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Graduation Day at the AA
I graduated with my year from the Architectural Association in 2020, at the height of the pandemic. Like so many, we never had a ceremony, never had a goodbye. When COVID hit, we scattered. Some of us returned home, others stayed isolated in London. The final weeks of our master’s — the culmination of years of intensity and community — ended in silence. No hugs, no closure, no celebration.
One year later, in 2021, we were finally invited back. The AA, which has always felt more like a family than a school, brought us together to graduate with the year below us. We weren’t many. It was still a time of restrictions. But it felt enormous.
I brought four disposable cameras — not for a project, but simply because I didn’t want to forget. I wanted to hold onto these people, to the joy of seeing them again, to the sunlight, the laughter, the tears. I didn’t think too much, didn’t direct or frame. I just clicked, moved, hugged, and captured.
This project is informal, fast, spontaneous — the opposite of how I usually work. But at its heart, it’s the same: analog, personal, human. A celebration of presence, connection, and love.