Longsight/Shortsight (2019 - Ongoing)
Longsight / Shortsight is an ongoing photographic series giving exposure and recognition to the people and grass-roots organisations cultivating positive change in Longsight, a densely populated working-class multicultural inner-city neighbourhood in Southeast Manchester, UK. The series aims to encourage a better perception of Longsight and inspire viewers to realise that making a difference is possible.
The pictures of the environment offer an insider's version of Longsight’s geography subtly uncovering some of its issues, whilst, in contrast, the formal portraits reveal the individuals cultivating positive change from within, showing the ethnic diversity of the area. Besides the imagery sits a narrative exposing socio-economic inequality, marginalisation of ethnic minority neighbourhoods, immigration, environmental issues and the mechanisms people develop to fight adversity.
The project's title derives from playing with the words Long-sightedness and Short-sightedness, in allusion to the name of the place in question. The medical meaning associated with malfunctions of the eye is the principle that leads to a more metaphorical understanding.
Longsight/Shortsight was presented as a week-long pop-up street show during the COVID-19 pandemic, taking place in September 2020 on one of Longsight’s busiest streets, making it safe and accessible to a wide range of audiences including residents, local authorities and outsiders.
View the PDF of the project here.

Jim & Neil, Long-Term Residents, 2020



Catherine, Co-Founder of BeLongsight , 2020




Mo, Co-Founder of Let's Keep Growing Together, 2020




Raul, Local Mural Artist and Co-Founder of BeLongsight, 2020



Haytham & Moustafa, Founders of Rethink Rebuild Society, 2020



Suzanne, Local Councillor, 2020


Farzana, Governor of the Makki Mosque, 2020




Alison, Artist and Co- Founder of TLC Art Project, 2020


Kaleem, Joanne, Jay and Chloe, Anson Cabin Project, 2020

Julie, Co-Founder of The Anson Cabin Project, 2020



Shelley, Teacher at St Agnes Primary School, 2020




Barry, Member of The Hamilton Road Area Community Association (2000-2008), 2020
Exhibition views


Street show, Longsight, Manchester, September 2020

Street show, Longsight, Manchester, September 2020

Street show, Longsight, Manchester, September 2020