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Photography: We Grieve by Fran Hales

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 14 July 2020 at 14:26

The Hackney-based photographer’s beautiful series captured the weekly community ceremonies held on Clapton Common during lockdown

Public art project invites Hackney residents to see their colourful photos become optical illusions

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 June 2020 at 18:26

Collaboration between artist Jo Guile and researcher Dr Emily Patterson hopes to ‘spark conversation about subjective nature of perception’

Photographs of London in lockdown unveiled by Historic England

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 5 June 2020 at 16:55

The Picturing Lockdown Collection features 36 images of the capital, including Hackney, taken by professionals and members of the public

One Saturday in 82 on Broadway Market, Stuart Goodman, book review: ‘Every photo is worth a second look – and then a third’

By Alice Jones | Wednesday 13 May 2020 at 14:32

The street has made headlines for the wrong reasons during lockdown, so what better time to remember its history through this ‘charming’ snapshot?

Treasure trove of photos found at the Rio to go on show at Hackney Museum

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 11 March 2020 at 15:04

Thousands of images of 1980s Hackney, discovered in the cinema’s basement in 2017, set to become a major exhibition

Posing questions: A day out at the Wonder Factory

By Clara Hernanz | Wednesday 19 February 2020 at 13:08

A 15-room ‘experience’ that has popped up in Dalston seems designed to attract the Insta crowd. So what exactly is it?

‘Rich history’ of east London’s print trade on display for new exhibition

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 15 January 2020 at 11:23

Rendezvous Projects’ show at Bow’s Nunnery Gallery maps the changes in the industry locally over the 20th century

Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane, Paul Trevor: ‘Camaraderie of the East End during a period of strife’

By Sarah Birch | Tuesday 19 November 2019 at 12:41

One of the leading photographers of local street life takes us back to Spitalfields in the 70s and 80s with this new collection

‘Real sense of history’: Family photos donated by Hackney women on display at Sutton House

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 9 August 2019 at 14:58

Cherelle Sappleton’s exhibition, featuring snaps gifted by the local community, offers a highly personal glimpse into the borough’s past

Civilization, Flowers Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Momentous proportions of contemporary life’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 14 December 2018 at 15:14

This selection of photographs from a new book beautifully documents modern life

Photomonth 2018: East london’s annual picture festival is back – and ‘more varied’ than ever

By Sarah Birch | Monday 22 October 2018 at 13:08

The two-month event, featuring over 50 exhibitions, offers audiences a ‘visual smorgasbord’

When we hear the words, ‘black man’, what comes to mind?

By Ekua McMorris | Sunday 29 July 2018 at 09:14

Ethnicity monitoring records something different: It does not relate to visible appearance but to people’s self image in relation to their own cultural origins (Met Police)

Lola Flash: ‘beauty for me is an idea of being proud and strong’

By Sarah Birch | Wednesday 25 July 2018 at 16:42

Herein lies the purpose of my work, to enable marginalized folk a way of seeing the glory of themselves

‘Unsung heroes’: New exhibition shines spotlight on council staff

By Max Eckersley | Wednesday 18 July 2018 at 14:30

Photographer Andy Donohoe’s free Dalston show features portraits of street cleaners, librarians and park keepers

Devotion – A Portrait of Loretta, by Franklyn Rodgers: review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 30 May 2018 at 13:53

The large-scale portraits, which include a commissioned photograph of Doreen Lawrence, recognise the significance of close-knit relationships, such as the one between mother and son

Pretty in Punk: Julia Gorton’s photos of the NYC punk and No Wave scene get an airing in Dalston nightspot

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 31 January 2018 at 16:13

Richard Hell, of The Voidoids and founding member of Television, was one of Gorton's smilier subjects. Photograph: Julia Gorton

Photographer Julia Gorton was a doyenne of the New York music scene in the late 70s. Some of the images she produced in that period are currently on show at Untitled on Kingsland Road – we went down to check it out

HUMAN Life: the Hackney artist who documented her time living in an abandoned school

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 2 June 2017 at 15:39

Home time: Downsview School when it was home of the Guardians. All photographs: Enter HUMAN

Downsview School in Hackney Downs has been demolished. Photographer/producer Enter HUMAN documented her time spent living there

Dalston in the 80s by Andrew Holligan, book review: “bursting with culture and steeped in challenge”

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 11 April 2017 at 11:29

“Two older lads on the razz”: detail from Dalston in the 80s. Photograph: Andrew Holligan.

This collection of black and white photography nonetheless depicts “life in its many colours” with a personal, diary-like feel

Tom Hunter: Living in Hackney and Other Stories

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 22 February 2017 at 15:24

The renowned photographer, whose work is now showing at the V&A Museum of Childhood, spoke to us about his years in Hackney

Images of a ‘brutal’ legacy abound in Simon Phipps’ new tome

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 5 January 2017 at 12:52

De Beauvoir Estate. Photograph: Simon Phipps

Concrete buildings are an undeniable part of London’s landscape that have been ignored for too long, argues the sculptor