Barry Callaghan

This photo by Barry was the most popular greetings card sold in Spitalfields Market and Elizabeth line stations between October 2024 and March 2025.

Alzira Viana

Alzira heard about us when MYWORLD founder Paul Ryan was interviewed on BBC London so she ordered a calendar online.

Peter Nathan

Peter attended the Crisis photography group when he took this photo. September 2020 in MyLondon calendar. He lives in south London.

Hayley McAvoy

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Allan Miller

Allan Miller has participated in the MYLONDON contest for several years and he also helps with the selling of the calendar

Damien

Damien is a passionate digital camera photographer and has captured many excellent photos across London while walking with the photography mentoring group.

Simon Denis

A former model in the 1980s, he had been a civil servant for many years before he first became homeless

Victoria Nwoso

Victoria goes to The Connection at St Martin’s, a day centre for people who are homeless and participates in all their creative

Wayne Chin

Wayne, who is also a member of the Café Art RPS photography mentoring group, recently did sculpturing art therapy

David Fussell

David Fussell says that this shot actually shows a bench he slept on when he was sleeping rough.

Paul H

Paul has been sofa surfing in Southeast London. He connected with us though a homeless support centre near King's Cross.

Alana del Valle

Alana del Valle took her MYLONDON calendar photo in 2016 when she came as part of a group of people from

Stephen Carolan

I grew up in Kingston in my teenage years, so to me that was where I found myself (when I was looking for my London)."

Zakia Chowdhury

Zakia is a member of 240Project, an arts and health activity centre for people affected by homelessness

Jason Atmann

Jason says he had a Lomography camera back in the ‘90s and later had a Minox. He says he still shoots on his phone

Pat King

We connected to Pat through The Robes Project, Southwark. He has another photo for sale in the shop - of Piccadilly Circus.

Patrizia Rossi

Patrizia says the Café Art Royal Photographic Society photography mentoring group set up to support MYLONDON

Lewis Austin

Lewis Austin is a member of the art group run by Studio 5 at Arlington, Camden Town.

Aija Kalnina

Aija joined us at a participant in 2022 when she was in temporary housing in west London

Alex Davies

Alex Davies didn't know that she had won the judges First Place the 2014 MYLONDON contest with her photo The Artist

Nafisa Azami

Nafisa is from Afghanistan and has lived in the UK for 26 years. She says she was homeless, then in supported accommodation with St Mungo’s “for a very long time

Dmitry Katsera

Dmitry Kalsera has been a participant in the MYLONDON project for several years.

John Burton

This was the second year John has had winning shots in the MYLONDON contest. In 2023 he had

Cal Anderson

Cal joined the project in 2024 and took this popular shot of London taxis at Covent Garden Market.

Mohammad Hasan

I struggled a lot. When you are living in the street you can’t think anything normally.

Stephanie Griffiths

Stephanie lives in supported housing in Camden Town, London.

Siliana

Siliana was squatting in an empty house at the time this photo of Cannon Street Railway Bridge with the Shard in the background, was taken.

Richard Fletcher

Richard has been taking photos for the MYLONDON project since 2017. He is now the top MYLONDON calendar

Michelle Goldberg

Michelle says she Ioves fashion, and “grew up in the trade”. She studied fashion at Royal Academy of Art

Carol Dawson

Carol is an active member of the Cafe Art RPS Photography mentoring Group which is run by volunteers from the

McGinlay

McGinlay is a member of Crisis the Cafe Art RPS Photography Mentoring Group and has had several winning photos

Maurice Woolger

Maurice is a member of 240 Project and the Cafe Art RPS Photography Mentoring Group and has several photographs

Goska Calik

Arriving in London Goska became homeless when she lost her job due to illness. After sofa-surfing for

Karim Kab

Karim is from Strasbourg, France and has lived in London for 15 years. He works for the gig economy as a bicycle courier

Karina

Sometimes we can get knocked off our path” says Karina who heard about the contest in the art class run by One Housing in Camden.

Mark Griffiths

Mark is a member of The Connection, the day centre for people who are homeless run by St Martin's

Kevin Wood

Kevin lives in an SHP hostel in King’s Cross. “Doing these photos is a big deal

Ionna Zagkana

Coming from an island in the Mediterranean Sea, Ioanna lived in London for five years. She was a dancer until an accident ended her career.

Emane Filali

Emane is a member of the Cafe Art RPS Photography Mentoring Group run by volunteers from the RPS.

Dee Allison

Dee arrived in London in 2009 to work as a carer after her husband retired in Durban, South Africa, but they still needed income.

Keith Norris

Keith Norris
Keith grew up in Canonbury, Islington in the 1960s when it was quieter than today, with a lot less traffic on the roads.

Milena

Milena has had two winning photos in the MYLONDON contest. Her shot of a Carousel was the cover image of the 2023 MYLONDON calendar

Saffron Saidi

Saffron moved to London from Falmouth in 1996 and lives in Brixton. “I’ve spent most of my life in care.

Viviane Boulay

Viviane is a member of the Cafe Art RPS Photography Mentoring Group run by volunteers from the London region group of the RPS.

Shenan Chandler

Shenan has taken several winning photos which are cards in addition to the Paraqueet Whisperer.

Richard Riley

Richard used to go to a Tower Hamlets council-run day centre called Pritchard’s Road until 2020 when it closed

Davide Rasura

Davide, who comes from Sicily, is passionate about London and wanted to show how people walk in all directions

Ray of Light

Ray's photo of Mr Bond went viral in August 2015 when we launched the Kickstarter to print the 2016 MYLONDON

Maya Simeon

Maya was a member of Crisis and had several winning photos in the MYLONDON contest between 2013 and 2018.

Tehv

Tehv lives in supported housing in Camden Town, London and is a member of the art group run there.

Jo

Jo was a member of Crisis when she took this shot. The camera was a Kodak single-use-camera and has not been altered from the original photo.

Nisha Zala

Nisha Zala, an alumni of Accumulate, a London-based homeless arts charity, says she discovered her passion for photography after the loss of her Dad.

Hugh Gary

Since being homeless Gareth has followed a path of education, gaining a BA (Hons) in Photography during which he had success

Lui Saatchi

Lui Saatchi
Lui is a member of 240 Project's art class and he also goes to the Barron's Court Project in West London.

Kenny Murphy

Kenny has had several photos in the final Top 20 (2013-22) or Top 25 (since 2023).