West Yorkshire, New Sharlston
Photograph
West Yorkshire, New Sharlston
From Give Me Your Image
2004
Chromogenic development print
Paper: 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)
Purchase with funds from Steven and Claudia Schwartz and the Charina Foundation, 2015
2015.0049.0001
Inscriptions verson BR (ink): New Sharlston 2004 \ Bertien van Manen \ 6/10
TextFrom 1994 to 2004, Bertien van Manen visited the homes of immigrants to Europe and asked them to provide her with a photograph that they had brought with them from their country of origin. Then she photographed the picture surrounded by its new domestic environment. The series is a poignant and beautiful testament to the way that photographs serve as daily reminders of home and identity, particularly when their owners are removed from their original context.
