In Dalston Anatomy, The Photographer's Gallery

The Artist
Italian artist Lorenzo Vitturi was born in Venice in 1980. After studying photography in Rome and graduating in 2004 he began work as a designer/artist with a two-year residency at Fabrica, the social research group for Benetton. Having spent time as a cinema set painter, Lorenzo was familiar with the art of capturing the aesthetic of a location, and this was only to become more central to his practice.
Vitturi moved to East London in 2007, choosing Dalston as his neighbourhood, attracted to its identity as a cacophonous melting pot of colours and cultures. That so many different people from all over the world could co-exist in disorganised harmony intrigued Vitturi, and he was soon charmed by the area’s unique social richness and perturbed by the encroaching risk of conformity by gentrification. 
Spotlight on Dalston
From start of the 20th century Dalston played to host to a movement of Central European Jews that marked the first of many cultures to converge in the area. Half a century later, as this community moved on to surrounding areas a thriving Caribbean community came to replace it. Since then Dalston has welcomed groups from Turkey and Vietnam as well as a whole host of other nations. This rich cultural heritage is at risk however, of being squeezed out by the arrival of affluent Londoners, the high-street culture and gentrification that inevitably follows. 
The Exhibition
Lorenzo Vitturi’s photographic book Dalston Anatomy, which is also the subject of the exhibition of the same name, is a study and celebration of the Dalston that he loves. Using a perfected blend of photography, sculpture and site-specific installation the artist has created a stunning exhibition that captures the endangered true-Dalston in all its colours; its objects and its people.