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Mebrakh Houghton-Johnson, Brixton Market, Electric Avenue: Immortalised in the Eddy Grant song that hymns the 1981 Riots, Electric Avenue was the first UK street to be lit by electric power and once boasted Victorian-era glass and steel canopies that ran its whole length, sadly lost in the 80s. Today, it is the beating heart of Brixton, with a daily market providing every kind of African, Caribbean, South American and Asian foodstuff and product, and more characters than you can count. It is rarely quiet and Mebrakh went (almost) entirely unnoticed as he played.

Classical Beats on Brixton Streets

Bringing a rich classical & contemporary repertoire to the heart of Brixton; dynamic environmental portraits of the diverse, characterful young players of the Brixton Chamber Orchestra in and around the streets of this bustling area of London.

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Into the Night - The Story of the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster for Original Online

Into the Night: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster

A portrait project shot to accompany ‘Into the Night: The Story of the Penlee Lifeboat’, the Original Theatre Company production marking the 40th anniversary of the tragedy in commemorating those lost, and the Cornish community left behind.

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Shape // Space: Collage artist Caroline Popham

Creatives // Creation

An artist, an object that speaks to their work, a photographer. 30 minutes, 1 portrait. A colourful, playful project exploring the spaces between creator & creation.

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Mya-Rose Craig a.k.a Birdgirl, Birdwatcher, environmental activist, founder of Black2Nature

In a Green Shade: The English & Nature

An ongoing environmental portrait project, taking an affectionate look at the English & Nature, exploring & celebrating our diverse connections to this green & pleasant land.

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The Midnight Hour

Creating location-like shots taken in the studio. Portraits filled with intensity, uncertainty and regret.

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Free Flow ‘Fro

Portraits celebrating afro-textured hair in all its nuanced variety, capturing a diverse British community of Black and Mixed Race subjects from all professions and walks of life in the UK with aspirational colour and energy.

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These Four Walls

As the UK went into Corona lockdown in March 2020, all shoots were cancelled, and the borders of life shrank to a few rooms and a daily walk. I did something unusual for me, and made home my subject.

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The Attitudes - Threatening - Nicholas Pinnock

The Attitudes

Recreating & reimagining classic acting Attitudes in an award-winning dramatic portrait project drawing on my previous career for the benefit of charity ‘Acting for Others.’

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Cold Water Swimmers of Brockwell Lido

Cold Water Swimmers of Brockwell Lido

A project embracing my love of outdoor swimming: dipping a toe in the freezing waters of Brockwell Lido with a series of environmental portraits of the cold water swimmers of this South London Institution.

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painter Laurence Causse-Parsley

Making Spaces

A series of environmental working portraits featuring artists based at Make Space Studios, London – from puppet makers to screen printers, sculptors to painter – I dropped by to explore their working worlds.

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