Blue is the Colour of Longing
As Rebecca Solnit says: ‘the purer the water the deeper the blue.’ The colour of blue, in the faraway lands and distance, is a much more vivid and deeper blue than what is in front of us. So of course it makes sense that we long for the blue on the horizon.
But the reality is that the blue we long for, the blue of harmony, of freedom or a place of safety, is a rather dull gray once you are up close. The grayness is the lack of help from the government, the grey state of limbo and grey areas where one is refused definitive status.
‘Blue is the Colour of Longing’ is a series of polaroid emulsion lifts that document ports where people seek refuge. in the UK- a focus on Hastings and Dover. Dover has been the epicentre for debate on immigration laws and the migration crisis, but there are a number of charities that are working alongside the RNLI to provide aid for people released from immigration detention, who are experiencing hardship in the UK.
Questioning the hostile work environment policy for refugees and people seeking asylum, and calling for it to end.
