The Latin Villlage / El Pueblo Latino
Book design for a collaboration with traders and community members of The Seven Sisters Indoor Market.
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The Latin Village / El Pueblo Latino is a collaboration with the traders and community members of The Seven Sisters Indoor Market. Home to over 40 businesses representing more than 15 nationalities, the market is so much more than a building. It is the largest concentration of Latin traders in Britain, as well as a home for traders of African, Iranian, and Caribbean descent. It is representative of Latin identity in London, a space where many have discovered or reconnected to their Latin roots.
After over 15 years of campaigning, community activists won the battle against a developer who sought to demolish the market to build luxury flats. Now, however, the market has remained closed for two years while undergoing repairs. Community organisers are currently fundraising for a plan that would place control back into the hands of the local community.
To read more about the community plan, please click here.
Through writing, archival material and photography, this publication aims to portray community spaces through the eyes of the people that occupy them and involve the community in its own documentation. Disposable cameras were distributed to a group of traders from the Latin Village who are now dispered through the high street. These traders generously offered their time and creativity to capure their every day lives. This book is a reflection of the present state of the market, its past, and the hope for the future. We hope the publication will continue to evolve along with the market, and that the market will once again be a hub for the community.
Typeface by Daniel Hernández, Latinotype
