Submission

I have lived in Mayfair for many years. This central London neighbourhood has a long- standing reputation for wealth and glamour, conjuring images of fur coats and gleaming Rolls- Royces. It was only during the pandemic, however, when I began to carry a camera during long roaming walks, that a different Mayfair opened up to me: the Mayfair of ordinary people, both residents of local social housing and people who come in everyday to work at the shops, hotels and galleries. My camera became a tool with which to strike up conversations with my unknown neighbours. A photographic project began to emerge that attempted a more expansive view of Mayfair, encompassing both its exposed and underexposed facets. I asked people to allow me to take their picture, but also looked afresh at the streets through the lens of my camera. Through this penetrative looking, a place about which I thought everything had been said acquired new depth and complexity.