Tom Hunter Are you being Served?

07.Jun.08 - 09.Nov.08
Closed until Autumn 2006

The Museum Of Childhood
Cambridge Heath Rd
London E2 9PA
020 8983 5200
chowell@vam.ac.uk
www.museumofchildhood.org.uk
Tube Bethnal Green, Hackney / Bethnal Green

Are You Being Served?

Photograph of news shop

From photography series 'Are you being Served?' © Tom Hunter (click image for larger version)

Are You Being Served? by Tom Hunter is a photographic project that explores the changing face of east end trade. These situational portraits of local businesses on the main road between Bethnal Green and central Hackney provide us with a fascinating record of the diverse proprietors, their premises and their wares. Also on display is a playful re-interpretation of the corner shop, created in artist led sessions by local children and adults. As Napoleon said 'England is a nation of shopkeepers'. What better way to explore a nation's identity than through its shops.