I have been following the Gentle Author’s project to publish a book of Sarah Ainslie’s photographs of local Women at Work (see the planned book cover below).

I am a long-standing admirer of all the work that he does, documenting the work and activities of the local community, not least in documenting the changes to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry – he has been one of the most effective people in the campaign to preserve it, with a particularly good knowledge of local politics.

One of the other strings to his bow (he has so many) is that he has a comprehensive knowledge of local documentary and historical photography, based on the archives of the Bishopsgate Institute.

So, this project is, like everything he does, very well worth supporting:-

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/sarah-ainslies-women-at-work-book