“Remember, Show Love” Tote Bag – In support of refugees in the UK
£15.00
“You can see me, but I don’t exist” combines photography by Alan Gignoux and creative writing by people seeking refuge living in Birmingham, London, and Manchester. The project was supported by an Arts Council England National Lottery Grant.
For this body of work, Gignoux used a camera obscura to create portraits of refugees in the UK. He chose a long exposure to blur the faces and bodies of the refugees, while leaving the background in focus. This intentional blurring was intended to be a visual metaphor for the way in which the asylum process undermines people’s identity and makes them feel invisible.
Gignoux wanted to include the refugees’ voices in the project and so he invited the people whom he photographed, as well as other refugees who wanted to participate, to write a creative response to the blurred portraits.
“Remember, Show Love” is a line from a poem called My Daughter written by refugees from the Manchester workshop, in which a father expresses his hopes for his daughter’s future in the UK.
Proceeds from the sale of this poster will be donated in equal amounts to the four refugee organisations that participated in this project: JRS, the Jesuit Refugee Service (London), Stories of Hope and Home and Baobab Women’s Project (Birmingham), and Everything Human Rights (Manchester).
This design is included in the “You can see me, but I don’t exist” exhibition-book, and was exhibited at the Stratford Library, the Library of Birmingham, and Manchester Central Library in May and June 2023. The book is available for purchase in the Gignouxphotos book shop.
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“You can see me, but I don’t exist” combines photography by Alan Gignoux and creative writing by people seeking refuge living in Birmingham, London, and Manchester. The project was supported by an Arts Council England National Lottery Grant.
For this body of work, Gignoux used a camera obscura to create portraits of refugees in the UK. He chose a long exposure to blur the faces and bodies of the refugees, while leaving the background in focus. This intentional blurring was intended to be a visual metaphor for the way in which the asylum process undermines people’s identity and makes them feel invisible.
Gignoux wanted to include the refugees’ voices in the project and so he invited the people whom he photographed, as well as other refugees who wanted to participate, to write a creative response to the blurred portraits.
“Remember, Show Love” is a line from a poem called My Daughter written by refugees from the Manchester workshop, in which a father expresses his hopes for his daughter’s future in the UK.
Proceeds from the sale of this poster will be donated in equal amounts to the four refugee organisations that participated in this project: JRS, the Jesuit Refugee Service (London), Stories of Hope and Home and Baobab Women’s Project (Birmingham), and Everything Human Rights (Manchester).
This design is included in the “You can see me, but I don’t exist” exhibition-book, and was exhibited at the Stratford Library, the Library of Birmingham, and Manchester Central Library in May and June 2023. The book is available for purchase in the Gignouxphotos book shop.
