Working Lives Research Institute: Gallery

Gallery

Welcome to the Working Lives Research Institute Gallery section.

We aim to display the work of photographers and artists who work on work and working class life. As we develop the site we want to showcase images as well as acting as a link to other visual resources. If you a photographer or artist whose work reflects on aspects of working life and would like to display your art here, or link to our site please contact Max Watson at Working Lives.

People’s Pathways to Northumberland Park, Tottenham

Over the last 50 years, the population of Northumberland Park in Tottenham has been in constant flux as a variety of immigrant groups have followed pathways to the area and moved on. This collaborative project between the photographer Joanne O’Brien and the social researcher Marc Craw worked with over 60 residents of different ages and backgrounds to present a picture of the social history and cultural diversity of the area. The Joining Up Northumberland Park regeneration programme in Haringey Council funded the project.

Link to People's Pathways website

Link to Chris Clunn

Chris Clunn

Since 1989 photographer Chris Clunn has worked mainly on portraiture and the documenting of London life. Between 1993 to 1996 Chris meticulously documented working life at Smithfield Meat Market, including the demise of the workforce and its unique working practices. In the mid 1990s the market underwent its most radical changes since it was opened in 1887. As new EEC regulations were brought in the old Dickensian ways of working were phased out and a whole workforce of men was made redundant.

Link to website

Link to Guinness site

Guinness Project

In June 2005 the Guinness brewery at Park Royal in West London closed after almost 70 years of production. These images form part of an ongoing collaboration between photographer David McCairley and sociologists Tim Strangleman and Bridget Henderson of the Working Lives Research Institute at London Metropolitan University. The project, "Guinness Was Good For Us", records in words and pictures the working lives of Guinness employees in the brewery’s final months.