Category: Family
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Life of David Hughes 1926-2020
My father David Hughes died from Covid-19 on 10th April 2020 aged 93 An engaged, curious and funny man, his sense of wonder stayed with him to the end. Here is a slideshow of his life. ‘I seem to have arrived in the future’
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In the Shadow of Brexit
The book A commission from Prof. Nando Sigona, at the University of Birmingham, to photograph families with one or more parents from a non-UK EU country. You can read the introduction to the book in the slideshow below or download the complete pdf book here. The accompanying website and videos can be found here. About […]
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Through Positive Eyes – Durban 3
Thulile (See here for the background to this project) Thulile, Simiso and Jennifer are currently presenting their work at the Durban Art Gallery as part of the Through Positive Eyes show, coinciding with the International AIDS Conference. The show has been designed by Stan Pressner and Carol Brown to enable the participants to tell their stories […]
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Through Positive Eyes – Durban 2
Elizabeth (See previous post for the background to this project) Elizabeth is currently presenting her work at the Durban Art Gallery as part of the Through Positive Eyes show, coinciding with the International AIDS Conference. The show has been designed by Stan Pressner to enable the participants to tell their stories and interact with projections […]
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Through Positive Eyes – Durban
Photo by Silungile I’m just back from working on the final chapter of this international arts and advocacy project, in which HIV+ve participants photograph their lives to combat stigma. I teach photography, and co-edit the work with the participants, alongside Gideon Mendel and Prof. David Gere’s team from the Art and Global Health Centre at […]
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A London Bangladeshi Wedding
I was delighted to be invited to my neighbour’s London Bangladeshi wedding. The walima (reception) was huge with around 800 guests and four photographers equipped with drones and smoke machines. The day after the wedding I was asked round to photograph the preparations for the ‘bride feast’. A way of welcoming the bride to her new […]
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Darbishire Place, Whitechapel
An ongoing commission for Niall McLaughlin Architects: to photograph the flats and residents in this Stirling Prize shortlisted Peabody block. Much architectural photography has an arid and ghostly or post apocalyptic feel. The buildings are presented without people, in creepily perfect weather and light, as though they subsist for and of themselves. We are hard-wired to respond […]