About
About
Future Hackney is a social profit organisation that combines documentary and co-authorship to create a hybrid genre of photographic storytelling. Our exhibitions are inclusive, working at the intersections of photography and social engagement.
Based in East London, we document Dalston’s history and present communities, alongside protests, carnivals, street culture and urban heritage. We are a grass roots led initiative, who use digital and analogue mediums to tell stories and through street and documentary photography.
We create photographs, oral histories, reminisces, community dialogues, street galleries, living archives, online platforms, social media, print and press co-authored with communities.
We facilitate young people and intergenerational residents in our creative, skill-based workshops, whilst producing a professional photographic archive. For more information see our community page.
Our latest exhibitions
A visual love letter to our neighbourhood
Future Hackney known for their innovative street art return this October, in Dalston, East London, with exterior and interior galleries.
Future Hackney and invited artists, celebrate Kingsland Road in Dalston, known locally as ‘The Strip’. A magnet for music and movement, with anti-fascist roots and radical spaces, Dalston has always been a lively counterculture. The Strip creates a space for people who are often marginalised, to be seen and celebrated. We hope to inspire this incredible space we call home and welcome visitors to learn about Dalston and its beautiful everyday people.
Future Hackney believes that visual storytelling is an essential component of community building. It asks that we value our own histories and the histories of our neighbours. As a participatory arts and heritage project, we continue to support communities to share and archive their own histories. Combining documentary and co-authorship, we create a hybrid genre of photographic storytelling. Our exhibitions are inclusive, working at the intersections of photography and social engagement. It is our belief that the visual arts should be on the streets for everyone.
Future Hackney www.futurehackney.com @futurehackney
Future Hackney - Visual Storytelling and Art direction by: Don Travis & Wayne Crichlow.
Invited artists - Neil Martinson, Bart Janssen and Connie Swift.
This project was supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Community Fund, Hackney Council, Hackney Council’s Black History Season, Awards For All, Foundation For Future London, Hackney Parochial Charity.
Street Gallery
Dalston Lane, London E8 3DF (opposite Hackney Peace Carnival Mural)
Dates – 9th October 24 - August 25
BSMT Space (Inside Gallery)
In 2024 we produced our first indoor gallery as part of our wider exhibition ’The Strip’ @BSMT Space.
529 Kingsland Rd, London E8 4AR Dates – Saturday 19th October 24 – Tuesday 29th October 24
We held a private view for the people in the photos and friends with music and a live sound system by @themightyrulersoundsystem. The gallery was then free for the Londoners, young people and the locals for two weeks.
Future Hackney is produced by Don Travis and Wayne Crichlow in association with Innercity Films. We partner with other creative organisations, individual artists, freelance professionals and local volunteers.
We are funded and supported by a range of organisations including The Community Fund, Awards For All, Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England, The Weavers Company, Create London, Freelands Foundation, East End Community Foundation, Museum of London, Autograph Gallery, Hackney Council, Near Neighbours, City Bridge Trust, Uk Youth, The Red Cross, National Rail, Tower Hamlets Council, Hackney Archives, and Hackney Museum.