Born and raised in rural southern Germany in the 1980s, Tamara Stoll has been living and working in London for the past 15 years. A friend once observed “You are not a street photographer, you take photographs of streets.” Tamara's interest is in the street as social space and the individuals and groups shaping it. She sees public spaces and their communities, often transcultural in nature, increasingly threatened by gentrification and marginalisation. Working collectively and collaboratively is as important to her as documenting public space in the city of today. Tamara's practice is characterised by community engagement; linking documentary photography with social exchanges and dialogue. These activities feed into public interventions, workshops, events, community records, exhibitions and publishing.
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