Aspiring Photographer Plans to Picture Kingston

Lucy McNulty

A pupil at Kingston’s Tiffin School is planning to photograph 76 local men and 76 local women of 76 different ages as part of a project which, if successful, will document the great diversity, in age and ethnicity, which exists within the Kingston community.
Aspiring photographer, Tristan Bejawn, 17, plans to picture Kingston residents from the age of 1 to 76 years of age, the average life span of a British man, in a project which will go towards his A-Level Art course.
Mr Bejawn said of the venture: “I would like the end product to act as a social commentary on Kingston, with the photos displaying as many different backgrounds as possible. However I have had a lot of trouble finding people of all different ages and backgrounds to photograph.”
Speaking of the motivation behind the project, he said: “I have encountered a lot of hostility towards my generation over the years and witnessed disgusting acts of racism in the area. It is my hope that the portraits in the project will go some way to removing prejudice and showing that in reality we are all very similar.”
The final project will be displayed at the front entrance to Tiffin School from June 2007.