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STREET ART
TECH
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Robin Ince
FILM
Hailingtheamazing
lifeofanAfrican-
Americanicon
Cath Clarke
byBabycakesRomero
RenownedLondonstreetphotographer
BabycakesRomeropresentsanewbook
ofhiswork,MYLDN.Fifty percent ofallthe
artist’sroyaltieswillbedonatedto youth
homelesscharityCentrepoint.
“Thisbookisacompilationofshots
froma decadeofLondonlifeoriginally
postedonmy ongoingblogofthesame
name,”heexplains.“Iaimedtoshowthis
magnificentmulticulturalmeltingpotin
allofitschaoticglory.Duringthistime
thecityhastransformedfrom ‘TheCity of
Possibilities’into‘TheImpossibleCity’ as
excessiverentsandlivingcostshaveforced
outsomanyandina lotofcases,ontothe
streetsthemselves.
“Homelessnesshasincreaseddrastically
andwithoutevenseeingthestatsyoucan
seeit withyourowneyes.Whenthismany
peopleare beingmadehomelessitshowsto
methiscityisfailingtoprotectthosewho
needit themost– andit isnottheirfailure,
itisoursociety’s.
“Iwantedtodonatehalfmyroyaltiesto
Centrepointastheyprovideasafety netto
youngpeoplewhohavefallenthroughthe
cracks.Theyare abletohelpthemwhenthey
are attheirmostvulnerableandtoprevent
themfromspirallingfurtherdownintoa
lifewhichisharderandhardertoescape
from thelongeryou are init.Thiscitymust
protectandprovidefor all of its citizens, not
justforthefew.”
etsy.com/uk/shop/babycakesromero
MYLDN:AStreet View
of London Life
Theworkonthispageiscreatedby
peoplewhoaremarginalised.
[email protected]
toseeyourarthere.
Toseemoreandbuyprints:
bigissueshop.comAtleasthalf of the
profit goes to the artist.