East End Women At Work

Yesterday I launched our crowdfund and we raised £1,288 on the first day. Click here to support our crowdfund to publish Sarah Ainslie’s WOMEN AT WORK Sarah celebrates the contribution of female labour in exuberant portraits that capture the passion and struggle of the working life. Drawn from Sarah’s personal archive and her sixteen years as Spitalfields Life Contributing Photographer, this is a panoramic survey of social change over four decades. Today we preview a small selection of Sarah’s portraits. “It means so much to me and will be an important recognition of all the women I have photographed over the years for this book to be published by Spitalfields Life Books, a perfect home for it.” Sarah Ainslie Merle Curtis, Sultana Begum, Armagan Middlemast & Husna Begum, Tower Hamlets Food Bank Afa Simpson, Painter, Decorator & Clown Donna Wood, Postwoman, Royal Mail Claire Carmelo, Customer Service Assistant, Bethnal Green Station Kelly Wood, Carer, Silk Court Care Home Kellyan…