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Chris Dorley-Brown is a British documentary photographer and filmmaker, based in the
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. Since 1984, Dorley-Brown has been creating a photographic archive of the London Borough of Hackney. Since 1993 he has collaborated with other people on a variety of projects in radio, print, cinema, television, Internet and architecture. His photography books include ''The Longest Way Round'' (2015), ''Drivers in the 1980s'' (2015) and ''The Corners'' (2018). His films include ''BBC in the East End 1958–1973'' (2007) and ''15 Seconds Part 3'' (2015).


Life and work

Dorley-Brown grew up on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. He trained as a silkscreen printer and print finisher after leaving school. Later he joined the photographer Red Saunders' studio as a camera assistant. He went freelance in 1984, creating a photographic archive of the London Borough of Hackney where he lived and worked, which he has continued to do.http://www.modrex.com/CV_ChrisDorley-Brown.pdf "Largely self-taught, his cultural education was formed in east London in the late seventies, against a backdrop of strongly polarised political conflict and change. His influences are shaped by memory, both personal and those of others." In 1991, he expanded into filmmaking and other activities associated with burgeoning new technologies. Since 1993 Dorley-Brown has collaborated with other people of various creative disciplines, as well as groups and individuals in the public sphere, on a variety of projects in radio, print, cinema, television, Internet and architecture.


Publications


Publications by Dorley-Brown

*''The Corners.'' Self‐published, 2010. *''Continuum.'' FusionLab Inc, 2014. Digital photobook for iPad. *''The Longest Way Round.'' UK: Overlapse, 2015. . *''Drivers in the 1980s.'' East London Photo Stories Book 6. London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2015. . *''The Corners.'' London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2018. . *''A History of the East End.'' France: Noveau Palais. 2024. .


Publication with others

*''The Cut.'' London: Space, 2011. Photographs by Dorley-Brown, Jessie Brennan, and Daniel Lehan. Edited by Dorley-Brown.


Publications edited by Dorley-Brown

*''The East End in Colour 1960-1980.'' London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2018. By David Granick. Edited and with an introduction by Dorley-Brown. . Edition of 3000 copies. Second edition; .


Publications with contributions by Dorley-Brown

*''Scarpe: Moda e Fantasia'' = Shoes: Fashion and Fantasy. Milan: Rizzoli, 1990. Edited by
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. . With a preface by Blahnik. *''Photographers London: 1839-1994.'' London: Museum of London, 1995. Edited by Mike Seaborne. . *''Future Face: Image, Identity, Innovation.'' London:
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, 2004. By William Ewing. / ''Faire faces: Le nouveau portrait photographique.'' France:
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, 2006. Edited by Jonathan Lipkin. . *''London Street Photography: 1860–2010.'' London:
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, 2011. . Selected from the Museum of London collection by Mike Seaborne and Anna Sparham. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Museum. *''The Art of Dissent: Adventures in London's Olympic State.'' Marshgate, 2012. Edited by Hilary Powell and Isaac Marrero-Guillamon. . Dorley-Brown contributes journal extracts. *''The Wick.'' Issue 3. London: See Studio, 2013. Edited by Marrero-Guillamon. Newspaper with supplement, "Picturing the Wick", by Dorley-Brown and Francesca Weber-Newth.


Films by Dorley-Brown

*''BBC in the East End 1958–1973'' (2007), for
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. Edited by Dorley-Brown. 3 hours long set of 2 DVDs and 40 page booklet with an essay by Tony White. Made on a BBC Creative Archive placement at the BBC Creative Archive Licence Group. *''15 Seconds Part 3'' (2015), for
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Collections

Dorley-Brown's work is held in the following public collections: *
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, London. *Richard and Ronay Menschel Library,
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, Rochester, New York: ''The Longest Way Round'' book.


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External links

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