Kept: a photographic survey of South London’s commons — an exhibition of photographs by Sam Walton — opens at Gareth Gardner Gallery, London SE8, at the end of the month.

^{Sam Walton: Woolwich Common, SE18, August 2024}

Kept celebrates the surviving areas of open land that were once part of a chain of commons running along London’s southern edge. Sam Walton’s documentary photographs highlight how the commons interact with the modern city and constitute a vital part of its public realm.

^{Sam Walton: Woolwich Common, SE18, August 2024}

The opening reception will also host the launch of John Gray’s latest Commonplace zine, Clapham Common to Wandsworth Common: A South London Landscape History, with photographs by Walton.

Gareth Gardner Gallery was launched in October 2019 as the UK’s only gallery space dedicated to photography of architecture and place. Find more information here.

^{Sam Walton: Blackheath, SE3, October 2026}

Kept runs from 26 November-12 December 2026.