Communities Archives - Christian Petersen

In Communities, London, People, Stories, Summer

BLM march London, summer 2020

Black Lives Matter march in July 2020 in London.

November 11, 2020

In Communities, London, news

Portraits from the Extinction Rebellion protest in Trafalgar Square, London in October 2019.

December 16, 2019

In Communities, People

Members of the British Indian community celebrate Ganesh in the autumn sun earlier this year.

December 5, 2019

In Boats, Communities, Encounters, Glasgow, Nature, People, Photography, Portraits, Work

My story about the Galgael Trust in Glasgow has been published by the BBC today. Here’s a link to the story below and to the Galgael’s site. The Galgael workshop in Govan is a welcoming place full of great people, where the most marginalised in the city can come and learn to work with wood, built boats and feel like they are part of a wider family, a clan.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_extraordinary_power_of_a_lump_of_wood

https://www.galgael.org/

February 16, 2019

In awards, Business, Communities, Landscape, London, People, Sport, Work

Peckham BMX on the BBC

My project about Peckham BMX has been published by the BBC today. Here’s a link and a link to the project on my site

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/parklife

https://www.christianpetersen.com/peckhambmx/

The club are doing great things in their community, here’s a link to their website ;

http://www.peckhambmx.co.uk/

November 23, 2018

In Bus window, Communities, Encounters, London, People

Manor House

November 8, 2018

In Communities, Encounters, London, Portraits

David, South London

David. Camberwell, South London. This photograph is part of a wider project about London I’m working on.

September 11, 2018

In Boats, Communities, Encounters, Faroe Islands, Landscape, Nature, People, Portraits, Sea, Uncategorized, Winter, Work

The Faroese Postal workers on the BBC

My work on the Faroese postal workers and the important role they play in connecting both the Faroe Islands and it’s people has been published by the BBC today. Here is the link to the piece if you’d like to read it,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/faroe_islands_postal_service

June 2, 2018

In Boats, Communities, Encounters, Glasgow, People, Photography, Portraits, sharing, Spring, Work

Tam ‘Willie’ Nelson, recent Glasgow photographs

I bumped into Tam ‘Willie’ Nelson on the streets of Govan in Glasgow in spring. What a great bloke.

May 2, 2018

In animals, Business, Communities, dogs, Encounters, London, People, Portraits, Sport, Stories, Summer, Work

The closure of the Stow

These photographs are from a short photo essay I did at Walthamstow dog track, the Stow, on its final night in the summer of 2008.

May 17, 2017

In animals, Communities, Landscape, Macedonia, small camera, Stories, Summer

Macedonia

April 25, 2017

In Communities, London, People, small camera

Fishmongers in Walthamstow

Fishmongers on a saturday afternoon in Walthamstow, London.

September 20, 2016

In Communities, Encounters, London, People, Summer

Turkish grandfather and grandson.

Turkish grandfather and grandson in Walthamstow market on a Saturday afternoon.

September 8, 2016

In Communities, Exhibitions, Faroe Islands, sharing

Fotoleggendo Slideluck event in Rome

My work on the Faroe Islands has been selected to be shown at the Slideluck event at Rome’s photography festival

June 13, 2016

In Communities, Exhibitions, Faroe Islands, Stories

Slideluck show, Dallas

My work about the Faroe Islands has been selected to be shown at the Slideluck Dallas show this evening.

May 28, 2016

In Birds, Communities, Encounters, Found objects, Landscape, London, Nature

The Deptford heron

I used to live in Deptford and at the time noticed the heron’s living along the heavily urbanised River Ravensbourne . The river runs through Lewisham and empties into the Thames at Deptford Creek. The bird became a bit of a symbol for me of nature living in the city and from then on I’ve become interested in London’s non man made world and how it survives and in some places thrives.

September 8, 2014

In Communities, London, People, Work

Roy

Roy at the junction in Stamford Hill,

The bus broke down and Roy was sat at the front of the top deck looking out of the window.

Why are you wearing this jacket? I like your hat.
‘I asked God to help me, to show himself to me’
Where you in a church?
‘I was in a church, but that doesn’t matter. I asked if God was there then I wanted him to show himself to me and to help me manage my life for the better. I’ve got two Bibles, do you want one?’
I’ve got one thanks.
‘Well read it then’
Roy, why does God appear to some people and not to others, why does it only happen to some people?
‘You have to be sincere, you have to believe. Look, it’s like the breeze, you can feel it. It’s there all the while, but you have to be sincere’.

June 7, 2014

In Communities, London, People

Baptists in Elephant and Castle

I took these photographs a few years ago of a small Baptist Church and it’s congregation, just off Old Kent Road in London. I spent a few hours there. The photographs, well they make me a bit sad.

May 12, 2014

In Communities, Faroe Islands, Nature, People, Sea

February 25, 2013

In Communities, London

Young Jewish men watching music at Lag BaOmer in Stamford Hill yesterday.
It was raining heavily and I heard the music coming down across the park and along the River Lea. Nobody was out, apart from commuters driving home, but the Jewish community were out singing and watching these teenage boys play music on the balcony at a local school.

May 11, 2012