![Portrait of British Caribbean young women at The Barbican](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/1b972fbd-1d67-48cc-b480-6ea2b94e250b/1/1/GGDL0718_MG_0490.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
Sister from another mister
![Anniversary portrait of Caribbean born couple in South East London](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2997,2952,2997,1200/0-0-0/b9412906-f80e-4d1c-84c4-90ef98b15c91/1/1/GabrielleGuy_Anniversary082088.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=c6df56503dcb634c2642780715091b6c685a5e1bd18e73da2a22b320b9cde728)
![Anniversary portrait of Caribbean born couple in Burgess Park, South East London](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2550,3300,1600,3300/0-0-0/7aa6f3a4-8af5-46a9-a5b1-b705a86c5f60/1/1/GG082017AnniversaryMFPrintBordered5a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=b2939f0c2dedf259bd2a5006bcf2b416606a4debbff79424028f7bf021fbc74f)
![Anniversary portrait of Professor Deirdre Kelly OBE and husband Dr Ian Byatt](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2120,2560,1600,2560/0-0-0/55c1dc41-0125-444e-b822-36ef3eb07c10/1/1/DKE0012012220018.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=f7cf811a4e7335426f441402be5eacd8c93b5b1fc39ee358e513efdbb85977a0)
Professor Deirdre Kelly CBE & Dr Ian Byatt. Recreated portrait for a Silver Jubilee Wedding Anniversary
![Portrait of Patrick Sr in his barbershop run for 50 years since he left Trinidad & Tobago for the UK](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,1305,1600,1600,1600/0-0-0/e175ece5-e120-4af9-88a8-e38523220f51/1/1/Unique_Hair_Technique_Assignment_20220035lr.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=4d78935f1e140a1eff6346dd818cca5eb0e0038751f2bba5b868e8f03413b080)
Patrick Sr
![Still of a barbershop interior in New Cross, South East London](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,1305,1600,1600,1600/0-0-0/c2882c45-25b6-44b9-96ad-2eda9f8b5aa7/1/1/Unique_Hair_Technique_Assignment_20220045lr.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=4d78935f1e140a1eff6346dd818cca5eb0e0038751f2bba5b868e8f03413b080)
Inside the barbershop
![Portrait of Patrick Jr in his barbershop run jointly with his father in New Cross, South East London](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,1305,1600,1600,1600/0-0-0/1b29aa91-fabc-4c53-9e2e-81fb95bec17b/1/1/Unique_Hair_Technique_Assignment_20220052lr.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=4d78935f1e140a1eff6346dd818cca5eb0e0038751f2bba5b868e8f03413b080)
Patrick Jr
![Portrait of a 60 year old British Caribbean woman in Peckham, South East London](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1576,1600,1200/0-0-0/08278b10-8646-44e2-82d6-f9c31bc6a2e8/1/1/ASI_ClientFiles_Jan2022_23lr_1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=bc6e1157bb793e726bfb4c785cc7ee9126482612a3d3309a4a3d61abd24197da)
60 years young
![Portrait of a matriarch at her sister and brother in law's home in Tobago](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,1067,1600,1600,1600/0-0-0/7ec23280-5a01-4ee1-98ef-c869f428154e/1/1/e39a0517-26a9-4fb8-87ce-040b2cf0136c_kfmfka.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=2d26bbf475b41f87843a35d74c921cf95c25ebdb889f52ff3847c734c9f9878d)
Tanty Pat
![Double exposure portrait of British Caribbean young women at The Barbican](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2079,2048,2079,1200/0-0-0/003fa11d-fd74-49cd-8a85-f3dc4362762d/1/1/GG_DL_Portraits_C41_120_160718_0007.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=50347bc6718447899c43d7136a414aef95b5c69e0eeff30b937a40e14cd7045a)
![Jamal Scarlett x KLABU for Wiedan and Kennedy](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/94b974f9-7db3-441a-92d2-f32ac9237ae4/1/1/_MG_1136.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
Jamal Scarlett x KLABU for Wiedan and Kennedy
![Portrait of a matriarch my mother](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/26a41aa4-5fea-4d7f-a3a5-5a4e90b524c9/1/1/GG170117BirthdayShoot0001.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
![Portrait of a matriarch my grandmother in her bedroom in Tobago](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,1067,1600,1600,1600/0-0-0/37d07449-e261-4895-8dd1-e12420a418b1/1/1/_MG_9568lr.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=2d26bbf475b41f87843a35d74c921cf95c25ebdb889f52ff3847c734c9f9878d)
A 'woman's work'
![Portrait of a matriarch my grandmother in her kitchen in Tobago](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,1067,1600,1600,1600/0-0-0/a1b80af9-7bb6-4a6a-a6ab-e2a1b87f6138/1/1/MicrosoftTeams-image_1_.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=2d26bbf475b41f87843a35d74c921cf95c25ebdb889f52ff3847c734c9f9878d)
'Massa days done!'
![Portrait of Pamela and Kyoko in Tobago (deceased)](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/38b5399d-cd02-44bf-b8de-0b4dd127a0d3/1/1/IMG_7229-Edit.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
Pamela and Kyoko in Tobago (deceased)
![Portrait of Brown Dog (stray), in Trinidad](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/9b72b1a7-3b31-4021-854a-19b7f720cb76/1/1/IMG_1646.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
Brown Dog (a stray), in Trinidad
![Portrait of artiste and producer VRSYJNES in Shoreditch, London](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,1535,2208,1600,2208/0-0-0/a4d33218-501e-4d9a-8065-748e43b3be6d/1/1/000039_JPG.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=9ddde56fd56450e926274194104c1cea3f3218be547a230e43c37252ab04b94f)
VRSYJNES
![Portrait of a Caribbean IT student in London](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/19ae81a8-9795-44ba-b8cf-5cece4f610a1/1/1/_MG_7874-Edit-8.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
![Portrait of a British Caribbean young woman at The Barbican](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2079,2048,2079,1200/0-0-0/151e78d9-d656-4caa-ade8-87ba48f33796/1/1/GG_DL_Portraits_C41_120_160718_0004.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=50347bc6718447899c43d7136a414aef95b5c69e0eeff30b937a40e14cd7045a)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/ffdeccb6-4a4e-474f-b474-3571efccb4a0/1/1/IMG_5663lr.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
![Portrait of a 91 year old Caribbean woman learning the guitar](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/28100b4f-cc2c-4662-b7aa-8dd436c4edb5/1/1/_MG_6912-Edit.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
91 years young
![Portrait of a 91 year old Caribbean woman](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/d04b38f2-7593-4915-a8d9-0eada4b9765f/1/1/GG0816Portrait.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
91 years young
![Portrait of British-African (Nigerian) activist and social enabler Nicholas Okwulu in Peckham](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/1b6a941b-09b8-4272-bbf1-de32d0fbe612/1/1/GG060317Documentary002lr.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
Nicholas Okwulu
![Portrait of Tobagonian scholar and artiste Dr Charleston Thomas](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/74e9dd01-c543-43e0-839c-99487ab65c04/1/1/IMG_5600bw.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
Dr Charleston Thomas
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/ac43f062-ed5d-4b46-8c8a-d36e5f4194d1/1/1/IMG_6138.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/bb2f8a03-fc9c-4a14-9ae8-7d4ea525ee75/1/1/IMG_6125.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
![Portrait of Marcus, a Caribbean engineer in Peckham](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2429,3643,1600,3643/0-0-0/f14b46a9-ca06-432b-915b-0279f3e5da97/1/1/GG020217Gentrification05bwlr.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=574e023a6b7afeb5df74f979e5d2e8d2aaef813781965680b1633e4c4c907605)
Marcus
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2687,3293,1600,3293/0-0-0/d30b395a-f99e-41ec-8c1d-fe8a24b0cf3b/1/1/000163480010.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=2e42ff99252a0816195bf00b1a390bb37450b989896eb410e0e469b3cb125150)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2687,3293,1600,3293/0-0-0/eb25bb99-fb57-4869-8962-43669ceef24d/1/1/000163490004.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=2e42ff99252a0816195bf00b1a390bb37450b989896eb410e0e469b3cb125150)
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/184e0846-d1cb-4a26-9b01-520b3c1412ae/0/0/0/0,0,2687,3293,1600,3293/0-0-0/51c30a44-6f44-44b8-9522-3f7f58cc46d1/1/1/000163490003.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037578754~hmac=2e42ff99252a0816195bf00b1a390bb37450b989896eb410e0e469b3cb125150)
These are faces of friends, family or strangers for commissioned or long term personal projects. The ongoing X by Y portrait project started from here. Portraits were taken on location either in Peckham, London, Tobago or Trinidad (West Indies) or in a studio.