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These photographs were taken in properties across Manchester that house people seeking asylum. The recognised ideal of home as a space of comfort and intimacy is challenged by the transient interiors photographed, which evoke a sense of unease and displacement.
'...simple documents bring to light details of unseen, marginalised or forgotten aspects of social spaces and public and private identities, using formal devices such as seriality and repetition. Photography cuts into the fabric of everyday life to show hidden details which prompt recognition of that which is familiar yet ignored...'
Russell Roberts. Taxonomy: Some Notes Towards the Histories of Photography and Classification, from InVisible Light. Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1997. p.41 |
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