We cultivate mental well-being and creativity through art and mindfulness for practical everyday solutions.

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Wellbeing at Work

Our creative mindful photography workshops aim to enhance wellbeing in the workplace and shift individuals' perspectives towards finding innovative solutions to everyday challenges.

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Community Programs

Join our mindful photography workshops to explore your local neighbourhood in a playful way. We delve into topics such as sustainability, identity, and mental health to positively impact our community.

Our Projects

Since 2019, we've used mindful photography to inspire positive change in our local communities. We focus on mental health, environment, equity, and accessibility, and amplify marginalised voices.

The Impact of our Projects

Learning New Skills while Sharing Personal Stories

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News & Updates

About the Project:

Food has always played a pivotal role in our lives, connecting history, culture, and heritage. “East London: Food Chronicles” vividly captures East London’s culinary tapestry, spotlighting how colonialism, immigration, and contemporary challenges like rising living costs and environmental concerns have intricately woven and shaped the community’s food stories.

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Get Involved: 

 

Join us from April 2024 to February 2025 for an engaging series of workshops and events. Be a vital part of creating a legacy that will culminate in a short film, publication, exhibition, and an archive. Your involvement will bring our project to life.

If you can’t make it, share your photos and stories by sending them via email to hello@mindfulphotolab.com or sharing them on Instagram using #eastlondonfoodchronicles to have a chance to have them featured in our archive, magazine and exhibition

Capturing Hope: Mindful Photography at Homerton Hospital

We’ve partnered with Homerton Hospital in East London for a Mindful Photography workshop.

 

Collaborating with Shaun Caton from the RNRU (Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit) and Amy, we’ve empowered brain injury patients, some with limited mobility or who couldn’t speak, through photography and collage art.

 

Despite challenges, we’ve created beautiful collages, offering hope to all participants. Stay tuned for a hospital exhibition featuring their works in early 2024.

Refresh Your Spirit: A Brief 3-Minute Break to Reconnect with Inner Peace

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International Women Day 2023

Women by Women​

A photography workshop by Sylvie Belbouab & Mindful Photo Lab that champions gender equality & celebrates International Women’s Day 2023. 

"I had been very isolated during the pandemic working from home. The mindful photography workshop helped me to get out and participate for the first time for two and a half years and to start talking to people again. It is the best thing I have ever done for my mental health - looking outwards and having an external focus really has helped me to reset and to feel much more positive and excited about the future. Pierre's courses should be available on the NHS!.”

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OUR STORY

Before falling in love with photography, Pierre worked in an ancient manor in Cornwall as a hotel manager.
During the winter he would travel to India, learning meditation, drinking chai in clay pots, and listening to Bollywood classics. During one of his trips, he suffered from severe mental health problems.
A a consequence, he bought a camera to entice himself out of his room where he felt trapped. Taking photographs became a way to escape from his condition and has lead him on a path of mindfulness, allowing him to reconnect with reality and stay in the present moment.
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Our Amazing Clients

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Living Streets

In March 2023, we had the privilege of facilitating a photography workshop for Living Streets, a charity with an inspiring mission to promote walking as a healthy and sustainable mode of transport.

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A Feast for the Eyes

In January 2022, we ran an 8-week food photography course with Tower Hamlets residents in collaboration with University of Sussex and Women Environmental Network which celebrated mindfulness, art and heritage to improve wellbeing and community connection.

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The Green Adventurers Workshop

In a world buzzing with technology and urban living, reconnecting with nature has never been more crucial. The recent Green Adventurers Photo Workshop brought families together for a unique and enriching experience.