Tangina Hoque

As an artist who is fascinated in the concept of documentary photography, it allows Hoque to capture a piece or a place that then transcends into creating a narrative or story. Documenting photographs gives a motivation into forming a very descriptive and illustrative narration about an appealing subject matter. 

Hoque’s photography is very much deeply influenced by observations around a specific environment and its livelihood especially a place like East London and its market areas. Photographing East London is to be very much personal and intimate, because it’s an area that has character and a distinctive atmosphere around itself. As well as this, the markets around East London are openly chaotic and touristic which provides an opportunity to appreciate of what the areas are like and how it is regarded from an outsider. Hoque likes to regard her photography as to be ‘everyday snapshots’ that illustrate her ongoing process of producing a photobook.

"Brick Lane Market”, Photograph, (glossy photographic paper) 12.7x 15.2cm