From the age of five, Zed Nelson grew up in Hackney, east London, where he still lives. He published his third photographic monograph in 2014, entitled A Portrait of Hackney (Hoxton Mini Press). He then began filming The Street as a personal project in 2015, working on it until 2019. The film was not commissioned and initially had no funding. Later the Museum of London gave Nelson a grant for editing and acquired the film for its collection.
