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.
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
Width: 329mm
Credit line
ⓒ Colin O'Brien, 2010.
On display?
No