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The Last of the Real High Streets: Süleyman - Cobblers

Object

Photograph

Production date

10/2010

Object number

2023.22

Physical Description

Print of a photo of a man leaning with both arms on machinery and tools in a cobbler's workshop. He is wearing a checkered shirt, glasses and a hat. 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.
Süleyman was run by Kemal from Northern Cyprus. He came to London with his wife in the 1960s and opened his shop at 162 Chatsworth Road in 1967. The shop closed in 2011.

Associated Organisation

Chats Palace (Featured)

Associated Person

Colin O'Brien (Photographer)

Associated Place

Chatsworth Road (Place)

Material

photo

Dimension

Length: 482mm
Width: 329mm

Credit line

ⓒ Colin O'Brien, 2010.

On display?

No