About
About
Thanks very much for taking the time to visit my site.
I am a musician and former teacher based in London with a passion for photography.
I got interested in photography through Street photography but quickly gravitated towards Social Documentary.
I am focused on a documentary project about the lives of a vulnerable group of people who come to an area called Gillett Square in east London. This is a long term commitment which has thus far proved challenging and moving; I have developed a multi-media piece on this subject which you can view here. in 2021 I began to document the rich and vibrant culture of London’s roller skating scene.
My other main creative outlet is playing jazz and improvised music.
Publications and exhibitions
Winner Portrait of Britain 2021
2022 Featured in This Separated Isle group exhibition, Glasgow.
2022 Gillett Sq project featured in Autograph online gallery “My hackney Selfie”.
2022 Gillett Sq picture featured in I Love Hackney
2022 Featured in Observations photography festival Germany.
2020 14th Pollux Awards Non Professional Section
Winner in the reportage/documentary category for a single picture and honourable mention for a series - related to Gillett Square.
My photographs have been featured in:
2015: Interview in VICE magazine
2015 London Independent Photography Exhibition
2014 Hackney Citizen newspaper
2013 London Independent Photography Exhibition
VICE magazine, Onedgestreet.com F-Stop magazine, fLIP, the magazine for London Independent Photography and the catalogue for the London Independent Photography exhibition 2013 & 2105.
Instagram @rolandramanan @rolandramanan_skaters
