Mick Hartley

The edges of London, by German photographer Philipp Ebeling:

Myrtle Avenue picnic, Hounslow.

Fishermen at the mouth of Barking Creek, with the raised flood barrier in the background.

Angel Road station, Edmonton

Canning Town, Newham.

From his new book:

Coming to London from a small village in Germany, I was both overwhelmed and bewitched. I felt compelled to know every last corner of the place, to understand it as fully as I could.  For years I crisscrossed the city on my bike, finding new routes to places, exploring new neighbourhoods, getting lost and soaking up every detail…