Paper short abstract:

Uncovering the Invisible: A Portrait of Latin Americans in the UK is a photographic collaboration between photographers Roxana and Pablo Allison in response to the research project No Longer Invisible: The Latin American Community in London, conducted by Cathy McIlwaine from Queen Mary University.

Paper long abstract:

‪Uncovering the Invisible: A Portrait of Latin Americans in the UK is a photographic collaboration between siblings Roxana and Pablo Allison in response to the research project No Longer Invisible: The Latin American Community in London, conducted by Cathy McIlwaine from Queen Mary University.

To date there are more than 180,000 Latin Americans living in the UK. Uncovering the Invisible focuses on the diversity of backgrounds and life stories behind the people that make up this rich community. While Latin Americans contribute economically and culturally to the shaping of British society, they remain unrecognised as an ethnic minority in law. This project aims to support the Latin American Recognition Campaign (LARC), which campaigns for national and official recognition of this community.‬

‪These portraits have been taken in a setting entirely chosen by the individual photographed, with a strong meaning and connection to them or their identity.

Uncovering the Invisible will be exhibited in early 2014 in Manchester and London.‬

For more information please visit: www.uncoveringtheinvisible.co.uk