Ghanaian fans celebrate their opening goal of the World Cup at a bar in Brixton. Image © Jonathan Goldberg
Exhibition: World Cup London 2010, PM Gallery and House, London, until July 18 2010
Back in March, photographer Philip Bigg appealed for peers to join a project capturing fans from every nation competing at the World Cup supporting their team in bars and venues across London.
The seven recruits have spent the past month photographing the tribulations of communities in the diverse capital, from Swiss congregations watching in a church in Endell Street to Galician basement bars in Ladbroke Grove, where elderly Spanish men watch Fernando Torres and friends stumble towards the final.
South Africa v Mexico in Trafalgar Square. Image © Jonathan Goldberg
"Our images reflect how different cultures come together to watch a game of football and how passionately people pronounce their patriotism through football," he says, describing the show as a "sociocultural anthropological study of the relationship between humans and their environment."
"Even though the citizens may be miles from their home country, they have claimed a part of London as their own."
Images from the earlier stages are currently on display, and the exhibition is updated on a daily basis as the competition evolves. You can also follow the latest shots on their Flickr group.
