Research Project – Shoreditch Revisited

I visited Shoreditch again at the beginning of October and went back to Old Street where I had taken an earlier photograph in June of street artist, Ben Eine’s artwork, Last Days of Shoreditch being demolished. The artwork was already a statement about the rapid gentrification occurring in Shoreditch and for me the photo was a deeply poignant reminder that this community is changing and is losing it’s original character. The images below are a selection taken as I walked around the area again and observed signs of change everywhere I looked. It saddens me as it is an area I have grown to love and know quite well.