WHERE DISTANCE KEPT IS
LOVE’S MEASURE
SYNOPSIS
The book is about endurance, love and hope during the pandemic. Set in London parks and public spaces, the project captures people adapting to our new collective normal. Covid 19 disrupted our routines, we were told to stay at home, but we still needed to get out for fresh air, exercise, see other people. The book focuses on people living their lives as best they could under new restrictions and overcoming challenges.
‘Where Distance Kept is Love’s Measure’ is a book of 45 photographs taken during the pandemic in London - showing how people were occupying space differently and relating to each other in new ways during this period.
Hardback, 88 pages, printed on uncoated Munken White paper stock with a Wibalin spine.
On sale at The Photographers’ Gallery, various independent London book stores, and from the shop on this website.
CONTRIBUTORS
Jim Carruth
Jim (Poet Laureate of Glasgow) kindly allowed me to use his poem “The Long Bench” in the book - it became interwoven in the project and was a mantra whilst out shooting.
Max Houghton
The incisive introduction was written by Max, Course Leader for MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at London College of Communication.
Andrea Verganti
Thank you to Andrea Verganti for his understanding, vision, editing and for helping this book come together.
Awarded Silver in the Documentary Book category at the Moscow International Photo Awards 2022.
Won Bronze at PX3 Paris Photo Competition 2021 - Prix de la Photografie - for a series of photos from the book.
Runner up in the Fine Art Photography Awards 2022, Professional Street Photography category.
Book was shortlisted for the Marianne Brandt Award 2022.
Received an honourable Mention at the Urban Photo Awards 2021 for a series of photos from the book.
The International Photography Awards 2021, gave two photos from the book Honourable Mentions.
BOOK LAUNCH
7th Dec 2021
Thank you all for coming out to offer your support on a cold, wintery evening in London. And thank you to Photo Book Cafe in Shoreditch for championing the release of new photo books.
EXHIBITION
December 2021, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London.
2020 felt stripped back and raw, with the absence of the usual luxuries and a derelict house felt like a perfect place to exhibit the photos.
