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... well, Poplar at least!
personal emotion have dogged his life from an answer was a revelation! "I could easily give in to it
early age. Even to this day Ari struggles with his (depression), curl up into a ball and give up. Then I
demons. A (in his own words) "patchy" Church goer would miss out on the beauty of life. Photography
in his younger days, he can now regularly be seen gets me out in the fresh air and makes me look at
at All Saints Church. In recent years the Church has my surroundings with fresh eyes. It works for me,
become his family. but took a long time to get to this stage."
He has returned to one of his loves, photography, Ari is part of a Facebook group called "Poplar
to help him challenge his nemesis, depression. Through Our Eyes" where he adds his own photos
Several times I have come across Ari wandering and others contribute to the history of Poplar.
around various parts of East London, camera in To help us acknowledge HARCA’s 20th anniversary,
hand, just looking at the world around him; taking Ari has agreed to share some of his photographs
in the beauty of things we normally take for with us. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
granted. When I asked him why he does it, his
Richard Caley
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