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.    

My recent long term documentary project about the lives of a vulnerable group of people who come to an area called Gillett Square in east London has now been published as a book called Dominoes.  This was a long term commitment which proved challenging and moving;  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

2024 Publication of photobook Dominoes by Dewi Lewis publishing

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.

2015 Winner PhotoVoice Award

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