2nd place
silver star award
Eugene Grobler
united kingdom 
title
All of us here.
This place, and the community that bonds it together, and into which I was cast all those years ago, has formed the catalyst for this ongoing personal project. It is one that seeks to explore, through the medium of photography and its practices, notions related to home, family, community, memory, and self-identity. C. C. Harris notes, in this context, that people everywhere, and at all known times, have lived in groups, lived in society – that is, in association with one another – and do not seem to be able to survive as individuals except in some form of association.
These are thus topics that affect us all one way or another, be they interactions and experiences with members of our own family, or of families and friends we are close to. I have come to realize that, in the absence of any biological family members close-by, this community – these select individuals – have indeed become my family. They have done so by providing me with a locus for emotional support and fulfilling relationships – one of the key functions of any family.
I am based in London and specialise in portraiture.
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entry description
I have lived here, in this place, for 27 years. It has become my home – a place where, according to David Morley, one feels safe and secure – a place of familiarity, unity and solidarity, a place where one belongs.This place, and the community that bonds it together, and into which I was cast all those years ago, has formed the catalyst for this ongoing personal project. It is one that seeks to explore, through the medium of photography and its practices, notions related to home, family, community, memory, and self-identity. C. C. Harris notes, in this context, that people everywhere, and at all known times, have lived in groups, lived in society – that is, in association with one another – and do not seem to be able to survive as individuals except in some form of association.
These are thus topics that affect us all one way or another, be they interactions and experiences with members of our own family, or of families and friends we are close to. I have come to realize that, in the absence of any biological family members close-by, this community – these select individuals – have indeed become my family. They have done so by providing me with a locus for emotional support and fulfilling relationships – one of the key functions of any family.
about the photographer
I am a recent graduate with a first-class BA Honours degree in Photography from the University of Roehampton, London, UK.I am based in London and specialise in portraiture.
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