'Mr' - A portrait of a man wearing a suit, leaning against a bollard outside Fenchurch Street Station

Date:
14 Sep 2023
Location:
Fenchurch Street Station, Fenchurch Place, City And County Of The City Of London, Greater London Authority, EC3
Reference:
HEC01/128/02/28/03
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Picturing High Streets was a three-year project delivered by Photoworks to create a contemporary picture of England’s high streets through artist residencies and a public call out. It was part of the High Streets Heritage Action Zones Cultural Programme, and produced in partnership with GRAIN Projects, Impressions Gallery, Open Eye Gallery, London College of Communications, Photofusion, QUAD/FORMAT, Redeye, ReFramed and The Photographers’ Gallery.

From September 2022 to September 2023, people across England responded to themed fortnightly challenges and submitted their photographs on Instagram under the hashtag #PicturingHighStreets. All entries created an unofficial archive documenting a year in the life of the English high street on Instagram, and a selection form this permanent collection in the Historic England Archive.

The photographs in this set were selected to represent the theme ‘High Street Style’. The brief for this theme was: 'To mark London Fashion week, this call out is all about style. Strike a pose and show us the best high street fashions from all over England.'

The photographer wrote the following text to explain how their image relates to this theme: "I was out taking some street photos and portraits when I saw Kenny taking a cigarette break. I was taken by his effortless style and took a few quite photos before approaching and asking for a portrait. He kindly agreed and I took his email in order to send him photos subsequently."

Content

This is part of the Volume: HEC01/128/02/28 Picturing High Streets: Mass Participation Project - High Street Style; within the Sub Series: HEC01/128/02 Picturing High Streets: Mass Participation Project; within the Series: HEC01/128 Picturing High Streets; within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England

Rights

© Mark Chilvers

People & Organisations

Photographer: Chilvers, Mark

Keywords

Clothing And Fashion, People, People Posed