Harvest for Health

Photographs by Sara Hannant show an innovative hospital food project run by London Food Link in partnership with the Soil Association. The project aims to introduce more local and organically produced food into London hospitals. The photographs represent key elements of the hospital food chain from soil to plate. Images include a diverse range of food producers, suppliers and consumers. A selection of images from the exhibition will be on permanent display at the Royal Brompton Hospital

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The Bread Street exhibition of photographs show London’s rich baking tradition, aiming to reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of Londoners through the breads they make and eat. London Food Link commissioned Sara Hannant to document this rich and varied baking heritage before it is lost. The number of craft bakeries in the UK has dropped from 18,000 in 1950 to 3500 today. They now only have 2% of the UK market share with the growing dominance of the supermarkets. The photographs were taken in domestic and commercial settings between December 2003 and February 2004.

‘I wanted to show the individuality of London’s bakeries by photographing every day scenes that celebrate local distinctiveness. Some of the photographs describe aspects of the baker’s craft while others concentrate on social rituals where bread has cultural significance. Subjects include bakers from Asian, Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Jewish and English communities. Breads featured range from Jamaican duck bread to kosher hallah in locations across London from Southall to Canning Town.’ - Sara Hannant

Bread Street’ is accompanied by the report ‘Bread Street: the British baking bloomer’ written by Mel Barrett and a set of postcards taken from Sara Hannant’s work.