Dispersal: Picturing urban change in east London

Dispersal considers the period of change in Stratford, East London prior to the 2012 Olympic Games. Photographers Marion Davies and Debra Rapp documented 60 small businesses before they were forced to move from the area in 2007. The three authors have charted the progress, successes and failures of these large and small firms, re-photographing a selection in 2015. They show how this major urban redevelopment project has had a permanent and dramatic impact on the Lea Valley's industrial areas; and at the same time they have created a lasting record of this previously diverse and often unappreciated working environment.