The Disinherited series at theprintspace Gallery

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Photomonth East London launches with The Disinherited, this Thursday 29th September at theprintspace Gallery.  The exhibition consists of a series of specially commissioned work by three inspiring photographers: Alina Kisina, Heather McDonough and Ed Thompson, and is curated by Maggie Pinhorn Director of Photomonth East London. 

Each photographer has chosen a subject of social significance – the landscape of abandoned objects in a French refugee camp, a creative school for blind/partially sighted children in Kiev, and a story of homelessness in London. 

Alina Kisina: Children of Vision 

Alina Kisina has documented the children of a special school for the blind/partially sighted in Kiev. In a touching and immensely positive project she uses the medium of portraiture to transcend the stereotypes of ‘ability’ and ‘disability’ to illustrate how creativity can transform lives. 

Heather McDonough: Leave to Remain 

Heather McDonough found that volunteering in a French refugee camp led to a steady stream of encounters – with residents whose fragile lives have unravelled, fragmented and reconstituted in a remote and strange place – and with objects, whether waiting for their purpose to be fulfilled or lying spent and discarded, or else in limbo, useless and abandoned. 

Ed Thompson: Big Red 

Ed Thompson chose to write a visual essay on homelessness, ‘Big Red’ is the story of Stuart whose circumstances led him to turn his back on the stresses of London living in favour of a nomadic existence in his Big Red van. Ed embedded himself with Stuart to capture his uncomfortable but optimistic life, resulting in an incredibly powerful and moving series of images.

Join us for the private view of this fascinating and emotional collaborative exhibition on Thursday 29th September, 19:30 at theprintspace Gallery.