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“People say life was hard in the East End, but I found the living was easy and loved it.”Available for sale for the first time, a selection of unique vintage prints; from shop-fronts and warehouses, portraits of the local, to fog laden images of Cityscapes and the River Thames. Claridge's photos of the East End started in the 50's until 1982, evoke the sights and smells of a unique and romantic past of a whole area of London that has now come under the hammer by steel and glass. What must not…See More

€I admire them so much, I€™'d like to sign €˜S.H.€™ under each one, but it has been done already€ Seamus Heaney opening an exhibition, 1996A €˜traditional€™ collagist whose work has both popular and intellectual appeal, Hillen is regarded as one of the most significant Irish artists of his generation, and one of the most widely-published, is also probably the most censored in Ireland and Britain in the period.He first gained notice in the U.K. for his early works based on his own photos from…See More