Go Back To Where You Came From

A selection of images from my most recent photographic series based upon my own experience growing up mixed-race in Britain. The project is about giving a platform to underrepresented voices and celebrating people who aren’t traditionally honoured in art history. The series reimagines nine different mixed-race individuals as British aristocrats and royalty from art history. I selected nine notable portraits that I believe highlighted the deep rooted propaganda of the idealistic ‘Briton’. I then designed and constructed costumes & set design that bring the paintings into a contemporary context. I want people to feel emotion from the imagery because you would never associate mixed-race people to be dressed or associated with this. My aim is to open the conversation about representation in both fashion and art and bring together a community of shared experience. This project was shot on a Hasselblad 500cm on 120mm and hand developed. #femalephotographer #fashionphotography #graduatefashionweek #womeninphotography #mediumformat