Reality Shopping - Hatton Garden

This ongoing project is an abstract photographic experiment to explore inequality in the 21st century. Inequality has become normalised and suppressed to the point where it appears to be erased from public discourse. Of course some people are shouting about how the majority shout about the growing chasm between the wealthy elite and the struggling masses, yet such cries often go unheard amidst the glitz of consumer-driven landscapes. ‘Reality Shopping - Hatton Garden’ seeks to illuminate this stark reality through the lens of London’s historic epicenter of luxury and opulence. The photographs juxtapose the gleaming veneers of high-end storefronts with the underlying emptiness they mask, reflecting a society where the luster of consumption distracts from the pervasive inequality it perpetuates. Through a series of images captured with a focus on reflection and transparency, the project confronts viewers with a visual metaphor for the ignored truths of our times — the visible invisibility of disparity. Each image, a carefully composed narrative, invites introspection on the normalized disparities embedded in the fabric of everyday life.