Londons - The Polycentric City | PhMuseum
Shot by eight photographers, Londons – The Polycentric City maps out the landscape of the capital from eight different perspectives, rejecting a single, monolithic view in favour of a fragmentary, multifarious mosaic. These areas aren’t famous or glamorous, but they’re key to understanding the city. Each photographer worked in a different location. London’s urban sprawl expresses its true contemporary identity, including its constant evolution; as such, it holds clues to its future.
The landscape in Barking, Kingston, and the greenbelt are tightly controlled and partitioned, while the wave of new tower blocks in Nine Elms looks overwhelming. Other areas show past failures, the fading carparks in Croydon, or the grimy land under the Westway. Stratford and Brentford look out over rivers, ancient and yet ever-changing; you can’t step into the same river twice, so the saying goes. London is 2000 years old, and it’s still in the process of shapeshifting.
The eight photographers are: Andrew Meredith, Caroline Charrell, Francesco Russo, Henry Woide, Luca Piffaretti, Simon Kennedy, Sue Barr and Polly Tootal.