A fantastic set of work I came across was Alan Dein's East End Shopfronts of 1988. With over 100 photographs in his collection, Dein states his work records the last moments of the Jewish community in his local area.
"The eighties were a terrible time for removing everything, comparable to what the Victorians had done a century earlier. But I have always loved peeling paint, paint that has been weathered and worn seafront textures, and this was just at the last moment before these buildings were going to be redeveloped, so I photographed the shopfronts because this landscape was not going to last.”
http://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/05/17/alan-deins-east-end-shopfronts-of-1988/
I find this very interesting. I feel a similar way to Dein where he says how he has "loved peeling paint...and worn seafront textures". I have always had an interest in the tumbledown and unusual shop fronts too. My upbringing in an arts/graphic design household has lead me to always appreciate good design and identify poor design.
I'd like to convey this later in my project.
