Black and Gold

To coincide with the BP Portrait Award and Black History Month in October, Southampton City Council’s Arts & Heritage have collaborated with the Stronger Communities & Equalities Team to commission three recent graduates of Southampton Solent University’s BA (Hons) Photography course; Fang Gleizes, Sarah Shaughnessy and Iain Anderson to take a series of photographic portraits.

Black History Month 2009 has been dedicated to the concept of Heroes and the Black Gold portrait exhibition was conceived as a way of recognising individuals of an African/Caribbean background as exemplars of good work.

This collection of photographs brings to the fore, individuals of an Afro-Caribbean background connected to Southampton who play a significant role in our society and have achieved, either as pioneers, explorers, campaigners, international figures or simply by just being the first.

Private View: Wednesday 30th September 2009 6.00 – 8.00pm. All welcome.

(Focus on FMAS newsletter, 2009)