This project celebrates a group of 34 extraordinary people, ranging from a midwife and a supermarket worker to an undertaker and an anaesthetist. Each of these storytellers shares their wisdom, kindness, hopes and fears in this unique portrait of life during the pandemic.

Each storyteller was asked to choose an object that has been important to them during lockdown. We invite you to look at the photos – the people and their objects – and listen to their stories.

In December 2020, we launched this web gallery and a physical exhibition in Dalberg Road Brixton, where Empathy Museum has it’s home. The exhibition later travelled to Sceaux Gardens Estate, Peckham during summer 2021. For this third project in our shop series, we invite the residents of a road, or housing area, to partner with us and host a ‘For Sale’ style portrait outside their home.

Empathy Museum will tour the show to other streets in 2021. If you would like From Where I’m Standing to come to your road please do get in touch to find out more, by emailing: hello@empathymuseum.com

from where I’m standing is made by:

Photographers

Amit Lennon, Lottie Davies, Myah Jeffers, Tim Mitchell  

Audio Producers

Alia Cassam, Cheeka Eyers, Dave Dodd, Deborah Shorindé, Eloise Stevens, Joshan Chana, Mae-Li Evans, Melissa Viney, Nada Smiljanic, Nathan Gower, Olivia Humphreys, Rob Eagle, Rose de Larrabeiti, Sara Conkey  

Identity & Website with LayTheme by 

Brighten the Corners 

Construction

Beyond Surface 

Mastered in

Mrs Mellor’s Cellar

Transcription 

Sarah Readman

Research 

Al Tyrrell

Empathy Museum Team

Clare Patey–Director, Ed Errington–Company Producer, Olivia Douglass–Assistant producer (Comms) with Céline Gilbert–Producer

The project was made with the support of the Perceptions of Nursing team and their Nursing Ambassadors at NHS England and NHS Improvement, The Health Foundation, and Arts Council England with thanks to Sounddelivery and local Brixton residents