On show as part of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, the Belfast artist’s 21 portraits gesture towards a stoic, complex understanding of womanhood
Tag: Politics
A Village on the Highway focuses not on the agricultural workers whose activism overturned the ‘black laws’, but the makeshift camps which allowed them to do it
A new photobook memorialises the triumphs and trials of the early years of Britain’s National Health Service, providing a timely reminder of its importance
Referencing an EE Cummings poem, Of Solongs and Ashes brings to mind the fleetingness of life – and memories of the country the artist was forced to flee
In Vote No.2, the former UK House of Commons photographer turns to ‘saccharine’ Irish local election posters. After a while, they all start to look strangely similar.
The esteemed festival of photojournalism hosts 25 exhibitions, with each work investigating a critical social and political issues affecting the global community today
The Polish photographer’s work is often rooted in the political and social landscape of her home country
“I’m interested in photographing what the world looks like when we can’t agree on what’s real,” he says
The annual Bonfire celebrations are captured in dark monochrome, as they link to the greater narrative of British existence
This article was printed in the Power & Empowerment issue of British Journal of Photography…
8 March 2021