When schoolboy Damilola Taylor was murdered in November 2000, Cornelius Walker’s mother feared for her son’s welfare (he was the same age and skin colour as Taylor) and decided to move her family out of London, into the safety of Essex. Relocating to an estate run by a violent, racist gang, Black Sheep tells Walker’s story and how he soon realised the only way he could fit in,was to become more like those who hated him.
Cornelius Walker is the focal point of the Oscar nominated documentary ‘Blacksheep’ and all photos were shot during the filming of the documentary, in Essex, 2016. All locations are the actual locations where it took places and all the people presented are from the local community.