Polly Braden is a documentary photographer based in London, known for her intimate, long-term collaborations. Her work focuses on overlooked communities and social issues, including learning disabilities, single parenthood, and displacement. Braden’s distinctive style combines quiet observation with deep empathy, often developed over years of sustained engagement.
Her books include China Between (2010), Great Interactions (2016), Out of the Shadows (2018), London’s Square Mile: A Secret City (2019), A Place for Me: 50 Stories of Finding Home (2021) and Holding the Baby (2022). Major exhibitions include Holding the Baby in London, Liverpool, and Bristol, and Leaving Ukraine (2023), a multimedia project tracing the journeys of women displaced by war, presented at the Foundling Museum. She is an associate lecturer at London College of Communication.
