Title The Last of the Real High Streets: Chatsworth Laundry - Launderette
Object
Photograph
Production date
10/2010
Object number
2023.17
Physical Description
Print of a photo of a man sitting on a wooden bench in front of washing machines/ dryers. There is a bag next to him printed with a multicoloured cherry pattern. Part of a photo series by Colin O'Brien.
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.
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.
Chatsworth Laundry, at 92 Chatsworth Road, is a coin operated launderette. It also has a coffee bar.
Associated Organisation
Chats Palace (Featured)
Associated Person
Colin O'Brien (Photographer)
Associated Place
Chatsworth Road (Place)
Material
photo
Dimension
Length: 482mm
Width: 329mm
Width: 329mm
Credit line
ⓒ Colin O'Brien, 2010.
On display?
No
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