some things i’ve discovered about whitechapel…

i’ve been interviewing local people in whitechapel - residents, commuters, visitors to the hospital or market - for a week now. these are some of the things they’ve shared with me about their patch of london.

“you come out of the tube and it’s just this maelstrom of people.”

“it’s got a character all of its own. in this area you can totally be whoever you want to be.”

“you’re walking around and you’re trying to miss the globs of gob on the pavement, and inbetween the globs of gob are chicken bones everywhere.”

“i love it. it’s grubby and it’s grungy and it’s not posh at all, and i love that about it.”

“it’s got a very distinct character of its own, but it’s beginning to change.”

“it’s never quiet; there’s always something going on.”

“i feel very in control my life here; i feel like i’m living the life that i’m meant to be living.”

“whitechapel’s whitechapel; there’s nowhere else like it.”