Urban Miscellanea
2020-2022, 2025
Urban Miscellanea is an experimental multimedia anthology that celebrates creativity situated within the urban.
2020/21: States of Apprehension
2021/22: Urban emergency / urban rhythms
2025: Archiving
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Dan Nicholson
2021/22
The Harringay Passage
Photography
Bio
I am a MSc Urban Studies student who has interests in micro-spaces, marginal spaces and urban transformations. My photographs show my perception and viewpoint of these ideas.
This submission contains a series of photographs taken in the Harringay Passage in North London. This alleyway is the longest in London and therefore the pictures taken there offer a glimpse into the heart of the neighbourhood and the variety of characteristics it holds. The chosen photos represent various motifs relating to the themes of emergency and urban rhythms, while also reflecting the aspects of day-to-day life in the area. Some of the subthemes within this submission are security, dilapidation, creativity and the illicit.
The images reflect my own daily rhythms as I pass through the space on a daily basis albeit at different times of the day, reflecting how the space holds different atmospheres depending on temporality.
The inspiration for these photographs comes from my intrigue in the alleyway as a space that is reflective of the identity of the neighbourhood. Furthermore, as the area is experiencing rapid transformation, the alleyway can be seen as a microcosm of these changes. The transformations of the space are also at the heart of my dissertation which attempts to examine how the changing space relates to changing local identities and wider transformations in the area.