A worldwide viral pandemic can really hurt your livelihood if it's taking photographs of other people.
No surprise that my photography bookings diary collapsed like a souffle in a cupboard on March 21, 2020 when the UK government imposed a nationwide lockdown to try and stop the spread of Covid-19.
Determined to carry on shooting I wondered who? And how? So I reached out to the people closest to me in the lockdown. Literally. The neighbours.
Like most inner London residents, I know many people but definitely not the neighbours. So why not knock on for a photo? These are unprecedented times and at least I was sure they'd be home.
Countless other photographers will rightly document this once-in-a-generation crisis with pictures of anxious people in strange queues, wearing masks and looking scared. Empty streets and mass graves.
Instead, I decided to capture the ordinary people around me in extraordinary times; those living on my road and the ones adjacent to it that run between Kilburn and West Hampstead in London, NW6.
Maintaining exact social distancing with Alice in Maygrove Peace Park next to her home, Wednesday afternoon.
Lucy is a key worker at Kings College Hospital and has been working throughout the pandemic, with her husband Aaron and their kids Cleo and Toby.
Carlotta and George. Carlotta's recently finished receiving treatment for cancer and is classed extremely vulnerable to the virus. This is one of the few occasions she's stepped outside in months. She says she wore her best wig for the photo. Saturday morning.
Agnes is from the Life in Kilburn forum and has been helping to 'buddy' vulnerable people with other residents who can help with shopping and other odd jobs. Photographed while leafletting in the rain on Iverson Road, Monday afternoon.
Stuart, Chloe with their daughter Poppy on their doorstep, Sunday morning at 9am. They say keeping Poppy entertained throughout has been particularly difficult.
Lora, Matt and their dog Vulric who's famous on Instagram with tens of thousands of followers. They've only been out for the occasional walk on Hampstead Heath during the lockdown with the dog.
Torrin on the right and Sabrina enjoying a glass of Bordeaux on the only outdoor spot that will do - on top of the bins. Saturday afternoon.
The 'M family'; Mario and Melissa with son Magnus and their dog Matisse. Sunday afternoon with a bottle of wine.
Renato is a satellite technician who's been working at home for the last 20 years so feels like the lockdown has been a strangely familiar. Sunday afternoon on Iverson Road.