The Big Issue - UK (2020-03-02)

02-08 MARCH 2020 BIGISSUE.COM| 29

STREET ART

TECH

HowStarTrekpredicted

thedarksideofthe

digitalage

Steven MacKenzie

BROADCAST

Bonkers,yes.But

ResonanceFMhas

somethingforeveryone

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.