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My birthday girl ❤️ Glory, Glory Hallelujah 🙌🏽
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7 years of joy and magic… what a privilege it is to be your dad. Beautiful inside and out. The personification of kindness, generosity, bravery and wonderment at the world and life. Always beaming with a smile and a twinkle in your eye; you are the apple of mine. Love ya forever kid.
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#birthdayportrait #dadlife #daughter #love #wonder

Rest In Peace Bassirou
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I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Bassirou last week, after a short battle with liver cancer. He was the father of Hamadou, one of my closest collaborators on I Peri N’Tera.
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I first met Bassirou in 2018, when Jade and I travelled to his remote village outside Kolda, in southern Senegal. It was a transformative experience — the beginning of a visual language built on spiritual exchange and love.
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When I returned in 2023, this time with Hamadou on his first visit home after seven years, it was surreal and profoundly moving. To stand together on that sacred land, to share food and stories again, remains one of the great honours of my life.
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The first portrait I made of Bassirou has always felt symbolic — an image that speaks of the families left behind, enduring the pressures of climate change and poverty with unshakable strength and dignity. The second portrait holds even deeper meaning: behind him stands a new house that Hamadou built for his family from his savings in Europe — a testament to love, sacrifice, and pride.
On the last night of our first visit, Bassirou led the village prayers and gave Jade and me new names — Jade Sow and Daniel Baldé.
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Rest in peace, my friend. To your kindness, your strength, and your legacy.
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#iperintera #migration #senegal #savannah #documentary #family #love #spirituality #climatechange #fire #europe #nature #politics #landscape

Rest In Peace Bassirou
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I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Bassirou last week, after a short battle with liver cancer. He was the father of Hamadou, one of my closest collaborators on I Peri N’Tera.
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I first met Bassirou in 2018, when Jade and I travelled to his remote village outside Kolda, in southern Senegal. It was a transformative experience — the beginning of a visual language built on spiritual exchange and love.
-
When I returned in 2023, this time with Hamadou on his first visit home after seven years, it was surreal and profoundly moving. To stand together on that sacred land, to share food and stories again, remains one of the great honours of my life.
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The first portrait I made of Bassirou has always felt symbolic — an image that speaks of the families left behind, enduring the pressures of climate change and poverty with unshakable strength and dignity. The second portrait holds even deeper meaning: behind him stands a new house that Hamadou built for his family from his savings in Europe — a testament to love, sacrifice, and pride.
On the last night of our first visit, Bassirou led the village prayers and gave Jade and me new names — Jade Sow and Daniel Baldé.
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Rest in peace, my friend. To your kindness, your strength, and your legacy.
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#iperintera #migration #senegal #savannah #documentary #family #love #spirituality #climatechange #fire #europe #nature #politics #landscape

Rest In Peace Bassirou
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I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Bassirou last week, after a short battle with liver cancer. He was the father of Hamadou, one of my closest collaborators on I Peri N’Tera.
-
I first met Bassirou in 2018, when Jade and I travelled to his remote village outside Kolda, in southern Senegal. It was a transformative experience — the beginning of a visual language built on spiritual exchange and love.
-
When I returned in 2023, this time with Hamadou on his first visit home after seven years, it was surreal and profoundly moving. To stand together on that sacred land, to share food and stories again, remains one of the great honours of my life.
-
The first portrait I made of Bassirou has always felt symbolic — an image that speaks of the families left behind, enduring the pressures of climate change and poverty with unshakable strength and dignity. The second portrait holds even deeper meaning: behind him stands a new house that Hamadou built for his family from his savings in Europe — a testament to love, sacrifice, and pride.
On the last night of our first visit, Bassirou led the village prayers and gave Jade and me new names — Jade Sow and Daniel Baldé.
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Rest in peace, my friend. To your kindness, your strength, and your legacy.
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#iperintera #migration #senegal #savannah #documentary #family #love #spirituality #climatechange #fire #europe #nature #politics #landscape

Lorena e Alberto, 2021 & Il Falcone, 2019
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Two of my favourite photographs showing @maison.pan Trafalgar Square until 15th November - BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
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Grateful to form part of the group show
Restrained Despair (in D Minor), which opens next week and will be on during Frieze London. I will be showing some prints from my long term / ongoing project Herdanza (Heritage).
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The work will show alongside two wonderful painters @marie_obegi @nairamushtaq and the brilliant @cyrusartist showcasing his unique and beautiful Polaroid works.
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#maisonpan #exhibition #london #restraineddespair #danielcastrogarcia #cyrusmahboubian #marieobegi #nairamushtaq #herdanza #heritage #galicia #sicily

Lorena e Alberto, 2021 & Il Falcone, 2019
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Two of my favourite photographs showing @maison.pan Trafalgar Square until 15th November - BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
•
Grateful to form part of the group show
Restrained Despair (in D Minor), which opens next week and will be on during Frieze London. I will be showing some prints from my long term / ongoing project Herdanza (Heritage).
•
The work will show alongside two wonderful painters @marie_obegi @nairamushtaq and the brilliant @cyrusartist showcasing his unique and beautiful Polaroid works.
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#maisonpan #exhibition #london #restraineddespair #danielcastrogarcia #cyrusmahboubian #marieobegi #nairamushtaq #herdanza #heritage #galicia #sicily

Lorena e Alberto, 2021 & Il Falcone, 2019
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Two of my favourite photographs showing @maison.pan Trafalgar Square until 15th November - BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
•
Grateful to form part of the group show
Restrained Despair (in D Minor), which opens next week and will be on during Frieze London. I will be showing some prints from my long term / ongoing project Herdanza (Heritage).
•
The work will show alongside two wonderful painters @marie_obegi @nairamushtaq and the brilliant @cyrusartist showcasing his unique and beautiful Polaroid works.
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#maisonpan #exhibition #london #restraineddespair #danielcastrogarcia #cyrusmahboubian #marieobegi #nairamushtaq #herdanza #heritage #galicia #sicily

The ongoing series ‘Herdanza’ by @foreignerdigital (b. 1985, Oxford, UK) is a collection of images that offer a representation of personal history through a combination of family archive photographs alongside more recent works. Originating from a small, rural village in Galicia, Spain, his parents migrated to the UK in 1970 in search of better opportunities away from the extreme poverty provoked by the brutal Spanish civil war and subsequent dictatorship. He states that his life has been defined by their migration, and this body of work offers a meditation on the sometimes faltering emotions of internal displacement felt as a second generation migrant.

Daniel’s work has received awards such as the prestigious W. Eugene Smith Fund in Humanistic Photography (2017); and Magnum Foundation Fund (2017); and has been exhibited at major venues including Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Germany (2023); and Les Recontres d’Arles, France (2022).

Group show ‘Restrained Despair (in D Minor)’ opens 8 October at our project space in London.

#DanielCastroGarcia #MaisonPan #contemporaryart

Atlántico
Costa Da Morte, Galicia August 2021
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A key image from my long term body of work Herdanza (Heritage) that will be on display at central London Gallery, @maison.pan Trafalgar Square opening on Wednesday 8th October from 6pm.
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This photograph was taken from the Cabo de San Adrian looking out to the Atlantic Ocean. This exact view has been a key location in my work, a place I return to photograph on multiple occasions each time I am in Galicia. Each day is different and provokes a different emotional response, but I always walk away with a sense of the enormity of the world and my chest full of clean air.
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The site is draped in folklore, the tale of Saint Hadrian arriving to the site and at the request of the local villagers banishing the plague of serpents. It is said that he stepped on one turning it to stone with the others descending into the ocean.
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The work will show alongside @marie_obegi @nairamushtaq @cyrusartist the group show
Restrained Despair (in D Minor), which opens next week and will be on during Frieze London.
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Everyone is welcome so I hope to see you next Wednesday. Really happy to have some work hanging in London after too many years without showing here.
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BIG LOVE ❤️
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#maisonpan #exhibition #london #restraineddespair #danielcastrogarcia #cyrusmahboubian #marieobegi #nairamushtaq #herdanza #heritage #galicia #atlantic

SHOW OPENING 8th October 2025 @maison.pan Trafalgar Square.
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Grateful to form part of the group show
Restrained Despair (in D Minor), which opens next week and will be on during Frieze London. I will be showing some prints from my long term / ongoing project Herdanza (Heritage).
•
The work will show alongside two wonderful painters @marie_obegi @nairamushtaq and the brilliant @cyrusartist showcasing his unique and beautiful Polaroid works.
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From the exhibition text by Nayla Chidiac, “In a time when everything must be immediate, visible, and loud, these works offer another rhythm: slower, deeper, mysterious. They ask us to stay a little longer. To look again. To feel, to think.” See second slide for the full text.
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Everyone is welcome so I hope to see you next Wednesday. Really happy to have some work hanging in London after too many years without showing here.
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BIG LOVE ❤️
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#maisonpan #exhibition #london #restraineddespair #danielcastrogarcia #cyrusmahboubian #marieobegi #nairamushtaq #herdanza #heritage #galicia #sicily

SHOW OPENING 8th October 2025 @maison.pan Trafalgar Square.
•
Grateful to form part of the group show
Restrained Despair (in D Minor), which opens next week and will be on during Frieze London. I will be showing some prints from my long term / ongoing project Herdanza (Heritage).
•
The work will show alongside two wonderful painters @marie_obegi @nairamushtaq and the brilliant @cyrusartist showcasing his unique and beautiful Polaroid works.
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From the exhibition text by Nayla Chidiac, “In a time when everything must be immediate, visible, and loud, these works offer another rhythm: slower, deeper, mysterious. They ask us to stay a little longer. To look again. To feel, to think.” See second slide for the full text.
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Everyone is welcome so I hope to see you next Wednesday. Really happy to have some work hanging in London after too many years without showing here.
•
BIG LOVE ❤️
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#maisonpan #exhibition #london #restraineddespair #danielcastrogarcia #cyrusmahboubian #marieobegi #nairamushtaq #herdanza #heritage #galicia #sicily

SHOW OPENING 8th October 2025 @maison.pan Trafalgar Square.
•
Grateful to form part of the group show
Restrained Despair (in D Minor), which opens next week and will be on during Frieze London. I will be showing some prints from my long term / ongoing project Herdanza (Heritage).
•
The work will show alongside two wonderful painters @marie_obegi @nairamushtaq and the brilliant @cyrusartist showcasing his unique and beautiful Polaroid works.
•
From the exhibition text by Nayla Chidiac, “In a time when everything must be immediate, visible, and loud, these works offer another rhythm: slower, deeper, mysterious. They ask us to stay a little longer. To look again. To feel, to think.” See second slide for the full text.
•
Everyone is welcome so I hope to see you next Wednesday. Really happy to have some work hanging in London after too many years without showing here.
•
BIG LOVE ❤️
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#maisonpan #exhibition #london #restraineddespair #danielcastrogarcia #cyrusmahboubian #marieobegi #nairamushtaq #herdanza #heritage #galicia #sicily

10 Years Ago Today: The first photographs.
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I remember the feeling in my bones as if it were today. I was at work, reading the news about 2 migrant vessels that capsized one week apart in April 2015 claiming an estimated 1,000 lives. I felt numb thinking about these people and all of the others that had met the same fate in the Mediterranean Sea. How much those people must have suffered.
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Incidents like this were not new at this point, but this was a record breaking week of lives lost in such a criminal way. As I scrolled I was confronted by the infamous Katie Hopkins piece published by “The Sun”, in which she labelled the individuals attempting these journeys to Europe as “cockroaches” amongst a plethora of racist and morally corrupt language. It was sickening that the media could stoop so low as to publish such poison at such a painful moment, but it was true to the times. The upcoming Brexit vote facilitated the platforming of a carousel of political puppets that delivered visions of a future laced with xenophobic and Islamophobic sentiment. Division and hate were oxygenated by a media body transforming the fabric of British society into an increasingly dangerous entity.
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I felt disturbed by the images associated to migration: every photo was the same as the last, a mass crowd shot often in tragic circumstances, faceless bodies with no autonomy or control over how they were being seen. Combined with my own personal history as the son of migrants into the UK, I soon understood that the subject of migration meant more to me than I had realised. I began to wonder how could I make a different picture? Encouraged by my studio partners @tomsaxbydotcom and @jmorris.22 we decided to go to the island of Lampedusa and consider the situation for ourselves, unaware that this first trip would lead to a year of witnessing the chilling realities of the European refugee / migrant crisis culminating in the book “Foreigner”. The experience ignited something that has never switched off and the motivation I felt then is exactly the same today.
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10 Years Ago Today: The first photographs.
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I remember the feeling in my bones as if it were today. I was at work, reading the news about 2 migrant vessels that capsized one week apart in April 2015 claiming an estimated 1,000 lives. I felt numb thinking about these people and all of the others that had met the same fate in the Mediterranean Sea. How much those people must have suffered.
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Incidents like this were not new at this point, but this was a record breaking week of lives lost in such a criminal way. As I scrolled I was confronted by the infamous Katie Hopkins piece published by “The Sun”, in which she labelled the individuals attempting these journeys to Europe as “cockroaches” amongst a plethora of racist and morally corrupt language. It was sickening that the media could stoop so low as to publish such poison at such a painful moment, but it was true to the times. The upcoming Brexit vote facilitated the platforming of a carousel of political puppets that delivered visions of a future laced with xenophobic and Islamophobic sentiment. Division and hate were oxygenated by a media body transforming the fabric of British society into an increasingly dangerous entity.
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I felt disturbed by the images associated to migration: every photo was the same as the last, a mass crowd shot often in tragic circumstances, faceless bodies with no autonomy or control over how they were being seen. Combined with my own personal history as the son of migrants into the UK, I soon understood that the subject of migration meant more to me than I had realised. I began to wonder how could I make a different picture? Encouraged by my studio partners @tomsaxbydotcom and @jmorris.22 we decided to go to the island of Lampedusa and consider the situation for ourselves, unaware that this first trip would lead to a year of witnessing the chilling realities of the European refugee / migrant crisis culminating in the book “Foreigner”. The experience ignited something that has never switched off and the motivation I felt then is exactly the same today.
// continued in captions

10 Years Ago Today: The first photographs.
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I remember the feeling in my bones as if it were today. I was at work, reading the news about 2 migrant vessels that capsized one week apart in April 2015 claiming an estimated 1,000 lives. I felt numb thinking about these people and all of the others that had met the same fate in the Mediterranean Sea. How much those people must have suffered.
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Incidents like this were not new at this point, but this was a record breaking week of lives lost in such a criminal way. As I scrolled I was confronted by the infamous Katie Hopkins piece published by “The Sun”, in which she labelled the individuals attempting these journeys to Europe as “cockroaches” amongst a plethora of racist and morally corrupt language. It was sickening that the media could stoop so low as to publish such poison at such a painful moment, but it was true to the times. The upcoming Brexit vote facilitated the platforming of a carousel of political puppets that delivered visions of a future laced with xenophobic and Islamophobic sentiment. Division and hate were oxygenated by a media body transforming the fabric of British society into an increasingly dangerous entity.
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I felt disturbed by the images associated to migration: every photo was the same as the last, a mass crowd shot often in tragic circumstances, faceless bodies with no autonomy or control over how they were being seen. Combined with my own personal history as the son of migrants into the UK, I soon understood that the subject of migration meant more to me than I had realised. I began to wonder how could I make a different picture? Encouraged by my studio partners @tomsaxbydotcom and @jmorris.22 we decided to go to the island of Lampedusa and consider the situation for ourselves, unaware that this first trip would lead to a year of witnessing the chilling realities of the European refugee / migrant crisis culminating in the book “Foreigner”. The experience ignited something that has never switched off and the motivation I felt then is exactly the same today.
// continued in captions

10 Years Ago Today: The first photographs.
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I remember the feeling in my bones as if it were today. I was at work, reading the news about 2 migrant vessels that capsized one week apart in April 2015 claiming an estimated 1,000 lives. I felt numb thinking about these people and all of the others that had met the same fate in the Mediterranean Sea. How much those people must have suffered.
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Incidents like this were not new at this point, but this was a record breaking week of lives lost in such a criminal way. As I scrolled I was confronted by the infamous Katie Hopkins piece published by “The Sun”, in which she labelled the individuals attempting these journeys to Europe as “cockroaches” amongst a plethora of racist and morally corrupt language. It was sickening that the media could stoop so low as to publish such poison at such a painful moment, but it was true to the times. The upcoming Brexit vote facilitated the platforming of a carousel of political puppets that delivered visions of a future laced with xenophobic and Islamophobic sentiment. Division and hate were oxygenated by a media body transforming the fabric of British society into an increasingly dangerous entity.
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I felt disturbed by the images associated to migration: every photo was the same as the last, a mass crowd shot often in tragic circumstances, faceless bodies with no autonomy or control over how they were being seen. Combined with my own personal history as the son of migrants into the UK, I soon understood that the subject of migration meant more to me than I had realised. I began to wonder how could I make a different picture? Encouraged by my studio partners @tomsaxbydotcom and @jmorris.22 we decided to go to the island of Lampedusa and consider the situation for ourselves, unaware that this first trip would lead to a year of witnessing the chilling realities of the European refugee / migrant crisis culminating in the book “Foreigner”. The experience ignited something that has never switched off and the motivation I felt then is exactly the same today.
// continued in captions

10 Years Ago Today: The first photographs.
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I remember the feeling in my bones as if it were today. I was at work, reading the news about 2 migrant vessels that capsized one week apart in April 2015 claiming an estimated 1,000 lives. I felt numb thinking about these people and all of the others that had met the same fate in the Mediterranean Sea. How much those people must have suffered.
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Incidents like this were not new at this point, but this was a record breaking week of lives lost in such a criminal way. As I scrolled I was confronted by the infamous Katie Hopkins piece published by “The Sun”, in which she labelled the individuals attempting these journeys to Europe as “cockroaches” amongst a plethora of racist and morally corrupt language. It was sickening that the media could stoop so low as to publish such poison at such a painful moment, but it was true to the times. The upcoming Brexit vote facilitated the platforming of a carousel of political puppets that delivered visions of a future laced with xenophobic and Islamophobic sentiment. Division and hate were oxygenated by a media body transforming the fabric of British society into an increasingly dangerous entity.
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I felt disturbed by the images associated to migration: every photo was the same as the last, a mass crowd shot often in tragic circumstances, faceless bodies with no autonomy or control over how they were being seen. Combined with my own personal history as the son of migrants into the UK, I soon understood that the subject of migration meant more to me than I had realised. I began to wonder how could I make a different picture? Encouraged by my studio partners @tomsaxbydotcom and @jmorris.22 we decided to go to the island of Lampedusa and consider the situation for ourselves, unaware that this first trip would lead to a year of witnessing the chilling realities of the European refugee / migrant crisis culminating in the book “Foreigner”. The experience ignited something that has never switched off and the motivation I felt then is exactly the same today.
// continued in captions

10 Years Ago Today: The first photographs.
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I remember the feeling in my bones as if it were today. I was at work, reading the news about 2 migrant vessels that capsized one week apart in April 2015 claiming an estimated 1,000 lives. I felt numb thinking about these people and all of the others that had met the same fate in the Mediterranean Sea. How much those people must have suffered.
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Incidents like this were not new at this point, but this was a record breaking week of lives lost in such a criminal way. As I scrolled I was confronted by the infamous Katie Hopkins piece published by “The Sun”, in which she labelled the individuals attempting these journeys to Europe as “cockroaches” amongst a plethora of racist and morally corrupt language. It was sickening that the media could stoop so low as to publish such poison at such a painful moment, but it was true to the times. The upcoming Brexit vote facilitated the platforming of a carousel of political puppets that delivered visions of a future laced with xenophobic and Islamophobic sentiment. Division and hate were oxygenated by a media body transforming the fabric of British society into an increasingly dangerous entity.
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I felt disturbed by the images associated to migration: every photo was the same as the last, a mass crowd shot often in tragic circumstances, faceless bodies with no autonomy or control over how they were being seen. Combined with my own personal history as the son of migrants into the UK, I soon understood that the subject of migration meant more to me than I had realised. I began to wonder how could I make a different picture? Encouraged by my studio partners @tomsaxbydotcom and @jmorris.22 we decided to go to the island of Lampedusa and consider the situation for ourselves, unaware that this first trip would lead to a year of witnessing the chilling realities of the European refugee / migrant crisis culminating in the book “Foreigner”. The experience ignited something that has never switched off and the motivation I felt then is exactly the same today.
// continued in captions

10 Years Ago Today: The first photographs.
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I remember the feeling in my bones as if it were today. I was at work, reading the news about 2 migrant vessels that capsized one week apart in April 2015 claiming an estimated 1,000 lives. I felt numb thinking about these people and all of the others that had met the same fate in the Mediterranean Sea. How much those people must have suffered.
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Incidents like this were not new at this point, but this was a record breaking week of lives lost in such a criminal way. As I scrolled I was confronted by the infamous Katie Hopkins piece published by “The Sun”, in which she labelled the individuals attempting these journeys to Europe as “cockroaches” amongst a plethora of racist and morally corrupt language. It was sickening that the media could stoop so low as to publish such poison at such a painful moment, but it was true to the times. The upcoming Brexit vote facilitated the platforming of a carousel of political puppets that delivered visions of a future laced with xenophobic and Islamophobic sentiment. Division and hate were oxygenated by a media body transforming the fabric of British society into an increasingly dangerous entity.
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I felt disturbed by the images associated to migration: every photo was the same as the last, a mass crowd shot often in tragic circumstances, faceless bodies with no autonomy or control over how they were being seen. Combined with my own personal history as the son of migrants into the UK, I soon understood that the subject of migration meant more to me than I had realised. I began to wonder how could I make a different picture? Encouraged by my studio partners @tomsaxbydotcom and @jmorris.22 we decided to go to the island of Lampedusa and consider the situation for ourselves, unaware that this first trip would lead to a year of witnessing the chilling realities of the European refugee / migrant crisis culminating in the book “Foreigner”. The experience ignited something that has never switched off and the motivation I felt then is exactly the same today.
// continued in captions

10 Years Ago Today: The first photographs.
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I remember the feeling in my bones as if it were today. I was at work, reading the news about 2 migrant vessels that capsized one week apart in April 2015 claiming an estimated 1,000 lives. I felt numb thinking about these people and all of the others that had met the same fate in the Mediterranean Sea. How much those people must have suffered.
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Incidents like this were not new at this point, but this was a record breaking week of lives lost in such a criminal way. As I scrolled I was confronted by the infamous Katie Hopkins piece published by “The Sun”, in which she labelled the individuals attempting these journeys to Europe as “cockroaches” amongst a plethora of racist and morally corrupt language. It was sickening that the media could stoop so low as to publish such poison at such a painful moment, but it was true to the times. The upcoming Brexit vote facilitated the platforming of a carousel of political puppets that delivered visions of a future laced with xenophobic and Islamophobic sentiment. Division and hate were oxygenated by a media body transforming the fabric of British society into an increasingly dangerous entity.
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I felt disturbed by the images associated to migration: every photo was the same as the last, a mass crowd shot often in tragic circumstances, faceless bodies with no autonomy or control over how they were being seen. Combined with my own personal history as the son of migrants into the UK, I soon understood that the subject of migration meant more to me than I had realised. I began to wonder how could I make a different picture? Encouraged by my studio partners @tomsaxbydotcom and @jmorris.22 we decided to go to the island of Lampedusa and consider the situation for ourselves, unaware that this first trip would lead to a year of witnessing the chilling realities of the European refugee / migrant crisis culminating in the book “Foreigner”. The experience ignited something that has never switched off and the motivation I felt then is exactly the same today.
// continued in captions

10 Years Ago Today: The first photographs.
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I remember the feeling in my bones as if it were today. I was at work, reading the news about 2 migrant vessels that capsized one week apart in April 2015 claiming an estimated 1,000 lives. I felt numb thinking about these people and all of the others that had met the same fate in the Mediterranean Sea. How much those people must have suffered.
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Incidents like this were not new at this point, but this was a record breaking week of lives lost in such a criminal way. As I scrolled I was confronted by the infamous Katie Hopkins piece published by “The Sun”, in which she labelled the individuals attempting these journeys to Europe as “cockroaches” amongst a plethora of racist and morally corrupt language. It was sickening that the media could stoop so low as to publish such poison at such a painful moment, but it was true to the times. The upcoming Brexit vote facilitated the platforming of a carousel of political puppets that delivered visions of a future laced with xenophobic and Islamophobic sentiment. Division and hate were oxygenated by a media body transforming the fabric of British society into an increasingly dangerous entity.
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I felt disturbed by the images associated to migration: every photo was the same as the last, a mass crowd shot often in tragic circumstances, faceless bodies with no autonomy or control over how they were being seen. Combined with my own personal history as the son of migrants into the UK, I soon understood that the subject of migration meant more to me than I had realised. I began to wonder how could I make a different picture? Encouraged by my studio partners @tomsaxbydotcom and @jmorris.22 we decided to go to the island of Lampedusa and consider the situation for ourselves, unaware that this first trip would lead to a year of witnessing the chilling realities of the European refugee / migrant crisis culminating in the book “Foreigner”. The experience ignited something that has never switched off and the motivation I felt then is exactly the same today.
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We already have finalists for the BBK Saria Award!

A selection that reflects the diversity, narrative power and social commitment of contemporary photography.

In this first edition we received 102 projects from more than 30 countries from Europe, America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Thanks to all of you who have trusted in this call for entries.

A jury composed of leading figures in the sector has made the selection:

🔹 Sonia Berger - Dalpine.
🔹 Arianna Rinaldo - Curator
🔹 Daniel Belinchón - Co-founder FOC
🔹 Silvia Omedes - Director Photographic Social Vision

These are the 10 finalist projects:

“50 años de desmemoria”.
Jordi Jon - Catalunya @jordijon

“NI UN HOGAR SIN LUMBRE, NI UNA FAMILIA SIN PAN”.
Bandia Ribeira - Galiza @bandia_ribeira

“Ukraine: You will not forget these flowers”.
Nicolas Dykmans - Belgium @nicolas.dykmans

“I P E R I N ‘ T E R A”
Daniel Castro García - Spanish State @foreignerdigital

“Ausencia”
Mariceu Erthal García - Mexico @mariceu_

“TERRA”
Javier Arcenillas - Spanish State @javierarcenillas

“Heda”
Ola Skowronska - Poland @skowronska.jpg

“SOMETHING WAS MISSING WITHIN”.
Elliot Kreyenberg - Germany @elliottkreyenberg

“A-DIOS”
Marcos Azulay - Argentina @azulaymarcos

“COUNTER EARTH”
Elena Aya Bundurakis - Greece-Japan

The winning project will be announced next June 2.

Eskerrik asko to all the people who have submitted their work. We continue to build a community with a critical, sensitive and committed look.

#BBKaward #Basquedokfestival #Blackkamera #Kulturbegi #ContemporaryPhotography #InternationalPrize #VisualStorytelling #PhotobookAward #VisualNarratives #DocumentaryPhotography #CriticalPhotography.

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

Eddie Peake - “The Pervert”
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I spent an inspiring day photographing and filming the final rehearsals of the brilliant @eddie_peake new performance work “The Pervert”, performed at @fold.ldn as part of their @futur.shock programme at the end of March 2025.
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“The Pervert is a performance built on choreographic patterns of dance and sound, inviting self-reflection on states such as depression, psychosis, obsession and desire. The piece is performed by a group of gold-painted nude dancers and a narrator playing the character “Eddie Peake”, and structured as a non-linear narrative, orchestrated from a soundscape soundscape devised and played live by Jack Peñate and Eddie Peake.”
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It was a privilege to be a small part of this family of incredible artists that Eddie has assembled; individuals he has worked with over many years and I have had the good fortune of documenting in the past. Sensational performances all round; @jaya.twill stirring the heart and mind with her delivery, surrounded by the powerful, flowing and aching movements of @emmalynne.fisher and @corrinmitchell under the intense and graceful watching eyes of @madinahfarhannah . All of this held together by a soul aching musical collaboration between the master @jackpenate and mastermind Eddie Peake. Bravo family!
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#foreignerdigital #eddiepeake #fold #thepervert #pervert #art #performance #dance #music #poetry #jackpenate #jayatwill #emmafisher #corrinmitchell #madinahfarhannah

What if you had no choice but to leave?

Three centuries ago, 50,000 French Protestant Huguenots crossed the Channel to England, fleeing persecution. They were the first people to be described as ‘refugees’.

Today, people continue to seek refuge in Britain. Some are able to access legal and safe routes. But, for many, the journey is more dangerous, often involving long treks over land and risky boat crossings. Most displaced people settle within the borders of their own countries or in neighbouring nations; only a small fraction come to the UK.

Capturing these journeys through his lens is Daniel Castro Garcia (@foreignerdigital), a Spanish/British multimedia artist. His practice utilises portraiture, landscape and journalistic techniques to explore the boundaries between social documentary and conceptual art. He's driven by a desire to empower active citizenship, social consciousness and respect.

A selection of Daniel's photographs featured in All Our Stories, in a section exploring the lived experiences of people in the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais, France, during the height of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015–16.

Our doors in Lewisham have closed but our commitment to telling these stories — and to the artists who help tell them — continues.

📷 Fear | Calais, France, January 2016
Many people feared being photographed in Calais: they believed it would affect their chances of receiving asylum in the United Kingdom. For me the visual impact of photographing masked individuals brought the whole idea of fear into the open.
Who fears whom exactly?

📷 Journeys | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A boat arrives from Turkey to the shore of Skala Sykamineas with approximately 60 people on board.

📷 Abraham | Calais, France, 2016
Abraham was a 24-year-old Sudanese man who had been living in the ‘Jungle’ for eight weeks at the time of this photo. He explained to me that his faith gave him hope and the strength to carry on surviving.

📷 Trauma | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A family arriving, traumatised, on the shore of Mithymna – the boat’s engine failed approximately 400 metres from the coast.

📷 Prayer | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A Syrian man praying on the shore.

What if you had no choice but to leave?

Three centuries ago, 50,000 French Protestant Huguenots crossed the Channel to England, fleeing persecution. They were the first people to be described as ‘refugees’.

Today, people continue to seek refuge in Britain. Some are able to access legal and safe routes. But, for many, the journey is more dangerous, often involving long treks over land and risky boat crossings. Most displaced people settle within the borders of their own countries or in neighbouring nations; only a small fraction come to the UK.

Capturing these journeys through his lens is Daniel Castro Garcia (@foreignerdigital), a Spanish/British multimedia artist. His practice utilises portraiture, landscape and journalistic techniques to explore the boundaries between social documentary and conceptual art. He's driven by a desire to empower active citizenship, social consciousness and respect.

A selection of Daniel's photographs featured in All Our Stories, in a section exploring the lived experiences of people in the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais, France, during the height of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015–16.

Our doors in Lewisham have closed but our commitment to telling these stories — and to the artists who help tell them — continues.

📷 Fear | Calais, France, January 2016
Many people feared being photographed in Calais: they believed it would affect their chances of receiving asylum in the United Kingdom. For me the visual impact of photographing masked individuals brought the whole idea of fear into the open.
Who fears whom exactly?

📷 Journeys | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A boat arrives from Turkey to the shore of Skala Sykamineas with approximately 60 people on board.

📷 Abraham | Calais, France, 2016
Abraham was a 24-year-old Sudanese man who had been living in the ‘Jungle’ for eight weeks at the time of this photo. He explained to me that his faith gave him hope and the strength to carry on surviving.

📷 Trauma | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A family arriving, traumatised, on the shore of Mithymna – the boat’s engine failed approximately 400 metres from the coast.

📷 Prayer | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A Syrian man praying on the shore.

What if you had no choice but to leave?

Three centuries ago, 50,000 French Protestant Huguenots crossed the Channel to England, fleeing persecution. They were the first people to be described as ‘refugees’.

Today, people continue to seek refuge in Britain. Some are able to access legal and safe routes. But, for many, the journey is more dangerous, often involving long treks over land and risky boat crossings. Most displaced people settle within the borders of their own countries or in neighbouring nations; only a small fraction come to the UK.

Capturing these journeys through his lens is Daniel Castro Garcia (@foreignerdigital), a Spanish/British multimedia artist. His practice utilises portraiture, landscape and journalistic techniques to explore the boundaries between social documentary and conceptual art. He's driven by a desire to empower active citizenship, social consciousness and respect.

A selection of Daniel's photographs featured in All Our Stories, in a section exploring the lived experiences of people in the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais, France, during the height of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015–16.

Our doors in Lewisham have closed but our commitment to telling these stories — and to the artists who help tell them — continues.

📷 Fear | Calais, France, January 2016
Many people feared being photographed in Calais: they believed it would affect their chances of receiving asylum in the United Kingdom. For me the visual impact of photographing masked individuals brought the whole idea of fear into the open.
Who fears whom exactly?

📷 Journeys | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A boat arrives from Turkey to the shore of Skala Sykamineas with approximately 60 people on board.

📷 Abraham | Calais, France, 2016
Abraham was a 24-year-old Sudanese man who had been living in the ‘Jungle’ for eight weeks at the time of this photo. He explained to me that his faith gave him hope and the strength to carry on surviving.

📷 Trauma | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A family arriving, traumatised, on the shore of Mithymna – the boat’s engine failed approximately 400 metres from the coast.

📷 Prayer | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A Syrian man praying on the shore.

What if you had no choice but to leave?

Three centuries ago, 50,000 French Protestant Huguenots crossed the Channel to England, fleeing persecution. They were the first people to be described as ‘refugees’.

Today, people continue to seek refuge in Britain. Some are able to access legal and safe routes. But, for many, the journey is more dangerous, often involving long treks over land and risky boat crossings. Most displaced people settle within the borders of their own countries or in neighbouring nations; only a small fraction come to the UK.

Capturing these journeys through his lens is Daniel Castro Garcia (@foreignerdigital), a Spanish/British multimedia artist. His practice utilises portraiture, landscape and journalistic techniques to explore the boundaries between social documentary and conceptual art. He's driven by a desire to empower active citizenship, social consciousness and respect.

A selection of Daniel's photographs featured in All Our Stories, in a section exploring the lived experiences of people in the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais, France, during the height of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015–16.

Our doors in Lewisham have closed but our commitment to telling these stories — and to the artists who help tell them — continues.

📷 Fear | Calais, France, January 2016
Many people feared being photographed in Calais: they believed it would affect their chances of receiving asylum in the United Kingdom. For me the visual impact of photographing masked individuals brought the whole idea of fear into the open.
Who fears whom exactly?

📷 Journeys | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A boat arrives from Turkey to the shore of Skala Sykamineas with approximately 60 people on board.

📷 Abraham | Calais, France, 2016
Abraham was a 24-year-old Sudanese man who had been living in the ‘Jungle’ for eight weeks at the time of this photo. He explained to me that his faith gave him hope and the strength to carry on surviving.

📷 Trauma | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A family arriving, traumatised, on the shore of Mithymna – the boat’s engine failed approximately 400 metres from the coast.

📷 Prayer | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A Syrian man praying on the shore.

What if you had no choice but to leave?

Three centuries ago, 50,000 French Protestant Huguenots crossed the Channel to England, fleeing persecution. They were the first people to be described as ‘refugees’.

Today, people continue to seek refuge in Britain. Some are able to access legal and safe routes. But, for many, the journey is more dangerous, often involving long treks over land and risky boat crossings. Most displaced people settle within the borders of their own countries or in neighbouring nations; only a small fraction come to the UK.

Capturing these journeys through his lens is Daniel Castro Garcia (@foreignerdigital), a Spanish/British multimedia artist. His practice utilises portraiture, landscape and journalistic techniques to explore the boundaries between social documentary and conceptual art. He's driven by a desire to empower active citizenship, social consciousness and respect.

A selection of Daniel's photographs featured in All Our Stories, in a section exploring the lived experiences of people in the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais, France, during the height of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015–16.

Our doors in Lewisham have closed but our commitment to telling these stories — and to the artists who help tell them — continues.

📷 Fear | Calais, France, January 2016
Many people feared being photographed in Calais: they believed it would affect their chances of receiving asylum in the United Kingdom. For me the visual impact of photographing masked individuals brought the whole idea of fear into the open.
Who fears whom exactly?

📷 Journeys | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A boat arrives from Turkey to the shore of Skala Sykamineas with approximately 60 people on board.

📷 Abraham | Calais, France, 2016
Abraham was a 24-year-old Sudanese man who had been living in the ‘Jungle’ for eight weeks at the time of this photo. He explained to me that his faith gave him hope and the strength to carry on surviving.

📷 Trauma | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A family arriving, traumatised, on the shore of Mithymna – the boat’s engine failed approximately 400 metres from the coast.

📷 Prayer | Lesbos, Greece, 2015
A Syrian man praying on the shore.

Amoris Laetitia / The Joy of Love
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I took this photograph when Pope Francesco came to visit Piazza Armerina (Sicily) in September 2018. I always respected and admired his position on issues of migration and the plight of refugees across the world. He sought compassion, solidarity and a notion of shared responsibility to help those in greatest need. When so much of the western world’s political class look in disdain upon this community, I always found his views progressive and morally decent.
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It was a strange experience to photograph this day. I managed to get a press pass from the local council just in time to gain access to the press pits however it wasn’t the right environment for me. I didn’t have the kit for that type of long distance photography that required a long/zoom lens and so I decided to get in to the crowd. It was an incredible mix of people, both young and old, reaching out to the sky and crying feverishly as he passed in his vehicle. When he took to the stage, he delivered a speech that acknowledged the struggles faced in the local community, including social and cultural underdevelopment, worker exploitation and the lack of employment for the youth of the region.
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#pope #popefrancesco #popefrancis #jorgebergolio #popebenedict #sicily #piazzaarmerina #church #vatican #ilpapa #migration #refugees #faith #religion #prayer #journalism #photojournalism #photography

Free your mind
Manfria, Sicily, Italy September 2018
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Delighted to have this unpublished photograph released in to the world with @jointsloose. This image of Ous running in to the Mediterranean came over a year in to our collaboration exploring multiple facets of his life in Europe, including a lot of work unpacking the impact and trauma of crossing the Mediterranean Sea. The dialogue we sustained allowed for us to analyse and experiment with imagery that could counterbalance the traditional mass media visual narratives defining the subject of migration in to Europe and open a path for healing, and the creation of new memories within a body of water so charged with polarising experiences.
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Next year will mark 10 years since we started I Peri N’Tera and I am hopeful that new foundations for a book are emerging. Fingers crossed! For anyone that has collected bits of our work, I am proud to be involved with this alongside so many wonderful artists.
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Loose Joints - “We have expanded and updated our Postcard Collection for 2024! Inspired by Marseille, these fifty postcards include photographic legends and new discoveries presenting exclusive and unseen works from ongoing series, captivating images shot in the city, and sunny visions of the Mediterranean.
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This extremely limited set of all fifty Ensemble postcards is housed in a side-stapled blind-debossed handmade and dyed card box.”
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Fifty 100 x 150 mm postcards
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Housed in a side-stapled dyed cardboard box with blind debossing
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Produced and available exclusively through Ensemble
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Individual postcards available exclusively in-store only.
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#foreigner #danielcastrogarcia #migration #refugee #iperintera #sicily #freeyourmind #loosejoints #ensemblebooks

Free your mind
Manfria, Sicily, Italy September 2018
•
Delighted to have this unpublished photograph released in to the world with @jointsloose. This image of Ous running in to the Mediterranean came over a year in to our collaboration exploring multiple facets of his life in Europe, including a lot of work unpacking the impact and trauma of crossing the Mediterranean Sea. The dialogue we sustained allowed for us to analyse and experiment with imagery that could counterbalance the traditional mass media visual narratives defining the subject of migration in to Europe and open a path for healing, and the creation of new memories within a body of water so charged with polarising experiences.
•
Next year will mark 10 years since we started I Peri N’Tera and I am hopeful that new foundations for a book are emerging. Fingers crossed! For anyone that has collected bits of our work, I am proud to be involved with this alongside so many wonderful artists.
//
Loose Joints - “We have expanded and updated our Postcard Collection for 2024! Inspired by Marseille, these fifty postcards include photographic legends and new discoveries presenting exclusive and unseen works from ongoing series, captivating images shot in the city, and sunny visions of the Mediterranean.
•
This extremely limited set of all fifty Ensemble postcards is housed in a side-stapled blind-debossed handmade and dyed card box.”
//
Fifty 100 x 150 mm postcards
-
Housed in a side-stapled dyed cardboard box with blind debossing
-
Produced and available exclusively through Ensemble
-
Individual postcards available exclusively in-store only.
•
#foreigner #danielcastrogarcia #migration #refugee #iperintera #sicily #freeyourmind #loosejoints #ensemblebooks

Free your mind
Manfria, Sicily, Italy September 2018
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Delighted to have this unpublished photograph released in to the world with @jointsloose. This image of Ous running in to the Mediterranean came over a year in to our collaboration exploring multiple facets of his life in Europe, including a lot of work unpacking the impact and trauma of crossing the Mediterranean Sea. The dialogue we sustained allowed for us to analyse and experiment with imagery that could counterbalance the traditional mass media visual narratives defining the subject of migration in to Europe and open a path for healing, and the creation of new memories within a body of water so charged with polarising experiences.
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Next year will mark 10 years since we started I Peri N’Tera and I am hopeful that new foundations for a book are emerging. Fingers crossed! For anyone that has collected bits of our work, I am proud to be involved with this alongside so many wonderful artists.
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Loose Joints - “We have expanded and updated our Postcard Collection for 2024! Inspired by Marseille, these fifty postcards include photographic legends and new discoveries presenting exclusive and unseen works from ongoing series, captivating images shot in the city, and sunny visions of the Mediterranean.
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This extremely limited set of all fifty Ensemble postcards is housed in a side-stapled blind-debossed handmade and dyed card box.”
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Fifty 100 x 150 mm postcards
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Housed in a side-stapled dyed cardboard box with blind debossing
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Produced and available exclusively through Ensemble
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Individual postcards available exclusively in-store only.
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#foreigner #danielcastrogarcia #migration #refugee #iperintera #sicily #freeyourmind #loosejoints #ensemblebooks

Free your mind
Manfria, Sicily, Italy September 2018
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Delighted to have this unpublished photograph released in to the world with @jointsloose. This image of Ous running in to the Mediterranean came over a year in to our collaboration exploring multiple facets of his life in Europe, including a lot of work unpacking the impact and trauma of crossing the Mediterranean Sea. The dialogue we sustained allowed for us to analyse and experiment with imagery that could counterbalance the traditional mass media visual narratives defining the subject of migration in to Europe and open a path for healing, and the creation of new memories within a body of water so charged with polarising experiences.
•
Next year will mark 10 years since we started I Peri N’Tera and I am hopeful that new foundations for a book are emerging. Fingers crossed! For anyone that has collected bits of our work, I am proud to be involved with this alongside so many wonderful artists.
//
Loose Joints - “We have expanded and updated our Postcard Collection for 2024! Inspired by Marseille, these fifty postcards include photographic legends and new discoveries presenting exclusive and unseen works from ongoing series, captivating images shot in the city, and sunny visions of the Mediterranean.
•
This extremely limited set of all fifty Ensemble postcards is housed in a side-stapled blind-debossed handmade and dyed card box.”
//
Fifty 100 x 150 mm postcards
-
Housed in a side-stapled dyed cardboard box with blind debossing
-
Produced and available exclusively through Ensemble
-
Individual postcards available exclusively in-store only.
•
#foreigner #danielcastrogarcia #migration #refugee #iperintera #sicily #freeyourmind #loosejoints #ensemblebooks