David Bailey's East End - in pictures

The morning fog obscures Bailey's view of Christ Church at Spitalfields in 1962.
'London's East End is in my DNA and I'm thrilled to be able to return to my roots in Newham. Now the rest of the world will focus on an area I've been looking at all my life.' Photograph: David Bailey

The derelict headquarters of the British and Foreign Sailors Society, seen through a chain-link fence Photograph: David Bailey

Three children pick their way across bomb-damaged wasteland Photograph: David Bailey

British model and actress Jean Shrimpton leans in the hallway of Bailey's family home in 1961 Photograph: David Bailey

An East Ender raises his pint to the photographer in 1968 Photograph: David Bailey

A woman sits smoking at a pub table Photograph: David Bailey

A man relaxes in the Rio Club in 1968 Photograph: David Bailey

Two women enjoy a drink at the Rio Club Photograph: David Bailey

A young boxer pauses by the gloves at a ring in east London in 1968 Photograph: David Bailey

Shot on a Linhof 5x4 camera, Bailey's wife, Catherine, poses at Silvertown Docks during a shoot for Bailey's own Ritz newspaper in 1983 Photograph: David Bailey

Two women stand on Green Street in Newham as Bailey returns to shoot in the East End in 2007. 'The recent work is mostly shot in digital which lends itself very well to street photography,' Bailey said Photograph: David Bailey