Category

Portrait

Location

Brixton, London

Gear

Nikon D850

Description

There are few neighbourhoods–in London or anywhere else–that are charged with a spirit and sense of place like the streets and markets around Brixton Road, Atlantic Road and Coldharbour Lane, locally referred to as the Brixton Triangle. Today, maybe more than ever before, this is a place of contrasts and colliding cultures with a complex history marked by struggles for equality, justice, and self-determination. The current wave of gentrification is only the latest episode in a succession of profound transformations that have kept changing the face of the area over the decades. I’ve been living here ever since I came to London from Germany 25 years ago. It’s fair to say, it’s a community that has taken me a good while to build a relationship with, sometimes making me feel as much an alien as I did the day I first arrived. The camera helps me make sense of a place, to see its beauty, its flaws and contradictions more clearly. The camera has also been my armour, allowing me to approach complete strangers in a way I would otherwise not have been able to.

Photographer

Jan Enkelmann

Social Media

Instagram: @jan_enkelmann

Website: www.enkelmann.co.uk

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