commonplace: An exhibition of photographs by Colin O’Brien taken 1948-2012 

Comings and Goings, 1986

Christ Church Spitalfields is delighted to present an exhibition of pictures taken by photographer Colin O’Brien. With an exceptional eye for the overlooked details of the world around him, O’Brien has faithfully documented the changing urban and social landscape of London over the course of more than 60 years. His spellbinding photographs capture beauty, grace and dignity in the seemingly mundane business of ordinary people going about everyday life, creating a unique record of the London landscape, in a spiralling cycle of demolition, development and re-imagination.