An east London native and former Fleet Street photographer, Stuart Goodman was brought up on a Hackney council estate, had lived in Broadway Market and has been a shop keeper there.

Stuart’s two great passions in life were photography and music. He was a talented Jazz trumpeter, who played in an early incarnation of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Combining these two passions resulted in his first published picture, one of the NYJO in rehearsal. 

Although the great Stuart Goodman passed away on 2^nd April 2020, his memory lives on through his work. He is dearly missed by all of the OWN IT! family.