Chris Dorley-Brown

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Chris Dorley-Brown is a British documentary photographer [1] and filmmaker, based in the East End of London. [2]

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Since 1984, Dorley-Brown has been creating a photographic archive of the London Borough of Hackney. [3] [4] Since 1993 he has collaborated with other people on a variety of projects in radio, print, cinema, television, Internet and architecture. [3]

His photography books include The Longest Way Round (2015), [5] Drivers in the 1980s (2015) [4] [6] [7] [8] and The Corners (2018). His films include BBC in the East End 1958–1973 (2007) and 15 Seconds Part 3 (2015).

Life and work

Dorley-Brown grew up on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. [9] He trained as a silkscreen printer and print finisher after leaving school. [2] Later he joined the photographer Red Saunders' studio as a camera assistant. He went freelance in 1984, creating a photographic archive of the London Borough of Hackney where he lived and worked, which he has continued to do. [3] [2] [9]

"Largely self-taught, his cultural education was formed in east London in the late seventies, against a backdrop of strongly polarised political conflict and change. His influences are shaped by memory, both personal and those of others." [9]

In 1991, he expanded into filmmaking and other activities associated with burgeoning new technologies. [2] [10] Since 1993 Dorley-Brown has collaborated with other people of various creative disciplines, as well as groups and individuals in the public sphere, on a variety of projects in radio, print, cinema, television, Internet and architecture. [3]

Publications

Publications by Dorley-Brown

Publication with others

Publications edited by Dorley-Brown

Publications with contributions by Dorley-Brown

Films by Dorley-Brown

Collections

Dorley-Brown's work is held in the following public collections:

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References

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  5. ↑ "Secret history: my father's hidden past at the hands of the Nazis – in pictures". The Guardian . London. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Jones, Matt (4 April 2016). "Angry drivers stuck in London traffic during the Eighties". GQ . Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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