Social documentary photographer, Katherine Green spent 2014 exploring the bonds of communities across north Cambridge. Her research uncovered a plethora of community-led initiatives stemming back to the first residents of the 1950s estates to the present day. She worked with the North Cambridge Girls Group, a group of young people and their youth workers, to explore how their experiences of living in the area today contrasts with living in the area in the past. Katherine captured powerful portraits which both document and celebrate some of the extraordinary residents and their community activity.
The project resulted in an exhibition at Kettle’s Yard and the installation of some portraits in large poster boards across north Cambridge. This has proved so popular that a touring version of the exhibition is now being developed and will be displayed in community settings across the city with the portraits from the posters framed and permanently displayed at Buchan Street Neighbourhood Centre. You can hear some of the interviews Katherine Green recorded with community members here.