Sufi, Portrait of an activist - 5

To create this work, Do The Green Thing introduced Angola-born photographic artist Francis Augusto to climate campaigner Sufiyan Abdul-Qayun. Sufi is a 20-year-old campaigner with Clean Air for Southall and Hayes (CASH) – a group fighting against the highly contaminated former local gasworks linked to residents’ illnesses including cancer and asthma. Known for his candid and joyful style, Francis met Sufi not just to capture an image, but to engage in an open, human conversation about climate activism.