from the series, The City of London to Bow - The View from the Road

My daily drive to work takes me past the Bow Interchange to my destination in Aldgate East, travelling along the A11 as it moves towards the City and changes from Bow Road, to Mile End Road, Whitechapel Road and Whitechapel High Street. Historically, this route formed the initial section of the ancient Roman road from London to Colchester but recently it has been known as High Street 2012, which connects the City to the Olympic Park. These photographs are a small selection from a series taken over a 10 year period, where a photograph was taken each time the traffic halted.. The photographs have a particular aesthetic as the vantage point is from the car (though they are not specifically about the car) where passers-by are often viewed side-on in relation to buildings which face the camera, offering a very different perspective than from the pavement. Over time, a document of the ever-shifting life of the road has been built up based both on arbitrary stops and starts of the traffic, and patterns to its flow relating to current street activity. The project marks changes: changes in space, season, time, and direction as I make my return journey home.