David George

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From 1969-1974 Diane was employed as a lab technician at Paddington Technical College. It was there she met Paul Trevor who invited her to be a part of EXIT, Britain's first photography collective. The group’s first project was to photograph the Wapping area immediately before its transformation from a former working-class dockland’s community to one for the upwardly mobile, complete with converted warehouse apartments and chic bars. This work was subsequently published in 1974 in the book Down Wapping. From 1974-1975 Diane was invited to participate in two feminist exhibitions at the Half Moon Gallery. A selection of work from both the EXIT and Half Moon projects is shown here.

Diane currently lives in the USA where she works as an activist artist and photographer. She is a past President and Director of the Contemporary Arts Center of Los Angles.

www.dianebush.net

Don is a London-born, self-taught photographer who brings a rich academic background to her work. Her dedication to her community is intrinsic to her photography, acting as an extended hand to the people that surround her. She listens through the lens, giving a clear voice to those she photographs. 

Don is interested in everyday people, believing that photographs, oral histories, and reminiscences are the foundation of urban folklore. She says that "through shaping our streets with art and storytelling, we enrich our neighbourhoods" and that her work is about "reclaiming our neighbourhoods from dominant commercialism, as I believe that our own stories are more vibrant and meaningful".

With an eye for street portraits and oral histories, Don's Future Hackney project transforms public spaces into platforms for storytelling. By weaving the personal and collective histories of her subjects into her photography, she creates powerful visual archives that challenge stereotypes and highlight the strength and fortitude of these communities.

Instagram: @futurehackney / @dontravis

 In 2001 Heather travelled to the USA and photographed her family using a bulky wooden 8" x 10" plate camera, made in 1895. On her return she began to photograph families living in her street, Cecilia Road, in Hackney.

Using this large and unwieldy camera often meant she was working in cramped conditions, in small rooms with low light. The result is often soft, slightly blurred images that capture the life and relationships in the family groups. She sees her photographs as an approximation, an experience, a moment in time, where the images don’t show exactly how we look but aim to reveal more about who we are. These photographs are an extension of a family album, enabling us to look back at the past, helping to connect with the present.

www.heathermcdonough.com

Mike has spent over 40 years photographing London, capturing transition and development across the capital. He began documenting the city in 1979 after having been appointed Curator of Photographs at the Museum of London. During the 1980s he also worked independently on a series of documentary photographs of London’s docklands, and especially the Isle of Dogs, both before and during its redevelopment. 

A selection of this work was published in the book The Isle of Dogs Before the Big Money (Hoxton Mini Press, 2018) and Café Royal Books subsequently published two volumes of some of his other docklands pictures (2020 and 2021). A comprehensive online archive of Mike's Isle of Dogs photos is available at www.80sislandphotos.org.uk

In 2023 Mike moved to Cork City where, with a profound sense of dejá vu, he has embarked on a new long-term project to photograph the Cork City Docklands prior to their redevelopment.

www.urbanlandscape.org.uk

www.mikeseaborne.co.uk

Sue is a photographer, writer, and curator whose work explores memory, place, and the changing social landscapes of East London. She is Emeritus Reader in Photography at London Metropolitan University, where she developed the East End Archive and co-authored Archive: Imagining the East End. She currently chairs the steering committee of the East London Photographers’ Archive.

Her photographic work includes a long-term study of the A11 corridor, documenting everyday life between the City of London and Bow from the unique perspective of a car window. Created during periods of slow-moving traffic, including the London Olympic years, the images reveal the street as a dynamic public space shaped by movement, encounter, and urban change.

More recently, Sue has focused on the history of the Brady Club (1896–1979), uncovering personal stories through a collection of rediscovered photographs. This research led to the creation of the Brady Archive at Bishopsgate Institute, which brings together oral histories, photographs, artworks, and memorabilia. Selected films and archived exhibitions from the project are available online at https://www.bradymemorymap.co.uk/ and https://www.bradyarchive.co.uk/

Across her work, Sue is interested in the relationship between personal and collective memory, the boundaries between public and private life, and the role of photographic archives in preserving and interpreting lived experience.

www.susanandrews.co.uk 

Tom is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning artist working in photography and film. His work has been widely collected and exhibited in the UK and internationally, and he has produced eight photographic monographs, including The Way Home, Le Crowbar and Where Have all the Flowers Gone.

Tom lives in Hackney, East London, where he has worked on several community engagement projects as well as commissions from both UK and international art institutions. The East London photos shown here include some of Tom’s early black & white images, taken in 1989-90 in Brick Lane Market, Spitalfields, where he was, at the time, running his own second-hand goods stall. The later colour photos are from various projects undertaken mainly in Hackney.

www.tomhunter.org