A search for traces of the histories of Black culture and slavery on the streets of Manchester Wandering around Manchester, I thought of how, on the surface, little about the city speaks with much eloquence of its history connected to the enslavement of Black people, or even its more empowering cultural moments, such as the clubs and shebeens in Moss Side that acted as safe spaces for the Black community in the 70s and 80s. How do you photograph something that is no longer there? The spirit of a...
A search for traces of the histories of Black culture and slavery on the streets of Manchester Wandering around Manchester, I thought of how, on the surface, little about the city speaks with much eloquence of its history connected to the enslavement of Black people, or even its more empowering cultural moments, such as the clubs and shebeens in Moss Side that acted as safe spaces for the Black community in the 70s and 80s. How do you photograph something that is no longer there? The spirit of a...
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