Lorenzo VitturiPhotography / LightboxCatch Lorenzo Vitturi's raw, colour-rich ode to DalstonDriving head-on into the unstoppable energy of an area poised for extinctionShareLink copied ✔️August 4, 2014PhotographyLightboxText Lula Ososki Photography Lorenzo Vitturi Venice-born photographer Lorenzo Vitturi is an expert at dissecting the elements of a location. For our Summer 2014 issue, Vitturi took Maison Martin Margiela's Spring/Summer Artisanal collection to Ridley Road market, clashing an array of the everyday from Dalston's streets with the eclectic couture of Margiela. The draw of Dalston evidently holds strong for Vitturi, whose most recent, and widely acclaimed project Dalston Anatomy drives further into the culturally vibrant and rapidly evolving East London area. With the first of this series hailed as one of 2013's standout books, the anatomy continues with a combination of photography, sculpture and composition capturing the spirit of Dalston on the brink of gentrification. Vitturi's artistic background as a former cinema set painter bleeds into his trademark, colour-saturated aesthetic. "It's a visual ode to Dalston – a unique place where different cultures merge together in a celebration of life, diversity and unstoppable energy", said Vitturi of the area's continuing artistic pull for him. "I felt compelled to capture this place at its rawest and most beautiful, with all its flaws and smells before it too is transformed and disappears altogether, as time moves ever forward". Dalston Anatomy is on show at The Photographer's Gallery from August 1 - October 19. Lorenzo Vitturi's Dalston AnatomyEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 30,000+ creatives from around the world.TrendingWhy queer horror fans are obsessed with LeviticusAdrian Chiarella’s cult horror turns teenage desire into something deadly – here, the director talks to Nick Chen about romance, real-world homophobia and why fans keep coming back for moreFilm & TVMusic‘Asian artists are now influencing the west’: Lexie Liu meets YvesHingeLife & CultureWhat’s the bravest thing you’ve ever done for a crush?BeautyWhat are ‘fantasy notes’? Inside perfume’s weirdest new obsessionFashionThe top 10 freakum dresses from Beyoncé’s hyper-glam B’Day eraArt & Photography‘A Scandinavian pixie dream’: Photos from Way Out West festFashionAmi Paris enlists its amis for its latest campaignMusicRanking Beyoncé’s unreleased B’Day tracksMusicThese are the standout sets from Reading Festival 2026Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy