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Island of Strangers is a photographic document of the impact of the European Union's 2004 enlargement legislation on the peoples of the Fenlands of East Anglia.
The legislation created a new, deracinated workforce in the UK mainly from Eastern Europe. Essential to the economy yet existing below the public gaze, this demographic often lives in parallel rather than in conjunction with the indigenous population.
My photographs aim to capture the experiences of this community as it meets the culture and traditions of the settled population and they both navigate a rapidly changing economic landscape where globalisation means that workers are increasingly regarded as fungible, replaceable assets, who can be compelled to scurry around the world at the behest of corporations and governments.
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Jacob selling selfie sticks in Cambridge. Originally from Slovenia he came to the UK to work in a mushroom processing factory, but…
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Mr Andrew Fletcher's 784lb entry to the Soham Pumpkin Fair, Cambridgeshire. The growing of pumpkins in the peat rich Cambridgesh…
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Councillor Tracey Carter and her mother, Sandra, preparing celebrations for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sus…
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Mr & Mrs Morris collecting for the Help for Heroes charity at the Anglia Motel, Fleet Hargate, Lincolnshire.
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The Reverend Ian Cuthbertson of Gosberton Church blessing the Council gritters at Pode Hole Depot, Linconshire where prayers are…
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