Hackney Museum

The Hackney Council regeneration team is working to change perceptions of a local street 'The Narrow Way'. As part of this initiative we were comissioned to celebrate some of the existing long standing businesses in the area through a series of audio and photographic portraits of 6 local shopkeepers.

Exhibitiion currenty at
Hackney Museum

1 Reading Lane, London E8 1GQ

Photography © Kuba Nowak
dokument.co.uk

Shopkeepers Stories

Pop to the shops: Shopkeeper's Stories

The independent long-standing local shopkeepers of Hackney Central tell their stories about family business, immigration, community and changing times.

Mohammed Hanif Shaikh from Lookers

Martyn Waller
from Wally Herbert & Sons

Laurine Traquair
from The Pet Shop

Garry Herman
from C & C Decoration

Argun Imamzade
from Argun Printers

Sal Salahi
from Mermaids Fabrics

Garry Herman from C&C Decoration

Audio Portrait of Garry Herman from C&C Decoration 352a Mare Street, Hackney

Argun Imamzade from Argun

Audio portrait of Argun Imamzade from Stationary shop and printer, 344 Mare Street, Hackney, London

Sal Salahi of Mermaids

Audio Portrait of Sal Salahi at Mermaids, 354 Mare Street, Hackney

Hanif Shaikh from Lookers

Audio Portrait of Hanif Shaikh from Lookers, 191 Mare Street, Hackney.

Martyn Waller from Wally Herbert

Audio Portrait of Martyn Waller from Wally Herbert, Hackney Central.

Laurine Traquair from The Pet Shop

Audio Portrait of Laurine Traquair from The Pet Shop, 40-42 Amhurst Road, Hackney.

Exhibition launch at the Hackney Museum