London: In Passing
Made in collaboration with all those who contributed photographs and participated in the process.
6x4 photographs, wall-mounted postcard racks, printer, ink, Sharpies, mobile phones.
July 2025
Presented as part of the book launch for Taking Air – Gathered Notes on Walking in Cities, organised by Orla Carolin and hosted at Lewisham Arthouse.
Thank you to all the participants who contributed a photograph to London: In Passing. Your photographs formed an improvised archive of urban movement, perception, and memory, offering a counterpoint to formal archival narratives by foregrounding the subjective, the mundane, and the intimate.
The collaborative work invites reflection on the act of noticing as both personal and political. Participants were not instructed on what to capture but were instead asked to share photographs of whatever drew their attention while moving through London. In doing so, each photograph becomes a trace of presence and a gesture of spatial authorship.
By writing the location and date on the reverse, contributors situate each photograph within lived geography, allowing others to read it in both time and place. Placed in postcard racks, the format encourages direct, tactile engagement and offers an accessible, decentralised archive inviting viewers to turn the photographs around.
This accumulation of perspectives aims to challenge dominant visual accounts of the city, creating space for alternative ways of seeing, remembering, and belonging.
London: In Passing is an open and evolving work, which I hope to facilitate again on a larger scale. In the meantime, if you would like to contribute a photograph, submissions remain welcome.
