We sit down with Slidefest organiser and Gulf Photo Plus Director Mohamed Somji to hear about the motivations behind the event and this year’s theme, Diaspora
Displacement & Migration
Bound by Two Homes blends Iranian cultural iconography with quintessentially British spaces to dissect identity
The photographer’s new book with Loose Joints is in dialogue with his previous projects documenting migration
Through his staged photography, Kenneth Lam brings to life the stories embedded in the evolving Museum of the Home
Using archive imagery, collaboration, extreme close-ups and staged photographs, the Iranian photographer delves into portraiture and culture
Informed by his own experiences with migration and photography, Mohamed Keita set up spaces for self-determination
BJP heads to Jimei in China to find a festival bringing forward a vast programme dissecting immigration, family histories and new technology
The photographer’s new book A Sea Apart explores migratory distance and the memories that come with yearning for a homeland
Working through the trauma of the asylum seeking process in the US, the photographer says he came to photography later than his peers and uses it as a mechanism to heal intergenerational migratory disruptions
Contributing artists Mounir Raji, Tina Farifteh and Rosângela Rennó discuss their projects with BJP as responses to questions around home, migration & diaspora, and colonialism.