I was challenged by a friend of mine to take more pictures of strangers, and she specifically suggested I take photos of the pillars of my local community.  I thought about it some more and decided to take photographs of the traders of my local community.

So, armed with camera and business cards, I started the project.  There are about 20-25 businesses (I haven’t counted yet) in this stretch of road as well as a park.  I may go up to the churches and to the primary school, we’ll see.

So far it’s been brilliant. I’ve had a fantastic response and it’s been really good to chat to shopkeepers in places I would never go in to (the Lorry Drivers recruitment agency isn’t normally on my list) and everyone’s been really friendly and have let me snap away and chat to them.  

A few examples, more to come in the future…

Laura x