Even when taking on more traditional reporting commissions, Stuart is still drawn to creating images that, within them, capture an entire story. The Grenfell Tower fire and the London Bridge terror attacks both provided Stuart with the challenge of capturing the complex and emotionally charged narratives of difficult events. Discussing the images he shot on the morning that commuters returned to work on London bridge after the terror attacks on June 3rd, 2017, Stuart pounded the area with his camera, searching for a shot that, for him, summed up the mood of the city on that day:

“I decided to get up very early in the morning and go to London Bridge. I was there at 5 o’clock in the morning; I was looking at people walking along the bridge and coming to work, and at about 8 o’clock, which I know is a busy time on London bridge, I saw a woman walking with a Union Jack in her bag. It was just the stick poking out, and I thought, ‘That’s strange that she is walking with a Union Jack in her bag,’ so I followed her, which is something you do a lot as a street photographer, and took two frames that I find interesting. I found her very relevant to the day. In another moment she pulled out the flag and just walked across this bridge with it, so there’s two images with different moods – one potentially positive and one more sorrowful.”