Over the couple of years Donna Travis our amazing photography at NHC.

Donna Travis I consider myself more a Londoner than ‘English’ / grew up in Hackney/ Tottenham- Irish grandmother-

Street documentarian working across London with a wide range of groups including Yaa Asantewaa  and Sunshine International. A range of films, photographic exhibitions and events produced. Currently running @futurehackney – a project documenting social change in East London. 

Met Ray at Yaa Asantewaa and then joined Sunshine International – produced street photos of carnival 2016,17,18,19 – great space, amazing people, innovative costumes and an alternative feather band. Meeting lots of people know from the carnival circuit already – felt like home from home –  I also visited Ray’s work at a carnival exhibition at The British Library and was blown away by Rays knowledge of carnival both overseas and in the UK – Incredibly inspiring work and commitment to both

We were planning to integrate Sunshine and Future Hackney – Sunshine was going to produce some costumes for Hackney Carnival and we were going to document it in 2021/22 Hoping to exhibit this work. 

Innercity Films – @innercityfilms @futurehackney – funded by the arts council, lottery and a range of smaller funders 

All the BLM sites 

Urban history sites 

www.futurehackney.com 

@futurehackney