SMITHFIELD MARKET

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE NIGHT

Located in the City of London, Smithfield Market is a seminal place with a colourful history ranging from public executions to wife selling. In the face of urban development and decline in livestock trade the future of the market and its historical identity is now uncertain.

Journey Through the Night records the bustling life of London’s Smithfield meat Market as it unfolds from late evening till dawn. The series captures the physicality and theatricality of the traders at work and their tenacity in the face of change and threats from the global market.