100 Images of Migration gallery

Girl and balloon, Chinatown, London, 1987

This picture was taken during the Chinese New Year Celebrations just off Gerrard Street. Nearly 20 years later the man in the photograph saw the picture in one of my exhibitions and the next day the girl came to look at her picture. His name was Patrick, and the girl was Christine, his niece. She… Read more

Mother and her brood, Ghana, early 1960s

George Alagiah’s parents, Donald Alagiah, a civil engineer and Therese, were Sri Lankan Tamil. They left in November 1961 when the future for Tamils there seemed bleak and moved to Ghana. In 1967 George started his secondary education in Portsmouth after which he read politics at Durham University. He is a renowned British newsreader, journalist… Read more

Muslim shaadi, July 2010

Mother, great-aunt and maternal grandmother wait for the groom on the day of his shaadi (wedding). The women were born in Pakistan/pre partition, India. British-Born, Khurram Ahmad is outside his family home in Leicestershire. Khurrum values and upholds the tradition of living with his parents and taking care of them in their old age. He… Read more