ANOTHER LOST CHILD (Groot-Brittannië, 2008)
2007 was a black year for the city of London: at least 26 young people were victims of fatal street violence. According to Adam Patterson the to-do in the media about this just fed the tense atmosphere on the street. With ANOTHER LOST CHILD the photographer tries to provide a counterweight to the panic factory. He decided to find the people who were always being written about, and give them a voice. A grant from the Royal Photographic Society enabled Patterson to work for a sustained period in the problem neighbourhoods, from which many of the victims and perpetrators come. He was able to win their trust, and could work closely with a gang member from Brixton, whose texts Patterson combined with intimate photography. He places the events in a different, less tendentious light.
