I wanted to understand the Muslim faith amongst the people that live around me, and in the context of being British.
In the light of Trump’s travel ban on certain Muslim countries and my feeling that representation of the Muslim faith is largely negative in the British media I felt that I could show a more balanced view and something that people could relate to. I met all of the people in London within 5 miles of where I lived, my community.
Egg owns and runs the Mosque on Shacklewell Lane in Dalston. The mosque was built as a Synagogue so it feels unlike many others in London. Whilst I was there the ceiling was being refurbished, hence the photo taken high up in the dome. On the exterior of the dome Egg once painted his own name, which you can still see even though he’s repainted it in a more traditional gold.
