BeLonging
BeLonging deals with foreign people in London. One of the main characteristics of London as a city is being compound of such a vast variety of people from almost every corner of the world. As a person who was born in one country, lived most of my life in another and now lives in London, I’m interested in issues of forming an identity in relation to physical space, home and society.
I spent time with each sitter in their home, talking about their experiences in London and places they feel special connection to. Then I went to explore those places. The juxtaposition of the portrait and the cityscape was born through conversations with the sitters but also from my personal interpretation of what the subjects project, in order to surface questions of individual and cultural identity.
I spent time with each sitter in their home, talking about their experiences in London and places they feel special connection to. Then I went to explore those places. The juxtaposition of the portrait and the cityscape was born through conversations with the sitters but also from my personal interpretation of what the subjects project, in order to surface questions of individual and cultural identity.
