Harley Weir: Homes at Fabrica
12th Sep 2018
Fabrica presents Homes, by British photographer Harley Weir, from 29 September – 25 November as part of Brighton Photo Biennial 2018.
Homes depicts photographs made over a ten day period in October 2016 in the migrant and refugee camps of Calais, known informally as the Jungle. Taken immediately before and during the clearing of this provisional settlement, Weir’s images highlight both the humanity and ingenuity of those living there – emphasising the domestic and familiar against a backdrop of displacement.
Homes is one of many recent photographic projects which highlight how the large transient population of refugees and migrants materialise in visual terms across the European landscape. Images of Calais, in particular, have been central to the debate about immigration, both in the UK and in mainland Europe.
Homes was first published as a photo book in 2016 by Loose Joints. The books shown as part of this
exhibition are a reprint of this publication made especially for the Biennial. All proceeds from sales will
be donated to La Cimade, a French charity committed to protecting and defending the human rights of
refugees and migrants.
Image: © Homes, Harley Weir, 2016. Showing for Brighton Photo Biennial 2018: A New Europe.