On 14 June 2017 a fire tore through Grenfell Tower in West London. Seventy-two people lost their lives. The disaster exposed profound failures in housing safety, regulation and governance, and remains one of the most significant tragedies in recent British history.
In the weeks that followed I was working in the area. As intense media coverage surrounded the tower, I chose not to photograph immediately, returning later once the initial wave of news attention had subsided.
The series consists of portraits of individuals standing in the surrounding streets, looking up towards the burned remains of the building. Many of those photographed were local residents, and conversations revealed a shared sense of grief and anger, alongside a determination that such a tragedy should never happen again.
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On 14 June 2017 a fire tore through Grenfell Tower in West London. Seventy-two people lost their lives. The disaster exposed profound failures in housing safety, regulation and governance, and remains one of the most significant tragedies in recent British history.
In the weeks that followed I was working in the area. As intense media coverage surrounded the tower, I chose not to photograph immediately, returning later once the initial wave of news attention had subsided.
The series consists of portraits of individuals standing in the surrounding streets, looking up towards the burned remains of the building. Many of those photographed were local residents, and conversations revealed a shared sense of grief and anger, alongside a determination that such a tragedy should never happen again.
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