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The Last of the Real High Streets: BJ Fashion - African clothing

Object

Photograph

Production date

10/2010

Object number

2023.13

Physical Description

Print of a photo of a woman standing outside a green shop which sells African clothing. There are four mannequins in the window displays wearing colourful clothes. Outside the shop are white metal grates. Part of a photo series by Colin O'Brien. Similar to 2023.24.

Object history

In 2010, photographer Colin O'Brien exhibited a collection of images at Chats Palace, an arts centre and theatre in Hackney. The exhibition showed photographs of people and the shops they worked at, owned or visited on Chatsworth Road.

O'Brien documented the changing shops and communities on Chatsworth Road - as well as Hackney in general - during his expansive career as a photographer.

The exhibition ran from 8th October to 27th November 2010.
BJ Fashion Design is located at 51e Chatsworth Road.

Associated Organisation

Chats Palace (Featured)

Associated Person

Colin O'Brien (Photographer)

Associated Place

Chatsworth Road (Place)

Material

photo

Dimension

Length: 587mm
Width: 419mm

Credit line

ⓒ Colin O'Brien, 2010.

On display?

No

Inscription

BJ FASHION
STYLISH AFRICAN DESIGNS FOR LADIES AND GENTS
0208 525 0692