storytelling - art - activism
Cheer Up Luv x Transkaters
In 2024, Eliza visited Transkaters monthly skate night at BaySixty6 to film and photograph some of the attendees. In the last two years there has been a 37.5% increase in reported anti-LGBT+ hate crimes according to the charity Galop, a figure which creates a barrier and has as a direct impact on how trans and queer people access and participate in sports.
The photo series was featured in The Guardian, Dazed and Diva Magazine
Photography by Eliza Hatch.
Don't Look Away:
16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence
In September 2018, Cheer Up Luv partnered with the United Nations Population Fund on a mission to Sri Lanka, to interview 16 women about their experiences with sexual harassment on public transport. The outcome was an online and offline campaign, releasing each woman's story, portrait and video interview every day over the 16 Days of Activism.
The campaign won a Webby for Best Individual Editorial Feature and was viewed online by more than 10 million people online. It was also featured by Hundred Heroines, Refinery 29, UN News and Lecture In Progress.
Cheer Up Luv x Plan UK: #CrimeNotCompliment
To celebrate the hard work of youth activists who tirelessly campaigned to pass the Protection from Sex Based Harassment in Public Bill law, Eliza teamed up with Plan UK to photograph five of their campaigners.
The #CrimeNotCompliment campaign was launched in partnership with grassroots, youth-led organisation Our Streets Now. Young people have been at the heart of the social and online campaign - and this photo series highlights their experiences campaigning and hopes for the future around the public safety of women and girls in the UK. See more of the campaign below.
#FrontlineHarassment is a Cheer Up Luv Photo series focusing specifically on the experiences of key workers. Over the past year, with all the focus being on essential workers during the pandemic, I wanted to hear some of the stories from the frontline that rarely take centre stage.
The #FrontlineHarassment photo series was put together with a mixture of socially distanced in person shoots in London and FaceTime shoots UK wide, in line with Covid-19 restrictions. The testimonies on this page are just a handful that represent the many key workers, who are subjected to routine harassment whilst going about their jobs.
This photo series has been featured in Dazed, The Independent and It's Nice That.
Photography by Eliza Hatch.
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