John the Fox, 1978
Half a century ago, documentary photographer Joyce Edwards (1925-2024) took these tender portraits of squatters who inhabited empty houses in the triangle of streets next to Victoria Park which had been vacated for the sake of a proposed inner city motorway that was never built. Her pictures are now being shown publicly for the first time at Four Corners in Bethnal Green in an exhibition entitled, Joyce Edwards: A Story Of Squatterswhich opens tomorrow and runs until Saturday 20th March.
Joyce Edwards, 1980
Harold the Kangaroo, painter, with his dog Captain Beefheart, 1978
Billy Cowden, Joy Rigard & Jamie, 1978
Henry Woolf, actor, 1974
Beverly Space, 1977
Anthony & Andrew Minion, 1980
Elizabeth Shepherd, actor, c. 1970
John Peat, painter,1979
Gary Chamberlin, Beverly Spacie & Howard Dillon, 1977
Julia Clement, 1978
Vanessa Swann & Baz O’ Connell, 1979
Matthew Simmons, 1978
Shirley Robbins, 1977
Tosh Parker, 1977
Sue, 1977
Father & son, 1976
103 Bishops Way E2, Co-op headquarters, 1978
Attempted eviction, 1978
Joyce Edwards, 2012
Photographs copyright © Estate of Joyce Edwards
Joyce Edwards: A Story Of Squatters is at Four Corners, 121 Roman Rd, E2 0QN. Friday 13th February until Saturday 20th March (Wednesday to Saturday, 11am – 6pm)
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