Having seen Bill Brandt and Martin Parr’s work about Yorkshire exhibited in New York, Will had a strong desire to return home to Yorkshire to spend time and explore. The feeling of having a personal link to work and being able to recognise the areas shown made their images much stronger and personal for him.
He has photographically investigated the relationship between East London and Bradford - the two places where he grew up - both areas are home to the largest Indo-Pakistani communities in the UK and are both historically poor areas.
Although on the surface they are aesthetically very similar; after exploring the
social histories of the two areas, one realises they are very different.
"Two Cities Called Home”, Photograph, (double weight photographic print mounted onto Di-bond) 1.01x 0.76m
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