Nigel Shafran first came to fame in 1990 with a series of images published by i-D; showing teenage shoppers in a down-at-heel precinct in Ilford,it was the antithesis of a high-end fashion shoot. His first venture into publishing, Ruthbook, or had a similarly pared-down approach; showing his girlfriend shot mostly at domestic,in her dressing gown, say, or blowing her nose,alongside details such as crumbs on a kitchen work surface, a pot on the stove, and a hair stuck on a bar of soap. Shafran hand-wrote the title,in pencil, on all 600 copies. Now he's found a modern twist on this everyday approach, or putting his work books on demonstrate. Dating from 1984 right up to 2018 they're a creative insight into his working process and life,and a typically understated collection - though it's the inaugural exhibition at Sion and Moore, the gallery sprint by Claire de Rouen's Lucy Moore in the space that used to house Wolfgang Tillmans' studio.
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