Erwin Polanc (b. Friesach, Austria, 1982; lives and works in Graz) is a photographer and teaches photography and multimedia art at the Ortweinschule, Graz. For his most recent project, Evening Standards, Polanc spent twelve weeks in London, charting approaches to the diverse interwoven communities and urban strata and histories. The post-Brexit climate has brought to light the emotional and aesthetic sensibilities of a generation that knows the optimism of the New Labour years only from history books. It is in the streets of Bow, Mile End, and Aldgate East—and not in overpriced homes—that different rhythms and speeds clash, stimulating start-ups, speculation, and development as well as immigrants’ stories. The title is borrowed from the Evening Standard, a daily paper out of London with a long tradition. Since 2009, it has been an ad-financed free vessel for metropolitan gossip, business news, and real-estate listings. In the context of the artist’s book, the title disintegrates into its two components. Which norms and standards might people still agree on amid this digital melancholia, with only camera lenses and microchips left to capture a time of fading light and frame information from a disillusioned milieu? Technically flawless and meticulously composed, Polanc’s photographs draw attention to the act of seeing as such and visual perception. With a text by Oliver Klimpel based on headlines that appeared in the London Evening Standard in early 2023.