It may seem a bit churlish to complain about the traffic in a post about a photographer who has traveled the globe to bring us his work, but getting to the William Morris Gallery on Saturday afternoon was a pain. The William Morris Gallery is on Forest Road.

It would not have been too inconvenient a place to get to if so-called 'planned' engineering works hadn't caused the entire Victoria Line to be out of action as well as the overground which also services Blackhorse Road station. This part of Walthamstow was basically cut off from a reliable source of public transport, replacement and other bus services notwithstanding. The roads were accordingly jammed. Thanks therefore to the kind men who put single lane traffic arrangements and alternating traffic light on Forest Road this weekend (no actual road work was in evidence). Brilliant timing fellas.

When we eventually got there, we were in for a treat. Miah Abdulaleem's works were exhibited in the large room to the right as you go in the front entrance. His works took up the wall in which the door to the room is situated, so they are behind you as you go in. The photographs are simple. Miah Abdulaleem believes is that a photograph should be 'pleasant to look at and should have story behind it'. All the pictures on display are striking, from the picture of the little boy in a street near a mosque in Cairo, titled 'Abandoned' to the literally striking 'Yellow Belt' a picture of a young boy trying to perfect his judo by driving a kick towards the camera. I enjoyed this world-class collection of photographs and had picked out these works and portraits like "Stranger", (a photograph taken in Pakistan in April 2008) as an outstanding achievement before I had any clue as to the photographer's increasing difficulties to overcome to take such brilliant photographs due to the onset of Parkinson's.

I mused recently in a review of works in the Vestry House Museum that I am never happy with the use of 'disabled' or 'disadvantaged' type labels attaching themselves to artists and being used as a justification for making a special effort to see their works. Miah Abdulaleem's exhibition is a shining example of why. True talent and passion transcends such distractions.

This exhibition runs until 12 October 2008.