Body Positivity, Community Spirit, Diversity, and Culture at Notting Hill Carnival.

Notting Hill Carnival is a unique and powerful celebration of culture, diversity, and self-expression. 

Notting Hill Carnival, which dates back to the 1960s, originally started as a response to racial tensions and aimed to unite the community. Today, it’s one of the world’s largest street festivals, attracting over 2 million attendees each year to celebrate Caribbean culture through music, dance, extravagant costumes, and vibrant street culture. 

The carnival is also a powerful event for body positivity, where women of all shapes and sizes carry themselves with confidence and pride.

Notting Hill Carnival  fosters incredible  community spirit and  cultural understanding, and provides a platform for the celebration of identity and heritage. It serves as a reminder of the strength that lies in diversity and the importance of coming together to celebrate what unites us.

For this book project I really wanted to focus on the body positivity so present at the festival. Each time I ask someone to stop for a 5 second portrait and explain my intention for the photography book I am met with such incredible responses,  a resounding yes absolutely been the most common! The interactions and conversations have been truly empowering and encouraging, giving fuel to the engine to keep building the body of work.