A Small Plot of land is a series of 28 portraits taken on Creighton Road allotments in Tottenham, north London, during the spring of 2019. Tottenham is known to be one of the most diverse areas of the Capital. The allotments reflect this aspect of our neighbourhood beautifully. An allotment is a place where people come to spend time with their family and friends; cooking, eating and drinking; a place to feel at peace, a place to cry and a retreat from busy, stressful city life. It is hard work and tiring and can often feel relentless, but is also a rare opportunity to do something physical with your own bare hands, outside in the fresh air. It is surreal to be picking tomatoes and digging up potatoes in the middle of such a densely urban environment, and is even more surreal within the context of the one billion pound Tottenham Hotspurs stadium next door.
By nature the allotments are a fantastic example of sustainability. here, nothing goes to waste. Everything is reused again and again - to build a shed, a greenhouse or just to embellish a plot. The simple aim of this photographic project is to celebrate diversity, integration and the coming together of people from different walks of life to perform the simple human act of growing their own fruit and veg on a small plot of land.
Danilo Murru is a documentary photographer from Sardinia, living in London. His work broadly looks at urban, suburban and industrial landscapes and he occasionally engages in portrait photography set within an urban context.