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Drivers in the 1980s

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UPC: 9780957699892
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Author: Chris Dorley-Brown
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  • Series: East London Photo Stories (Book 6)
  • Hardcover: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Hoxton Mini Press (April 18, 2017)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0957699891
  • ISBN-13: 978-0957699892
  • Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.6 x 7.9 inches

Chris Dorley-Brown spent two summers in the mid-1980s using his first-ever rolls of color film to photograph drivers waiting in traffic in and around East London. The images appear mundane but have aged like a fine wine: the cars, colors, haircuts, clothes, and expressions (often of boredom or anger and always seen through an open window—there was no air conditioning then!) capture a particular mood from Thatcher’s Britain.

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"This is Thatcher’s Britain, gentlemen, and it’s absolutely incredible to look at." —British GQ

About the Author

Chris Dorley-Brown: Chris Dorley-Brown is a British photographer who has lived and worked in the East End for over 30 years. He trained as a photographer with Red Saunders in the early 1980s and then set up his own practice in east London.