The Isle of Dogs (Book 2: Vintage Britain)
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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.
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Book design by Friederike Huber.
ISBN: 978-1-910566-39-8
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