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Book 1 from the series 'Tales from the City'
'People of London' by Peter Zelewski. 160pp, hardcover with cloth-covered back case and spine, gold foiled, 222 x 157 mm
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
This is book 1 from a series dedicated to the best urban photography from around the world. The books are similar to our grey-spined series but 20% bigger with cloth wrapped around the back. Even better!
Motivated by a love of London and its people, Peter Zelewski spent over five years taking photographs of strangers throughout the city. This collection of 100 powerful portraits, accompanied by intimate quotes, is a celebration of the diversity and spirit of one of the world's most dynamic cities.
Born in Detroit and having made London his home for the past 30 years, Peter Zelewski has long considered himself a Londoner. With his mother having grown up just off the Caledonian Road and family full of Arsenal supporters, London has always been in his blood. Peter’s unique style of street portraiture has earned him a place of numerous publications and exhibitions including at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Peter divides his time between commercial photography and self-initiated portraiture projects.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-15-2
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Book 2 from the series 'Tales from the City'
'On the Night Bus' by Nick Turpin. 104pp, hardcover with cloth-covered back case and spine, gold foiled, 222 x 157 mm
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
This is book 2 from a series dedicated to the best urban photography from around the world. The books are similar to our grey-spined series but 20% bigger with cloth wrapped around the back. Even better!
Acclaimed street photographer Nick Turpin has captured painterly portraits of London commuters on buses at night. The images, shot through steamed windows during the winter months, show passengers in various states of slumber, conversation or thought. With an introduction by Will Self.
At the age of twenty Nick Turpin became the youngest full-time photographer on a national UK broadsheet, spending seven years shooting news, features and portraits for The Independent. Nick is a self-proclaimed ‘Street Photography Evangelist’ and has spread his enthusiasm for the art through books, exhibitions, workshops, TV, radio and lecturing. In 2000, he founded the international collective iN-PUBLiC which has played a significant role in the modern resurgence of street photography.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-16-9
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Book 3 from the series 'Tales from the City'
'London Youth' by Julian Mährlein. 128pp, hardcover with cloth-covered back case and spine, white & gold foiled, 222 x 157 mm
As featured on Creative Review, BBC News and Huck Magazine.
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
This is book 3 from a series dedicated to the best urban photography from around the world. The books are similar to our grey-spined series but 20% bigger with cloth wrapped around the back. Even better!
After the London 2011 riots, young photographer Julian Mährlein set out to capture the faces and voices of inner-city teenagers. The resulting portraits, shot on the streets with natural light, reveal the surprisingly tender side of a generation so often misrepresented and which faces a world in profound flux.
Always looking for new ways to represent current social and political issues, Julian Mährlein’s work navigates between social documentary and portraiture. Julian grew up in Germany but completed his studies in London, receiving his BA in Photography from London College of Communication and his MA in Art & Politics from Goldsmiths. His images have been shown in the British Journal of Photography, Dazed Digital, AnOther Magazine and on the BBC as well as many other places.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-20-6
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Book 4 from the series 'Tales from the City'
'Urban Dirt Bikers' by Spencer Murphy. 128pp, hardcover with cloth-covered back case and spine, white & gold foiled, 222 x 157 mm
As featured on Vogue Italia, The British Journal of Photography, The Guardian and I-D.
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
This is book 4 from a series dedicated to the best urban photography from around the world. The books are similar to our grey-spined series but 20% bigger with cloth wrapped around the back. Even better!
Whatever their ride – dirt bikes, quads, mopeds – tearing up tarmac and pulling stunts on industrial estates or city streets is self-expression. In the face of the law and a hostile public, they are united by a passion and a way of life that few outsiders appreciate. Acclaimed photographer Spencer Murphy lifts the lid on London’s most misunderstood subculture, capturing the style and attitude of a movement that is life or death for its followers.
Spencer Murphy is a fine art and commercial photographer based in London. Best known for his portrait photography, in 2013 he won the National Portrait Gallery's Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize, his work having been selected for the exhibition six times beforehand. Spencer’s personal work is often concerned with the notion of the outsider; those who live an alternative, rebel lifestyle away from – or in spite of – our preconceptions of what is deemed to be normal.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-21-3
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Book 5 from the series 'Tales from the City'
'New York Waterways' by Susannah Ray. 120pp, hardcover with cloth-covered back case and spine, white & gold foiled, 222 x 157 mm.
Comes with an 8-page booklet featuring Walt Whitman's poem 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry'.
As featured on It's Nice That and Huck Magazine.
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
This is book 5 from a series dedicated to the best urban photography from around the world. The books are similar to our East London series but 20% bigger with cloth wrapped around the back. Even better!
ABOUT THE BOOK
New York City is defined by water, yet many of its shorelines are largely unknown. These lyrical photographs, inspired by a Walt Whitman poem, take us on a seasonal journey past sheltered bays, under great bridges and over deep rivers to give us a moving perspective on a megacity we thought we knew so well.
Susannah Ray lives in the Rockaways, a small peninsula on the edge of New York City bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Jamaica Bay, and JFK International Airport. This intersection of city and water is at the heart of her work. Susannah studied photography at Princeton University and the School of Visual Arts MFA Program in Photography and Related Media, and is an Associate Professor of Photography at Hofstra University.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-27-5
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Book 6 from the series 'Tales from the City'
'Botanical' by Samuel Zeller. 144pp, hardback with cloth-covered back case and spine, white & gold foiled, 222 x 157 mm.
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
As featured in AnOther Magazine and Creative Boom
ABOUT THE BOOK
From Paris to Prague, from Glasgow to Geneva, photographer Samuel Zeller captures the strange beauty of exotic plants seen through the dappled glass of greenhouses. These images reveal a rare serenity found in the heart of each city.
With an introduction by Rachel Segal Hamilton.
Samuel Zeller is a freelance fine art photographer based in Geneva, Switzerland. His work reflects a lifelong love of art, influenced by his parents, both artists, and his previous career in graphic and interior design. He now pursues personal projects as well as commercial photography and operates Fujifeed, an online community for Fujifilm photographers.
This is the first edition, second printing.
Book design by Friederike Huber.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-33-6
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Book 7 from the series 'Tales from the City'
'Berlin Nights', 128pp, cloth spine, 222mm x 157mm.
Christian Reister's intense, evocative photographs capture the hedonism of Berlin’s nightlife. With compact 35mm camera and monochrome vision, Christian Reister exposes the underground clubs, wild energy and random encounters of a unique city that comes truly alive after dark.
With an introduction by Tom Seymour.
This is the first edition.
Book design by Friederike Huber.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-41-1
£75.00
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Book 1 from the series 'Tales from the City' + PRINT
Motivated by a love of London and its people, Peter Zelewski spent over five years taking photographs of strangers throughout the city. This collection of 100 powerful portraits, accompanied by intimate quotes, is a celebration of the diversity and spirit of one of the world's most dynamic cities.
A fully cloth-covered Collector's Edition of People of London by Peter Zelewski presented in a bespoke cloth-covered clamshell box complete with signed and numbered limited edition print.
Edition of 100, 202mm x 148mm (paper size), giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag 188gsm, signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition numbers allocated from lowest to highest as orders are processed.
Price will rise as editions sell out.
No. 1-50: £75
No. 51-75: £100
No. 76-100: £150
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Book 3 from the series 'Tales from the City' + PRINT
After the London 2011 riots, young photographer Julian Mährlein set out to capture the faces and voices of inner-city teenagers. The resulting portraits, shot on the streets with natural light, reveal the surprisingly tender side of a generation so often misrepresented and which faces a world in profound flux.
This Collector's Edition of London Youth by Julian Mährlein is presented in a bespoke cloth-covered clamshell box complete with signed and numbered limited edition print.
Edition of 100, 202mm x 148mm (paper size), giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag 188gsm, signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition numbers allocated from lowest to highest as orders are processed. Price will rise as editions sell out:
No. 1-50: £75
No. 51-75: £100
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Book 4 from the series 'Tales from the City' + PRINT
Whatever their ride – dirt bikes, quads, mopeds – tearing up tarmac and pulling stunts on industrial estates or city streets is self-expression. In the face of the law and a hostile public, they are united by a passion and a way of life that few outsiders appreciate. Acclaimed photographer Spencer Murphy lifts the lid on London’s most misunderstood subculture, capturing the style and attitude of a movement that is life or death for its followers.
This Collector's Edition of Urban Dirt Bikers by Spencer Murphy is presented in a bespoke cloth-covered clamshell box complete with signed and numbered limited edition print.
Edition of 100, 202mm x 148mm (paper size), giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag 188gsm, signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition numbers allocated from lowest to highest as orders are processed. Price will rise as editions sell out:
No. 1-50: £75
No. 51-75: £100
No. 76-100: £150
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£75.00
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Book 5 from the series 'Tales from the City' + PRINT
New York City is defined by water, yet many of its shorelines are largely unknown. These lyrical photographs, inspired by a Walt Whitman poem, take us on a seasonal journey past sheltered bays, under great bridges and over deep rivers to give us a moving perspective on a megacity we thought we knew so well.
This Collector's Edition of New York Waterways by Susannah Ray is presented in a bespoke cloth-covered clamshell box complete with signed and numbered limited edition print.
Edition of 100, 202mm x 148mm (paper size), giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag 188gsm, signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition numbers allocated from lowest to highest as orders are processed. Price will rise as editions sell out:
No. 1-50: £75
No. 51-75: £100
No. 76-100: £150
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£100.00
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Book 6 from the series 'Tales from the City' + PRINT
From Paris to Prague, from Glasgow to Geneva, photographer Samuel Zeller captures the strange beauty of exotic plants seen through the dappled glass of greenhouses. These images reveal a rare serenity found in the heart of each city.
This Collector's Edition of Botanical by Samuel Zeller is presented in a bespoke cloth-covered clamshell box made in London, and comes complete with signed and numbered limited edition print.
Edition of 100, 202mm x 148mm (paper size), giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag 188gsm, signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition numbers allocated from lowest to highest as orders are processed. Price will rise as editions sell out:
No. 1-50: £75
No. 51-75: £100
No. 76-100: £150
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£75.00
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Book 7 from the series 'Tales from the City'
Christian Reister's intense, evocative photographs capture the hedonism of Berlin’s nightlife. With compact 35mm camera and monochrome vision, Christian Reister exposes the underground clubs, wild energy and random encounters of a unique city that comes truly alive after dark.
This Collector's Edition of Berlin Nights by Christian Reister is presented in a bespoke cloth-covered clamshell box made in London, and comes complete with signed and numbered limited edition print.
Edition of 100, 202mm x 148mm (paper size), giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag 188gsm, signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition numbers allocated from lowest to highest as orders are processed. Price will rise as editions sell out:
No. 1-50: £75
No. 51-75: £100
No. 76-100: £150
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Book design by Friederike Huber.
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As featured on Huck Magazine and Creative Boom
ABOUT THE BOOK:
London is one of the world’s most photographed cities, so you might think there’s nothing left to see. But you’d be wrong. Through the eyes of 25 contemporary photographers you can venture along hidden canals, around notorious housing estates, through surreal street scenes and deep underground. This is London as it is today, and as you’ve never seen it before.
This illuminating book compiles the work of 25 world-class photographers:
Thom and Beth Atkinson, James O Jenkins, Rut Blees Luxemburg, David Vintiner, Matt Stuart, Janie Airey, Vicky Grout, Ben West, Effie Paleologou, Stephen Leslie, Dougie Wallace, Anton Rodriguez, Simon Norfolk, Mark Sanders, George Georgiou, Andy Sewell, Lorenzo Vitturi, Carl Bigmore, Giacomo Brunelli, Cian Oba-Smith, Johanna Neurath, Lewis Bush, Shahed Saleem and Nick Turpin.
Words by Rachel Segal Hamilton. Rachel is a London-based freelance journalist who has written extensively on photography for The British Journal of Photography, VICE, The Telegraph, The Royal Photographic Society Journal, Professional Photography and others.
288pp hardback, 242 x 186 mm.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-24-4
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Our series 'Vintage Britain' is dedicated to rediscovering the best photographs taken in Britain during the mid to late 20th century.
You will receive a copy of each of the following:
The East End in Colour 1960-1980 by David Granick (Book 1)
The Isle of Dogs: Before the big money by Mike Seaborne (Book 2)
Dog Show 1961-1978 by Shirley Baker (Book 3)
Paradise Street: The lost art of playing outside (Book 4)
The East End in Colour 1980-1990 (Book 5)
London Underground 1970-1980 (Book 6)
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'East London Photo Stories', 320pp, cloth spine, 199mm x 139mm.
A compilation of photographs from our acclaimed book series dedicated to East London. As featured in the Guardian.
Outdoor swimmers, bright-eyed new mothers, hungover footballers, discarded flowers and dark ethereal landscapes; each project in this photographic collection reveals hidden narratives, subtle beauty and unexpected humour in
London’s most diverse and vibrant area.
This book features original text by Rachel Segal Hamilton and a map showing the area in which each project was photographed.
Photography by Martin Usborne (I've Lived in East London for 86 1/2 Years), Madeleine Waller (East London Swimmers), Zed Nelson (A Portrait of Hackney), Dougie Wallace (Shoreditch Wild Life), Jenny Lewis (One Day Young), Chris Dorley-Brown (Drivers in the 1980s), Johanna Neurath (Columbia Road), Nicholas Sack (Lost in the City), David George (Hackney By Night), Chris Baker (Sunday Football), Freya Najade (Along the Hackney Canal), Polly Braden and David Campany (Adventures in the Lea Valley) and Andrew Holligan (Dalston in the 80s).
This is the first edition.
Book design by Friederike Huber.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-42-8
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'Portrait of Britain', 336pp, hardback, cloth spine, uncoated paper, 199mm x 151mm.
As featured in The Guardian and on BBC News
In collaboration with British Journal of Photography
Introduced by Will Self
200 photographs that capture the face of a changing nation.
Portrait of Britain is an annual photography exhibition showcasing the best portraits taken by people throughout the country. The winning photographs, selected from BJP's open-call competition, are displayed on digital billboard screens nationwide – in train stations, airports, shopping centres and on high streets – and are seen by over 10 million people.
Now in its third year, the exhibition will re-launch on 1 September 2018 for one month but for the first time with this book. Portrait of Britain is a small, chunky hardback featuring 200 shortlisted portraits alongside information about each image and selected quotes from the photographers. Together these photographs celebrate the richness and diversity of a vibrant nation at a time of pivotal change.
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'These magnificent photographs capture at once the great diversity and the inescapable identity of the British. Gay, straight, bisexual and non-normative; male, female and non-binary; old, young and in between — how can it be that these — every one a compelling identity in its own right — are nonetheless trumped by a Britishness as heavy and irresistible as a Dundee fruit cake?
- Will Self, from the introduction
Book design by Shaz Madani
978-1-910566-38-1
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'The Corners' by Chris Dorley-Brown. 96pp, hardback with cloth spine and back cover, fine art paper, 237 x 285 mm.
As featured in the New York Times, Guardian, British Journal of Photography and Suitcase Magazine.
These hyperreal photographs of East London street corners are a unique documentation of an ever-changing landscape. Using multiple exposures, Chris Dorley-Brown plays out different narratives simultaneously, creating dream-like scenes that lie somewhere between fiction and reality.
Chris Dorley-Brown has been living and working in East London for over 20 years. He sett up his own photographic practice in 1984 and has since expanded his activities to film-making and radio and has worked as a sound designer for BBC Radio 3. The Corners is Chris’ third photography book.
**This book won the Best Photography Book Award at British Book Design & Production Awards 2018**
Book design by Friederike Huber.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-32-9
£28.00
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As featured in The Culture Trip and Creative Boom
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Over 200,000 startups launch in London every year. Here are the stories from 30 of the most creative of them. From King’s Cross to New Cross, from digital apps to distilleries, these small businesses have big ambitions to change the way we eat, shop, play and view the world. This book is an inspirational guide for anyone dreaming of starting their own business, whether it be in London or beyond.
This book comes with a 16pp 'Tips and Advice' booklet written by business writer Rebecca Burn-Callander, with illustrations by Daniel Frost.
'Startup London' by Christina Hopkinson and Rick Pushinsky
256pp hardback, gold and white foiled, 255 x 196mm. Plus 16pp booklet.
Christina Hopkinson is a novelist and journalist specialising in examining contemporary issues through both fiction and non-fiction. Her articles have appeared in a range of UK publications including the Guardian, The Times, The Sunday Times, Grazia and Red. Her five novels have been translated into more than 12 languages.
Rick Pushinsky is a British photographer based in East London, with a background in fine art and architecture. He shoots portraits internationally and his work has been featured in Vogue, The Telegraph and the Financial Times.
This is the first edition.
Book design by Matt Young.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-30-5
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As featured in Creative Boom, Creative Review and The British Journal of Photography.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In the glow of the night, the vibrancy of London meets a quiet stillness.
This collection of historic and contemporary images features work from over 60 photographers who reveal the city after hours: unnerving, beautiful, eerie, energised – sometimes all at once. Step into the night and discover a darker, richer side to the capital.
The book contains essays by Museum of London’s Curator of Photographs, Anna Sparham, poetry by award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams, and over 100 images from the exhibition that span the genres of architectural, documentary and portrait photography. Includes work by Bill Brandt, Bob Collins, Brian Griffin, Tish Murtha, Tim Peake, Rut Blees Luxemburg, William Eckersley, Dougie Wallace, Nick Turpin and many more.
'London Nights' is published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name, running 11 May - 11 November 2018 at Museum of London, 150 London Wall, EC2Y 5HN. Click here for more details.
208pp hardback, navy cloth spine, yellow foil, 222 x 167 mm.
Anna Sparham graduated with a photography degree and after working with the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum’s photographs collection, she joined the Museum of London in 2004, becoming a curator there in 2006. Working closely with photographers, Sparham develops the museum’s collections and realises temporary exhibitions.
Inua Ellams is a cross art form practitioner, a poet, playwright and performer. He has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre and the BBC.
This is the first edition.
Book design by Frederike Huber.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-34-3
£14.95
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Picked as one of Buzzfeed's Most Incredible Photobooks of 2017. Also featured on It's Nice That and The Guardian.
'Sisters' by Sophie Harris-Taylor. 112pp, fully cloth-bound hardback with tip-in image, white foiled, 199 x 151 mm.
Sophie Harris-Taylor spent two years photographing and interviewing more than 100 sisters in an effort to better understand this most intimate of bonds. Her tender portraits combined with short interviews reveal the jealousies, fears, love and laughter that co-exist at the heart of each relationship.
"This book is a celebration of sisterhood, in all its glory and with all its flaws." - Sophie Harris-Taylor
Acommpanied by an introduction and texts by Emma Finamore, based on the photographer's interviews with the sisters.
Sophie Harris-Taylor is a fine art and portrait photographer, born in 1988 in London. Renowned for her images created exclusively with natural and ambient light, her work centres around relationships and the everyday moments shared between people in familiar but often mundane surroundings. Harris-Taylor has previously been nominated for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, The Renaissance Photography Prize and The Young Masters and her work has been featured in numerous publications. This is her second photography book.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-28-2
£16.95
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'Twins', 96pp, cloth hardback, uncoated paper, 163mm x 210mm.
Picked as one of Buzzfeed's Best Photography Books from 2018. Also featured in the Guardian.
Peter Zelewski has spent years capturing the faces and stories of identical twins. Some inexplicably lost their hearing at the exact same time, others unlock each others’ phones with their indistinguishable fingerprints, but perhaps more surprisingly, some don’t get on. These powerful portraits tap into one of the most fascinating of all human relationships.
Peter Zelewski is a London-based portrait and documentary photographer. Born in Detroit, USA, he moved to London in the 1980s and studied at the London College of Communication (LCC). His portraiture concentrates primarily on the exploration of people, culture and urban life. Zelewski’s work has been featured in numerous publications, he has won several awards and been a prizewinner in the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. His previous book, People of London, was also published by Hoxton Mini Press.
With an introduction by Naomi and Alexandria Hewston (featured in the book).
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-43-5
£35.00
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HOXTON MINI PRESS X PENGUIN BOOKS
This is the first book in our new series collaboration with Penguin Books.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Dogs and photography have gone hand in paw almost since the medium was invented and our passion remains undiminished, with pictures of adorable, bright-eyed dogs all over the internet.
The photographs in this book offer an alternative to all the fluff. They approach the dog as a dignified, intelligent and noble being, and they consider our relationship with man's best friend for the extraordinary thing it really is. Elegant, beautiful, surprising, sometimes comical, full of drama and heart, these images show the world's best-loved animal in a remarkable new light.
Featuring work by 30 photographers including William Wegman, Alec Soth, Charlotte Dumas, Traer Scott, Tim Flach, Elliott Erwitt, Jo Longhurst, Dougie Wallace and many more.
'Really Good Dog Photography', published by Particular Books (imprint of Penguin Books) in collaboration with Hoxton Mini Press. Written by Lucy Davies. Photography by 30 world-class photographers.
304pp clothbound hardback, 218 x 254mm.
Lucy Davies writes about art and photography for the Telegraph, where she is a Commissioning Editor. She has written widely on visual art for numerous books, exhibition catalogues and magazines.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1846149-42-9
£20.00
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East London creatives and their spaces
'Hackney Studios' by Jenny Lewis. 116pp, hardcover with tip-in image, white and gold foiled, 220 x 265 mm landscape
As featured on The British Journal of Photography.
Hackney, East London, is well known for its vibrant creative community. Jenny Lewis spent four years in and out of studios across the borough photographing a tribe of artists who over time have defined the area. Painters, illustrators, filmmakers, jewellers, ceramicists and fashion designers invite us into their studios and share their private thoughts about the creative process.
What began with a chance encounter with fashion designer Isobel Webster grew organically into a ‘family tree’ of the borough’s creative community, with each artist nominating the next person to be photographed.
Lewis notes that many of the artists featured in the project have since been forced to leave their studios due to recent steep rent increases, and as such, hopes this book will stand as a timely reminder and celebration of the spirit of creativity in one of London’s most dynamic areas.
Jenny Lewis moved to Hackney over twenty years ago via a spell at Preston University where she acquired a Fine Art degree and a husband. Since then she has made her living as an editorial photographer but continues to pursue a range of personal work. Much of this centres on her experience of living and working in East London. Her first book, 'One Day Young', is also published by Hoxton Mini Press.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-13-8
£28.00
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**Please note: you will receive EITHER a dark grey or pink book. I'm afraid we are unable to accommodate specific colour requests. We assure you that both are equally beautiful.**
“A celebration of the energy and creativity at work in the East End. This is a joyous, inspirational, heart-warming book.” Nigel Slater
East London has become the most exciting place to eat in the UK. Home to a vibrant and diverse community, it has attracted a wave of fresh gastronomic talent, including top chefs, young producers and bold entrepreneurs. This book follows forty people at the heart of a culinary phenomenon — from Michelin-starred chefs and specialist butchers to wild foragers and urban beekeepers. With in-depth interviews and lavish photography, East London Food guides you on where to go, what to eat and how to cook it at home.
'East London Food' by Rosie Birkett and Helen Cathcart
288pp hardcover plus 20pp pull-out recipe booklet, copper foiled, 255 x 196 mm, available in 2 colours randomly selected.
Rosie Birkett is a food writer, stylist and author based in Hackney. She has written features on restaurants, chefs and food trends for magazines and newspapers including the Independent on Sunday, Condé Nast Traveller, the Guardian and Red magazine. Rosie’s debut cookbook A Lot On Her Plate was published in 2015 to critical acclaim and she was named a rising star by the Observer the same year.
After studying photography and art direction in Manchester, Helen Cathcart started her career as a photo director in London working on various publications. In 2010 she moved to Sydney to kickstart a transition to being a full-time photographer and was soon photographing for publications such as Condé Nast Traveller, Monocle and Australian Gourmet Traveller. She currently lives in London and shoots for magazines, brands and cookbooks.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-05-3
£20.00
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As featured on Huck Magazine and The Londonist.
It’s no secret that London is addicted to coffee. Today’s flat white drinkers are well versed - with a taste for single origins and light roasts - but what is often forgotten is that the city has a rich history of coffeehouses going back to the 1650s.
Bestselling author Lani Kingston and photographer David Post have captured the stories of the most inspirational modern-day artisans, roasters, growers, innovators and entrepreneurs who make London, once again, a world capital of coffee.
This book comes with a fold-out map featuring 50 of the best London coffee shops.
'London Coffee' by Lani Kingston and David Post
256pp hardback, black foiled, 222 x 167mm. Plus fold-out map.
Lani Kingston is an Australian food writer, consultant and management professional who proudly calls London home. Her first book, 'How to Make Coffee', was an international bestseller, and has been released in five languages and eight editions. Lani holds Masters degrees in Food Studies and in Education, and pastry chef and barista qualifications, and judges coffee for the Great Taste Awards.
David Post is a Canadian photographer whose portfolio includes work for a number of prominent London brands including a recent project for Mast Chocolate. David is also a respected character in the coffee world: he owned and operated an award-winning coffee bar in his home province of Newfoundland before moving to London, where he joined the vibrant coffee scene and worked with cafés across the city.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-25-1
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“Makers of East London captures the energy and spirit of a unique part of the capital. Evocative photography alongside insightful profiles of makers reveals hidden processes behind objects both everyday and exceptional.” Annie Warburton, Crafts Council
Bike builders, violin makers, ceramicists…East London is the creative hub of one of the world’s most dynamic cities and is now seeing a resurgence of craftspeople breathing life back into traditional disciplines. This book takes a tour of their studios and practices to see what it takes to be a maker in a world of mass production. Our largest and most ambitious book yet.
Photography by Charlotte Schreiber, written by Katie Treggiden
336pp, 264 x 198 mm, hardback, clothbound, foil embossed.
Charlotte Schreiber grew up in Wiesbaden, Germany, where she studied photography and went on to become a freelance photographer focusing on portraiture and fashion. Telling stories has always been one of Charlotte’s favourite things to do and with photography she feels able to quietly observe the world and to capture what strikes her as most important or beautiful.
Katie Treggiden is a respected design writer. Her blog, 'confessions of a design geek', was awarded Best Interior Design Blog in Great Britain within five months of launch. She founded Fiera, an independent magazine discovering new talent at the world’s design fairs, and also writes for titles such as Dezeen, the Guardian Weekend Magazine and Ideal Home. This is Katie’s second book.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-02-2
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'The East End in Colour' by David Granick. 144pp, hardback with cloth spine, 156 x 196 mm.
As featured in The British Journal of Photography, Creative Review, The Guardian and Huck Magazine.
These previously unpublished photographs by David Granick capture the streets and waterways of London’s East End in the warm hues of Kodachrome film. Journey back in time to a place now long vanished.
David Granick (1912 - 1980) was a photographer who lived in the East End his whole life. His colour slides laid untouched until 2017 when a local photographer, Chris Dorley-Brown, examined them at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives.
Book design by Friederike Huber.
This is the second edition, second printing.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-31-2
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'The Isle of Dogs: Before the big money', 192pp, cloth spine, 156mm x 196mm.
Book 2 in the series 'Vintage Britain'
As featured in The Evening Standard and Huck Magazine
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Now home to Canary Wharf and global finance, the Isle of Dogs was once the beating heart of industrial East London. These photographs, taken between 1982 and 1987, show the island just before the big money moved in and the area was forever transformed.
Mike Seaborne has been photographing London since 1979. He was Senior Curator of Photographs at the Museum of London until 2011 and now focuses on personal photographic projects.
With an introduction by Ken Worpole.
This is the first edition.
Book design by Friederike Huber.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-39-8
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'Dog Show 1961-1978', 80pp, cloth spine, 156mm x 196mm.
Book 3 in the series 'Vintage Britain'
As featured in the Guardian.
When Shirley Baker began taking photographs at dog shows in the 1960s the hairdos of the owners were more impressive than those of their groomed canines. Not only a fascinating portrait of the phenomenon, Dog Show also captures the tender, amusing and at times obsessive relationship between humans and their dogs.
Shirley Baker (1932–2014) was a British social documentary photographer known for her street photographs of working-class areas of Manchester taken in the 1960s and ’70s. Her acute observation and artistic eye can be seen throughout her work, which has been exhibited in the UK and around the world.
With an introduction by Lucinda Gosling. This book is published in collaboration with Mary Evans Picture Library.
This is the first edition.
Book design by Friederike Huber.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-40-4
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Limited edition prints by Mike Seaborne, plus a signed copy of his book The Isle of Dogs: Before the big money.
Prints:
Editions of 10 + 2 artist's proofs
Signed and editioned print; signed book
150mm x 180mm (paper size)
Harman FB Warmtone Glossy paper
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Book 1 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'.
‘I’ve Lived in East London for 86 ½ Years’ by Martin Usborne. 96pp hardcover, quarter-bound cloth spine, gold foiled, 119 x 139 mm
Joseph Markovitch has left London only once to go to the seaside with his mother. He loves Nicolas Cage, has five sugars in his tea, would have married a six foot two Hispanic woman but in the end had such bad chest catarrh he never had a girlfriend.
Martin Usborne is a photographer and writer living in Hackney, East London and is also the co-founder and creative director of Hoxton Mini Press. He takes portraits, sometimes of people, often of animals and has had his work in galleries around the world.
ISBN: 978-0-9576998-0-9
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Book 2 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'.
‘East London Swimmers’ by Madeleine Waller. 96pp hardcover, quarter-bound cloth spine, gold foiled, 199 x 139 mm
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
East London Swimmers comprises more than 50 colour photographs of swimmers dressed for normal life and in their swimming gear. The images, all taken at the London Fields Lido, are combined with telling personal quotes and together they reveal the secret life of Hackney swimmers who brave all conditions to escape city life.
"I got into swimming after getting caught up in the tsunami in Thailand. I was on a family holiday when the wave came in and I managed to grab my son from his pram. When I returned home I had a fear of open water so I entered a race and my passion for swimming was born."
Having studied photo-journalism at the London College of Printing, Madeleine Waller’s work has been featured widely in major newspapers and magazines in the UK as well as numerous times in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Originally from Australia she lives in Hackney with her partner and three children.
ISBN: 978-0-9576998-2-3
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Book 3 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'.
‘A Portrait of Hackney’ by Zed Nelson. 96pp hardcover, quarter-bound cloth spine, gold foiled, 199 x 139 mm
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
An intimate look at the ever-changing face of Hackney: the complexity, the contradictions, the clash of cultures. Portraits and landscapes are set against overheard snippets of conversations from the area. Zed Nelson has lived his whole life in Hackney - it was here he learnt to ride a bike, took his first drugs and lost his virginity. When he was young this was a place to get away from but now he has fallen back in love with the area.
Zed Nelson gained international recognition as a documentary photographer working in some of the world’s most troubled areas. In recent years he has turned his focus on Western society to reflect on contemporary social issues. His work has been exhibited at Tate Britain, the ICA and the National Portrait Gallery and resides in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Nelson lives and works in Hackney, East London. This is his third book.
ISBN: 978-0-9576998-3-0
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Book 4 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'.
‘Shoreditch Wild Life’ by Dougie Wallace. 176pp hardcover, quarter-bound, gold foiled,199 x 139 mm
Wild, brash, outrageous and laced with humour, Dougie Wallace's unflinching photos capture the extreme variety of street life in one of London's most iconic and colourful areas: Shoreditch.
East London-based photographer Dougie Wallace grew up in Glasgow (hence his moniker ‘Glasweegee’). Internationally recognised for his long-term social documentary projects and a distinct style of expressive street photography, his work has extensively been featured in international publications including The New York Times and Germany’s Stern Magazine.
ISBN: 978-0-9576998-4-7
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Book 5 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'
‘One Day Young’ by Jenny Lewis. 112pp hardcover, quarter-bound, gold foiled,199 x 139 mm
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
Jenny Lewis's portraits of women and their newborns - all taken within 24 hours of birth in East London - offer a rare glimpse into the beating heart of family life and celebrate the intimacy, joy and resilience of new motherhood.
Jenny Lewis moved to Hackney almost twenty years ago via a spell at Preston University where she acquired a Fine Art degree and a husband. Since then she has made her living as an editorial photographer but continues to pursue a range of personal work. Much of this centres on her experience of living and working in East London.
ISBN: 978-0-9576998-8-5
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Book 6 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'
‘Drivers in the 1980s’ by Chris Dorley-Brown. 96pp hardcover, quarter-bound, gold foiled,199 x 139 mm
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
Chris Dorley-Brown spent two summers in the mid-1980s photographing drivers stuck in traffic jams in and around East London. This series was his first on colour film and was created when he intended to document the privatisation of Rolls Royce but instead became fascinated by the faces in the traffic caused by the sell-off in the city. The cars, colours, haircuts and expressions of frustration capture the mood and tone of a unique era in Thatcher's Britain.
The images, all shot on film of course, have aged like a fine wine and are now ready to be consumed by the discerning connoisseur.
Chris Dorley-Brown’s family has lived in Hackney and Bethnal Green for nearly 200 years. His great-great-grandfather worked as a herbalist near Well Street and subsequent ancestors have included hat makers, ambulance drivers, publicans, landladies, layabouts, lightermen and aldermen. The inspiration for Chris’s pictures and films are the people and places, friends and family he has encountered in this ever-changing and challenging environment.
ISBN: 978-0-9576998-9-2
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Book 7 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'
‘Columbia Road’ by Johanna Neurath. 96pp hardcover, quarter-bound, gold foiled,199 x 139 mm
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
East London photographer Johanna Neurath has ventured down Hackney’s Columbia Road nearly every Sunday for the past ten years to visit its flower market. Rather than depicting the obvious prettiness of people and their flowers Neurath turns her attention to the colour and pattern left behind as the market clears out, focussing on strangely beautiful displays in gutters, hazy reflections in windows and the abstract forms created by fag butts and polystyrene cups strewn across the road.
This book fuses still life and street photography to celebrate the beauty and chaos of one of East London's most famous markets.
Johanna Neurath can proudly say that she was born within the sound of Bow bells and has been a Hackney citizen for all of her adult life. Design Director at an international art book publishers and a self-confessed image junkie, type nerd and bibliophile, she has worked in publishing for more than 25 years as a book designer, picture editor, typographer and commissioning editor. On high days and holidays she takes her own street photographs. This is the first book of her own images.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-01-5
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Book 8 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'
‘Lost In The City’ by Nicholas Sack. 96pp hardcover, quarter-bound, gold foiled,199 x 139 mm, Introduction by Iain Sinclair
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
Nicholas Sack's black and white photographs of office workers in and around the City of London capture isolated individuals and set them against the imposing architecture of modern London. The work is beautiful but also unnerving and reminds us of the alienation that can be felt in the heart of a city as well as obliquely commenting on the moral uncertainty of the banking practices in the City . The book is accompanied by an introductory essay by the well-known writer Iain Sinclair.
After drumming in rock bands and gaining a master’s degree in journalism, Nicholas Sack took up photography in his mid-twenties. He enjoyed a thirty-year career freelancing for magazines, but now concentrates on personal projects shot on black & white film on long walks across London and printed in his darkroom. This is Sack’s second book; Uncommon Ground was published to critical acclaim in 2004.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-03-9
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Book 9 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'
‘Hackney By Night’ by David George. 80pp hardcover, quarter-bound, gold foiled,199 x 139 mm
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
David George’s photographs of Hackney by night reveal urban landscapes of stillness but also strange pastoral beauty. Here is the London that we miss when we sleep. The images are accompanied by a short story by Karen Falconer that takes the reader on a parallel journey into the night of the narrator’s past and a painful memory that is unresolved...
David George has been a photographer for over thirty-five years and spent the first twenty-five working on book, advertising and editorial commissions working mainly on location with low level light situations. At present his photographic projects are all based around the social and political narratives to be found in British man-altered landscape, which he exhibits in the UK and internationally. David lives and works in East London and in 2009 co-founded the Uncertain States photography project.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-04-6
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Book 10 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'
‘Sunday Football’ by Chris Baker. 128pp hardcover, quarter-bound, gold foiled, 199 x 139 mm, includes pull-out poster
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
This is a love letter to Sunday League Football. The photographs and quotes, captured on Hackney Marshes, reveal the comradery, passion and broken bones of those that brave hangovers to play the beautiful (and very muddy) game.
Chris Baker is a documentary and portrait photographer from London with a long history in the amateur game. After one too many injuries, Baker decided to get on the safe side of the sidelines and begin a two-year documentation of football on the Hackney Marshes. Prior to his obsession with photography, he worked for an independent record label.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-10-7
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Book 11 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'
‘Along the Hackney Canal’ by Freya Najade. 96pp hardcover, quarter-bound, gold foiled, 199 x 139 mm
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
Freya Najade's photographs take us on a slow journey along the waterways of East London; from the Regent's Canal to the River Lea, discovering unexpected beauty and wilderness in the heart of the city.
Freya Najade is a German photographer living and working in East London. In 2009 she graduated in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from London College of Communication and now works on personal long-term projects and commissions. Her work has been shown in The Guardian, The British Journal of Photography, The Times and Die Zeit amongst other places. This is her second book.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-11-4
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Book 12 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'
‘Adventures in the Lea Valley’ by Polly Braden and David Campany. 112pp hardcover, quarter-bound, gold foiled, 199 x 139 mm
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
Before the arrival of the 2012 Olympic Games, the Lea Valley was East London's secret retreat. Polly Braden and David Campany documented its strange, gently surreal beauty, before it was transformed forever.
Polly Braden is renowned for her naturalistic photographs of human relationships and has previously published two books: China Between (2011) and Great Interactions: Life With Learning Disabilities and Autism (2016). She works on long term self-initiated projects as well as commissions for international publications.
David Campany writes, curates exhibitions and makes images. His many books include A Handful of Dust (2015), The Open Road: photography and the American Road Trip (2014). David is a recipient of the ICP Infinity Award and the Kraszna-Krauz Award.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-12-1
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Book 13 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'
‘Dalston in the 80s’ by Andrew Holligan. 96pp hardcover, quarter-bound, gold foiled, 199 x 139 mm
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here.
For photographer Andrew Holligan, Dalston in the 80s was a world apart from the New York fashion scene, which until 1984, was where he worked. But when he made the unexpected move there, he found a humanity on the streets of East London that changed him and his art forever.
Shot with a 1950s Rolleiflex, the black and white images accompanied by hand-written notes tell Holligan’s personal story, and also give a glimpse into the lives of numerous other characters he happened to meet during his 2 years spent living in Dalston.
Andrew Holligan has worked all over the place as a photographer – from the Alaskan Tundra in the north to Australian deserts in the south. Now he lives down a secluded country lane surrounded by ancient woodland from where he supplies London restaurants with foraged wild fungi. But before this, he spent the best part of fifteen years living in Hackney, immersing himself in its vibrant art scene. Andrew continues to explore the possibilities of the photographic medium, albeit from a rural perspective.
This is the first edition.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-18-3
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Book 14 from the series 'East London Photo Stories'
‘The Crash’ by Stephen McLaren. 112pp hardcover, cloth spine, gold foiled, 199 x 139 mm
As Featured in Creative Review and Huck Magazine
This book is also available to buy as a Collector's Edition here
In 2008 the financial crash hit the City of London. Panic filled the air and people working for the giant money machine seemed oblivious to a photographer working quickly and quietly in their midst. Now, over a decade later, these images question what we have learned... if anything at all.
Stephen McLaren moved to Bethnal Green in 1996, became a photographer, and quickly realised he never wanted to live anywhere else in London other than the East End. Stephen has written a number of books on photography, including 'Photographers’ Sketchbooks', and currently works as a photographer and writer in Los Angeles.
This is the first edition
ISBN: 978-1-910566-37-4
Book design by Friederike Huber
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Book 2 from the series 'East London Photo Stories' + PRINT
East London Swimmers comprises more than 50 colour photographs of swimmers dressed for normal life and in their swimming gear. The images, all taken at the London Fields Lido, are combined with telling personal quotes and together they reveal the secret life of Hackney swimmers who brave all conditions to escape city life.
A special, fully cloth covered, collector's edition of East London Swimmers by Madeleine Waller presented in a bespoke cloth covered clamshell box complete with signed and numbered limited edition print.
Edition of 250, 192 x 136mm (paper size), giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag 188gsm, signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition numbers allocated from lowest to highest as orders are processed.
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Book 3 from the series 'East London Photo Stories' + PRINT
An intimate look at the ever-changing face of Hackney: the complexity, the contradictions, the clash of cultures. Portraits and landscapes are set against overheard snippets of conversations from the area. Zed Nelson has lived his whole life in Hackney - it was here he learnt to ride a bike, took his first drugs and lost his virginity. When he was young this was a place to get away from but now he has fallen back in love with the area.
A special, fully cloth covered, collector's edition of A Portrait of Hackney by Zed Nelson presented in a bespoke cloth covered clamshell box complete with signed and numbered limited edition print.
Edition of 250, 192 x 136mm (paper size), giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag 188gsm, signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition numbers allocated from lowest to highest as orders are processed.
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Book 5 from the series 'East London Photo Stories' + PRINT
A special, fully cloth covered, collector's edition of One Day Young In Hackney by Jenny Lewis presented in a bespoke cloth covered clamshell box complete with signed and numbered limited edition print.
Jenny Lewis's portraits of women and their newborns - all taken within 24 hours of birth in East London - offer a rare glimpse into the beating heart of family life and celebrate the intimacy, joy and resilience of new motherhood.
Edition of 250, 192 x 136mm (paper size), giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag 188gsm, signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition numbers allocated from lowest to highest as orders are processed.