MYLONDON shop
About MYLONDON
Every year we do a contest with single-use film cameras with people who are homeless or have been homeless.
Photographers are given the cameras free of charge and we pay prize money for more then 50 photos or sets of photos taken on the cameras. From the photos we publish calendars and cards for people who are homeless or recently homeless to sell in train stations, office buildings and markets.
How we produce the calendars and cards
One hundred single-use Fujifilm QuickSnap film cameras are given to people with lived experience of homelessness at St Paul's Cathedral.
A crowdfunder helps pay the production costs of the calendars and greetings cards and profits from the sale of cards and calendars are paid to the photographers.
Read the BIG ISSUE review of a recent calendar:
https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/homeless-photographers-london-calendar/
Looking back: Peta Pixel (USA) on MYLONDON (2015)
Photos and cards from before the 2024 project are also being sold in this campaign with profits from each card sold going to the photographers.
MYLONDON 2025
MYLONDON 2025
From more than 2,000 photos, 25 were chosen by a jury of people from the homelessness-sector and professional photographers. The public then voted on the top 25 photos to choose the most popular ones.
All votes were anonymous - with no name or descriptions given. Voting on the top 25 took place in Ealing Broadway Station and the Canary Wharf Elizabeth line Station in late July and early August 2024 and people on the Cafe Art email list also be asked for their opinion.
Each person in the Top 25 was awarded £50 at the opening to the annual exhibition in October.
There was also cash prizes of £50 for each photo in the calendar and prizes for the first, second and third most popular photos as voted on by the judging panel and also by the public vote. In addition, the judging panel has chosen a best portrait award and a most creative photo award. Both were announced at the opening to the annual exhibition.
The photographers
The photographers included people who are sleeping rough (outside), people in homelessness-sector hostels and people who have been given public and private housing.
One of the main focuses of this project is to pay out profits to the participants. As well as the prize money, participants earn commission on all photographs and cards sold.
Since 2015 volunteers from The Royal Photographic Society (London Region) have trained photographers with lived experience of homelessness who have participated in the contest. They meet on Saturday afternoons in locations all over London every two weekends, with a training session online in the middle weekend. Fujifilm UK donated six X1 cameras in 2015 and in 2024 donated XT30 cameras and lenses to the group and provided generous discounts on additional kit.
The MYLONDON camera
Fujifilm provide 100 QuickSnap one-time-use 400 asa film cameras every year. Jessops develop and scan the film and print the 2,100 photos for a discounted rate.
Environmental features
The MYLONDON exhibition and calendar are printed in England. This avoids the environmental impact of shipping, but also employs local people in the production process.
We have not wrapped our calendars in plastic since 2017. The plastic cameras are recycled or used as props to help us sell the calendars.
Using a calendar reduces your impact on the environment by reducing the time spent connected to the Internet. It also helps you to reduce your Cloud content.
Order your MYLONDON calendars and cards below
Cover image by Nisha Zala.
January image by Barry Callaghan
February image by Patrizia Rossi
March image by Emane Filal
April image by Jason Atmann
May image by John Burton
June image by Zakia Chowdhury
August image by John Burton
September image by Carol Dawson
October image by Emani Filali
November image by Cal Anderson
December image by Kevin Wood
2025 MyLondon calendars, cards & photos: prices, sizes and shipping
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Special discount rate! Wall/hanging £6.25, Desktop/standing £6.25, Greetings card & envelope £2.50-£3,
A4 (12" x 8") original photos £25
Shipping worldwide including tracked and environmentally friendly economy mail options. The wall calendar is 240mm x 240mm (9.5" x 9.5") The desktop (standing) calendar is 200mm x 200mm with metal spiro coil binding. 8" x 12" (A4)-sized original photographs: we will send the photos with the calendars in October. Greetings card 130 mm x 180 mm, folded with envelope.
