Ms. Gambo’s images reflect the loneliness and isolation experienced by gay asylum seekers from Africa. Issues of trauma, depression and suicide often plague them. As a result of being disowned by their families, many had already risked homelessness. Her photos show them trying to change their lives — if not their homeland — in their new community. “I wanted to explore what that feeling of displacement felt like and the broken and new bonds that formed when you were rebuilding your life and your identity in a new country,” she said, “suddenly free to explore your identity without fear of shame, harassment or violence.”
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:09:05 +0000
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