On Ends
Street portraits, Wood Green - Turnpike Lane, winter 2016.
I walked around the area asking people if I can photograph them to show the demographics men of the area. With each individual photograph, I wrote the first or the most memorable sentence the person in frame said to me to capture the essence of the moment using photographs accompanied by text.
The name On Ends was inspired by the slang term used instead of ' I am in my neighbourhood'
~ I want no one to see my face, no face no case! ~
~ Doing my daily workout in my local park ~
~ Can I take one from the side? ~
~ I was let go from the company I was working for for no reason, probably because I am a black man ~
~ Can we take a group shot? we are always here, nothing much to do around here. ~
~ This are my ends, you get me? ~
~ Do you know if there is a dentist around here? ~
~ I probably look like a serial killer ? ~
~ I am recruiting people for higher education, are you interested miss? ~
~ In the 80s we had a lot of black people on magazine covers, not like this days... ~
~ One love... one hart... ~
~ In South Africa I am the CEO.... you see princess, at home I am a. KING ~
