Art Auction - Arms Around the Child, Timed

On a Thursday evening, moments before the clap for carers chorus begins, a rainbow

stretches across the sky in Stamford Hill as if in solidarity for those on the frontline of the

pandemic. This photograph has been acquired for the permanent collection of The Museum

of London.
 

This photograph is part of a larger series documenting the volunteer support networks

in Hackney during the pandemic. Grey Hutton was awarded the National Geographic

Covid-19 Grant to continue this photographic work and it has been published and exhibited

widely, including on the Queen’s Christmas Broadcast in 2020 and the Piccadilly Lights.

Grey Hutton is a freelance photographer based in London. He studied photography at

London College of Communication before moving to Berlin, where from 2012 - 2018 he was

the photo editor and staff photographer of VICE Germany. His work has been published and

exhibited internationally, and he is a regular contributor to The Times and The Guardian.