Encounters
© Lucy Bruce-Gardner and The1Harris
In partnership with main contractor Bryen & Langley Ltd, Photofusion commissioned two emerging photographic talents, Lucy Bruce-Gardner and The1Harris, to document the revitalisation of the Brixton Rec Quarter which Bryen & Langley Ltd delivered on behalf of the London Borough of Lambeth.
The project was funded by the London Borough of Lambeth and £2.17m from the Mayor of London’s Good Growth Fund.
The Rec is a new series of portraits from photographer Lucy Bruce-Gardner, made during conversations with local store owners, shoppers and people visiting Brixton Station Road Market. Her portrait "Erica" was short-listed for The Portrait of Britain Prize 2023 by the British Journal of Photography.
Rubble & Dust is a body of work from The1Harris, which captures quotidian sights of spaces, tools and workers during the construction of Photofusion and The Advocacy Academy’s new home.
Harris documented the work carried out by Bryen & Langley’s team as they spent 12 months transforming the disused storage space in the Brixton Recreation Centre into a new home for vital local charities Photofusion and The Advocacy Academy, further embedding these organisations into the Brixton landscape. This project sees a departure from Harris’ primary people-focused discipline, tackling social issues, such as recent work ‘Unseen/Unmasked’ which saw a 1 month residency at the heart of east London in Shoreditch, or his upcoming publication ‘Tethering Presence’ in partnership with award winning designer Micah Purnell & x Adobe Collab x.
