- Publisher: Unicorn
- Year: 2023
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 160pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 230x275mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 1.2kg
- ISBN: 9781911397311
- Product code: 538698
Dock Life Renewed
New Hardback Illustrated
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Forty years ago London’s once-thriving docks lay derelict; now, amid the offices and luxury apartments that have sprung up around them, marine life has returned. The photographer Niki Gorick has chronicled the life of St Katharine Dock, where she lives, Surrey Quays and Canary Wharf: the visiting superyachts, warships and training clippers; the dockyards; and above all, the close-knit houseboat communities.
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Forty years ago, London's Docklands had become 6,000 acres of forgotten wasteland after over a century as the busiest port in the world. Now these once-derelict docks are again filled with ships and boats, forming homes and businesses for an extraordinary range of people. Whether millionaires visiting on their superyachts, country house executives needing a London base, young tech workers wanting a cheaper place to live, jobbing craftsmen keeping ancient marine trades alive or homeless people finding refuge, these are varied and dynamic communities.
Highly acclaimed London photographer Niki Gorick focuses on St Katharine Docks, the Surrey Docks and the Isle of Dogs to illustrate the rich mix of personalities and activities in these converted commercial docks. They enjoy central London locations but as floating communities with their own nautical customs and rules, they are a world apart from their land-based neighbours. These images reveal the amazingly diverse modern-day life within these urban marinas.
Highly acclaimed London photographer Niki Gorick focuses on St Katharine Docks, the Surrey Docks and the Isle of Dogs to illustrate the rich mix of personalities and activities in these converted commercial docks. They enjoy central London locations but as floating communities with their own nautical customs and rules, they are a world apart from their land-based neighbours. These images reveal the amazingly diverse modern-day life within these urban marinas.
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Forty years ago London’s once-thriving docks lay derelict; now, amid the offices and luxury apartments that have sprung up around them, marine life has returned. The photographer Niki Gorick has chronicled the life of St Katharine Dock, where she lives, Surrey Quays and Canary Wharf: the visiting superyachts, warships and training clippers; the dockyards; and above all, the close-knit houseboat communities.
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Fore. Lord Heseltine, Intro. Matt Brown, Niki Gorick
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230x275mm
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