A lavish, large-format hardback documenting a fast-disappearing part of 'old London'. Shoreditch, that small but vibrant area just east of Liverpool Street station in east London, is the centre of London's shady and once-thriving strip-pub culture. But due to the gentrification of the area and the threat of the East London Line development at Bishopsgate, many of the pubs have either closed or are closing down and some will be demolished to make way for the trains. Photographers Julie Cook and Sarah Ainslie were given unprecedented access to the venues and to the women themselves and their photographs are a mixture of candid shots of the strippers relaxing, preparing for work and performing, and images of the architecture (many of the venues are once grand Victorian gin palaces) and the punters' reaction to what they're being shown. ©Amazon.com
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