London
Streatham High Road
- Seeing the light
by Susanne Hakuba
As part of the Streatham Festival there will be 24 portraits and 30 shop fronts from my recent photography project on show at the Festival Shop. Please come on by to see some colourful images of contemporary Streatham!
The Festival Shop
132 Streatham Hill
SW2 4RS
Saturday July 10th
Midday - 9pm with drinks after 5pm
Sunday July 11th
Midday - 6pm
Streatham High Road (SHR) in South London 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 by CABE*. Seeing this part of London in a negative light appears to be true for locals who think of it as dull, and also for the many people who see SHR solely as a traffic choked through-road rather than a place to spend time at. This is in stark contrast to Streatham of the 1930’s when it was a popular entertainment centre for South London.
As SHR runs north-south, I used the quality of illumination by the rising and setting sun to illustrate the vibrancy of colours that adorn the shops, and which reflects the road’s ethnic diversity. By including passing people, the shop fronts become a stage with people performing everyday life- at times surreal, beautiful or humorous.
With my images I am hoping to provide people with a different perspective of this area, and I believe that this project presents an important visual document that shows that far from being Britain’s worst road SHR in fact is a perfect microcosm of multi-cultural Britain.
http://www.susannehakuba.com
http://www.streathamfestival.com/
