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This week we spoke to British photographer Colin Jones about the images he took of The Black House, a hostel for black youth in Holloway Road, North London. These pictures were originally commissioned by the Sunday Times in 1973, but Jones was invited back by residents and he continued to document their lives for the rest of the decade.
Born in London in 1936, Colin Jones's photographic career followed an unusual trajectory. He grew up in a working-class family in London’s East End, before winning a scholarship to train and later dance with The Royal Ballet. Jones bought his first camera …