Organised by Riposte Magazine
Coming out of a summer where we witnessed the best and worst aspects of English culture at the Euro’s, where people were grappling with life outside of lockdown and out of the EU we have curated, England Your England, an exhibition that examines the difference between who we think we are as a nation and who we really are.
Borrowing the title from George Orwell’s 1941 essay where he attempted to define English culture at the height of the Second World War, we invited a collection of photographers to submit an image that reflected what English culture meant to them at this pivotal moment in time.
From Hackney to the Yorkshire Dales and back the images are wide-ranging in content and geographic spread. They explore personal reflections and the wider political questions around what it means to be English in a post-Brexit era.
The featured photographers include Adama Jalloh, Annie Lai, Jameela Elfaki, Juliet Klottrup, Kerry J Dean, Nina Mandanhar, Rhiannon Adam, Sophie Stafford and Wendy Huynh.
The final nine images will be on show at the Outside Gallery, Coal Drops Yard from 8 September to 14 November and have also been made into a limited-edition zine featuring INGLAN, a specially commissioned poem by Rene Matic that you can buy here.
England Your England, 8 September – 14 November.