Author: Asya Gefter

  • BYB at Chats Palace this summer

    Brooksbys Youth Booth Arts Organisation (coordinator Lauren Mills) runs an affordable playscheme at Chats Palace throughout the summer holidays for children who attend Hackney schools. Healthy breakfasts and snacks, trips and outings, arts and educational activities. Lauren and her team of local volunteers: © Asya Gefter See more on http://www.bybarts.org

  • Clorinde @Trangallan

    The Clorinde boys – brothers Simone and Andrea Salvatici with David Harris and Derek Yau in the background – performing at Trangallan in Newington Green. My camera seems to coping just fine.

  • Discover Children’s Story Centre

    The Mighty Mega Saturday Club is a club for children with disabilities and their families run by Discover Children’s Story Centre in Stratford. Since May 2012 the club has been taking part in a photography project led by photographer Estelle Vincent and assisted by illustrator Cristina Bueno. I came along earlier this month to document young participants at work: […]

  • The Curious Festival

    On Wednesday July 4, Maaike van der Linde will undercover her ‘Tape Garden’ experiment as part of The Curious Festival curated by Barbican/Guildhall Creative Learning. I documented the process of making Maaike’s chemically-treated sound installation. © Asya Gefter On Thursday July 5, Maaike the flutist, will perform with her fellow Guildhall students. More information here People Show […]

  • Rushmore primary school

    On invitation of Rachel Turner I spent June 25-26 documenting Olympic march at Rushmore primary school and a day trip with Year 4 pupils along the river Lea and Regents canal, to the Fish factory and the Victoria park. © Asya Gefter

  • Thames in nature and industry

    A walk from Purfleet along the Thames across the Rainham marshes discovered on my birthday. What a treat! © Asya Gefter

  • Clapton Festival – street art

    Check out Clapton passage for this wonderful wall painting made during the Clapton Festival on June 16-17. © Photographs by Asya Gefter, work by Run

  • One Good Thing About Music

    Opening of the photography exhibition by David Corio at Chats Palace. I escaped all the hard work and was left with pleasant tasks such as designing a flier and helping Peter Young to hang the frames. One Good Thing About Music is an exhibition of photographs of some of the world’s most influential international musicians […]

  • Jubilee celebrations in East London

    Hibbert road – local people, local celebrations. © Asya Gefter

  • Playing In or Out? Museum of Childhood

    31 March – 4 November 2012, Playing In or Out? – V&A Museum of Childhood, London Photographed, filmed and edited by Asya Gefter and Peter Young. Black and white photographs from the archives of Colin O’Brien, Alec Brooking and John Heywood. Original soundtrack by Aris Lanaridis.