So the vaccines are having the desired effect and slowly, oh so slowly, the world is tentatively moving back to the new normal.
We decided it was time to get out there and see how it’s doing and headed to That London to do some street photography…and it was a little weird.
Life has resolutely returned to the streets, but inside, in galleries and shops, things are still very sparse and quiet. It gives a different mood to the place, with life being lived on the street rather than hidden away. We liked it a lot.
Here’s a selection from both our sets, mainly taken around Soho, Shoreditch and The South Bank.

I first got news that Gotton Farm was to be sold in the summer of 2018. I was devastated and extremely worried for the future of my family

Gotton has been with us for a hundred years and my cousin Ted is the last of the three generations to live and work there. I've grown up with him and spent many a summer day on the farm and the long nights by the fire. The fear of change was overwhelming for us all.

It was later that I learned that there was a way to keep the farm in the family, but to do this meant selling the entire herd and changing the structure of the farm buildings.

I decided I wanted to capture the life of the farm and the enormous changes it was undergoing I later discovered that the history of the farm has never been recorded so this will be the only document of Gotton as a working farm.

The final months of the herd were witness to mv uncle Mike suffering from significant illness, a trusted farm hand suddenly losing his life, deaths in the herd and failed TB tests. All the while, Ted and his father remained upbeat, showing smiles that hid the tension and anxiety they were facing every day.

The following is my initial set from an ongoing project. The photos are a mixture of digital and medium format film, which was taken on my Bronica.