Eva Bachmann
»Closed for Business«
“Closed for Business” documents the timeless shopfronts of once-thriving high streets in London, exploring the decline of small businesses, shifts in consumer behaviour, and the effects of commercial standardisation on inner cities. The series examines the challenges facing independent businesses and the broader impact on urban design. The homogenisation of city centres, dominated by corporate chains and shopping malls, has been accelerated by the pandemic and the growth of online retail. Although photographed in London, the images suggest a wider, universal transformation of city centres.
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Eva Bachmann is a German-British artist, born in Czechoslovakia and raised in Germany. She studied at Chelsea College of Art and completed a Master at the Slade School of Fine Art. Her lens-based practice combines photography, printmaking, installation, and book art. She received the Clare Winston Award, which enabled her to revisit the countries of her upbringing and explore her cross-cultural heritage and identity. She has exhibited internationally and lives and works in London.
