02/09/2025
NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL 2025 🇯🇲🇹🇹🇧🇧🇰🇳🇧🇶
This year’s Carnival changed my perspective. It reminded me that the best growth, and the best shots, happen when we step out of our comfort zones.
When approached me about photographing at Notting Hill Carnival, I almost said “no”. The thought of it was very overwhelming; the crush of bodies, the chaos, the noise…
But stepping into the Platinum Soul Sound tent, everything shifted. The chaos I once feared turned into energy, rhythm, and belonging. Through my camera, I found the joy I’d always missed: dancers moving in perfect rhythm with the streets, strangers smiling like old friends, DJ-ing crowned with a hair sculpture piece made using CDs by . It was a thrilling, overwhelming, yet exhilarating sensory journey.
So here’s my takeaway: say yes, even when you’re unsure. Especially then.
Have you ever stepped into something that scared you, only to come out stronger on the other side? I’d love to hear your story in the comments.