Cassandra in London 

A Couple of Days Shooting with Cassandra in London

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We met at our first port of call — a dance studio in East London called Fieldwork Dance. It's a very cool space: concrete floors, white walls, and a large window that pours in a beautiful flood of natural light. That's where we started, making full use of the light streaming in and the raw texture of the concrete floor beneath us.

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Cassandra was incredible, as always — her movement effortless, expressive, and genuinely inspiring to photograph. The dancing flowed beautifully and we came away with some really strong frames. For this session I brought along a few cameras: a Hasselblad XPan, a Leica SL2-S, and a Hasselblad 500CM. Both film cameras were loaded with Ilford HP5, and I'm thrilled with how the images turned out straight from the camera.

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Once we'd wrapped at the studio, we headed over to Bethnal Green. The light was still perfect, so we wandered around chasing those last few pockets of sun. The first spot we stumbled upon was a small local football pitch — Cassandra immediately made the space her own, and once again we captured some great shots. That brought the first day to a close.

The next day took us to the Barbican. I'll admit the area can feel a bit overdone at times, but I still love its atmosphere and architectural rhythm. The weather wasn't ideal, so we spent most of the session indoors, exploring the interior spaces. There happened to be an exhibition on, so we wandered through and shot a few frames there as well. A big shout-out to the Barbican staff — they were incredibly accommodating and didn't bat an eyelid at what we were doing. Another location I was really happy with by the end of the session.

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All in all, it was an amazing couple of days working with Cassandra, and I couldn't be happier with the images we produced. Huge thanks to her for the energy and creativity she brought to both days — I've linked her socials below, along with the Fieldwork Dance studio's page.