Dan Higginson
Medway-BASED Documentary PHOTOGRAPHer
Dan Higginson is a Freelance Photographer from Rochester, Kent. Working in multiple formats, his work focuses on themes of documenting connection and commonality.
The Islanders.
(work in progress)
Off the northern coast of Kent, the Isle of Sheppey is a marshy stretch of land that feels like a world unto itself. The island is home to about forty thousand residents who spread across the thirty-six square miles of dense, dark London clay that gives rise to windswept grassy swamplands. Its weathered landscape dotted with small working-class towns and an abundance of caravan sites.
Homeless World Cup.
From misfortune to athletics, hundreds of individuals who’ve found a better path through Street Soccer coalesce for a life-changing opportunity to compete in their country’s colours. The Homeless World Cup is a life-changing sporting event that aims to change the perceptions and attitudes towards people experiencing homelessness.
Medway Flows Softly.
(work in progress)
Situated two miles from Rochester, between the muddy banks of the River Medway and chalk cliffs of the North Downs. Cuxton is an hour from both London and Dover, rarely visited, we are a forgettable village that sleepy commuters pass through for one reason: to get between the M20 and the M2. There are no services and, for almost everyone on their travels, no reason to stop. But me and two and a half thousand people call this village home. A beautiful part of Kent with many walking routes and beautiful landscapes so secluded I might be the only person who enjoys them.
Without this, I wouldn’t be here.
Learning about a community born of enormous trust in each other; every moment in training is one overzealous movement from lights out.
Adult Youth Club.
An exploration of the loss of youth. Particularly the misconception that the loss of youth means losing touch with the things you’ve been passionate about your entire life.
Watching the world go mad
Documenting a monumental shift in perception through nationally restricted means.