Fragments of the East End by Andrew Firth

[Andrew Firth]

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[TomTomKent]

Nice picture, any chance of a brief synopsis and some details?

[Andrew Firth]

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[Andrew Firth]

Fragments of the East End will be available from 31st August 2011. In the meantime, there is a Facebook page with previews from the book.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fragments-of-the-East-End/135698406522194

All the best
Andrew

[Jason]

absolutely love the shot of Millers Court......take it that the additional snapshot in the tunnel is an add-on ? so tantalising !!

[Andrew Firth]

Jason,

Yes, it's one of a number of "photomontages" that feature in the book. There's also a close-up view down the passageway that appears alongside this one on the same page.

The recreation of Millers Court uses about seven or eight separate photos in all.

All the best
Andrew

[GregBaron]

Great visuals...

Those superimposed shots (as I would call them) are terrific. Sometimes it's hard to get a feel for the Autumn of Terror after the modernization and tear downs.......great stuff......I'm dying to know what year that Miller's Court photo was shot?

Looks very tantalizing...


Greg

[The Grave Maurice]

Andrew,

I'm not much of a facebooker (bookite? bookie?). How do I go about ordering a copy of your latest work?

[Andrew Firth]

Greg,

The shot of the Millers Court arch was taken in 1927, and appeared in Leonard Matters' book the following year. I have taken the liberty of straightening out the image in Photoshop, to give the appearance of looking at the arch head on, rather than at an angle as in the original photo.

GM,

The book will be available from 31st August, at which point I'll post the relevant link on Facebook, Casebook and jtrforums to preview and order the book.

All the best
Andrew

[GregBaron]

Looks intriguing...

The shot of the Millers Court arch was taken in 1927, and appeared in Leonard Matters' book the following year. I have taken the liberty of straightening out the image in Photoshop, to give the appearance of looking at the arch head on, rather than at an angle as in the original photo.

Thanks Andrew, I'm very much looking forward to this one...

The book will be available from 31st August, at which point I'll post the relevant link on Facebook, Casebook and jtrforums to preview and order the book.

Rather an eerie date for publication is it not? Ha ha...

Greg

[Andrew Firth]

Assembly Passage

[Andrew Firth]

More preview images from the book are now online on the Fragments of the East End Facebook page at:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fragments-of-the-East-End/135698406522194

All the best
Andrew

[Andrew Firth]

The main locations covered in the forthcoming book:

[Andrew Firth]

Fragments of the East End, a new 160 page full colour book featuring photography, maps and montages of Jack the Ripper's London by Andrew Firth. Published through blurb.com

This 160 page book includes photomontages of the Aldgate Pump, Aldgate East Station and Tavern, Black Lion Court (x2), St. Jude's Church Commercial Street, The Princess Alice Pub Commercial Street, Dorset Street and Millers Court, Durward Street (x2), Flower & Dean Street (x2), Gardiners Corner, Goulston Street, Grey Eagle Street (x2), Gunthorpe Street, Half Moon Passage, Hanbury Street, Henriques Street, Mitre Square (x2), Old Castle Street, Old Montague Street (x4), Plough Street, Poplar High Street, Spectacle Alley, St George in the East Mortuary, St Mary's Church, St Mary's Station, Swallow Gardens, Whites Row, Wickhams Department Store and Winthrop Street (x2).

In addition, many other east end locations are featured in full colour, with numerous atmospheric night shots.

Includes the authors own descriptive accounts of selected locations as they appear today, along with several map overlays showing the changes that have taken place in the east end over the last 120+ years.

Foreword written by John G. Bennett.

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2437741

[Andrew Firth]

Promotional Video

There's also a promotional video featuring some of the photomontages that appear in the book. This can be viewed at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP2GcI6jWDw

All the best
Andrew