Photographer Grey Hutton has been photographing the impact of the pandemic and the community response in his home borough of Hackney, east London, meeting local families and documenting the support networks, with the support of the National Geographic Society Covid-19 Emergency Fund
“The only time I come out of my bedroom is when my mum calls me,” Ava Ogarro quietly confesses to me as we chat on the sofa. She’s eight years old, and the youngest of three living with their mum, Joanne Piggin, in a two-bedroom apartment on the Frampton Park Estate in Hackney, east London. Ava hasn’t left the flat in days, despite Joanne encouraging her to see friends. Over the last year, something has changed and she doesn’t feel comfortable being around other people any more.
