Seán Anthony

North London

2020s

Made from 2021 onwards, Seán Anthony’s ongoing series records Tottenham and other parts of North London during a period of extensive redevelopment.

The new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium opened in 2019, while major development plans have continued around Tottenham Hale and the Love Lane Estate. Anthony’s photographs provide a record of the area during these changes, concentrating on its residents, independent businesses and street life.

The collection includes former boxer and Windrush campaigner Vernon Vanriel, lifelong teddy boy and bus driver Paul, and Bob with his Spurs tattoos. Other photographs document football supporters, cafés and estates including Love Lane and Ferry Lane.

Photo © Seán Anthony / British Culture Archive

About Seán Anthony

Seán Anthony is a photographer based in Tottenham, North London. His ongoing work records the streets, housing estates and individuals he encounters across Tottenham and neighbouring districts. Made from 2021 onwards, the photographs include football supporters, shopfronts and residents of estates undergoing redevelopment.

Anthony’s portrait of former boxer and Windrush campaigner Vernon Vanriel was selected for the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Britain Vol. 6 and displayed nationwide in January 2024. His photographs Man in Café and Bus Stop Cowboy entered the Historic England Archive through Picturing High Streets. Phone Box, Kebab, Stella was subsequently used as the artwork for Special Request’s 2024 album Street Anthems.

British Culture Archive represents the selected photographs from Anthony’s North London collection for print editions and image licensing.

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