Invisible Britain - This Separated Isle

This Separated Isle explores how concepts of ‘Britishness’ reveal an inclusive range of opinions and understandings about our national character. Based on the Invisible Britain: This Separated Isle book, curated by Paul Sng, the exhibition featured a diverse range of fascinating photographic portraits of people from across the UK and their accompanying narrative stories, this landmark exhibition examined the relationship between identity and nationhood, revealing not only what divides us, but also the ties that bind us together as a nation.

Even as COVID-19 made a seismic impact across the world, the cracks exposed by Brexit, Black Lives Matter and rising levels of race hate crimes revealed bitter divisions in British society. In the aftermath of the pandemic, and with questions over the breakup of the United Kingdom refusing to dissipate, how do people across Britain choose to navigate the tensions in this divided land?

I curated and produced the exhibition for presentation at Ffotogallery in January/February 2022, before it toured to Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow and Impressions in Bradford.