Jamil
Jamil
Sadek
Sadek
Abidul
Abidul
Arif
Arif
Shakil
Shakil
Shipu
Shipu
Jabedul
Jabedul
Jamil
Jamil
Aktar
Aktar
Liton
Liton
Ali
Ali
Sameer
Sameer
Bodrul
Bodrul
Sami
Sami
Aslam
Aslam
Mahfuz
Mahfuz
Shariff
Shariff
Abdul
Abdul
Mijan
Mijan
Ajhar
Ajhar
Sumon
Sumon
Amaan and Ameen
Amaan and Ameen
Bapez
Bapez
Abdul
Abdul
Sunil
Sunil
Azadul
Azadul

Ali Barber

Portraits from Ali's Barber Shop, 258 Bethnal Green Road, London.

Ali's barber shop is the most popular asian barber shop in London's East End, with queues often running out onto the street. Ali, Mohsin, Vicky and Shehz, the four Pakistani barbers, work late into the night fashioning mohicans, shape-ups, and v-cuts for their predominantly Bengali clientele. In spring 2010 I set up a pop-up studio in the basement of Ali's shop and spent 6 weeks documenting a cross-section of his customers.

This project was recently exhibited as a slideshow and book at Four Corners Gallery, 121 Roman Road, London.