Citizens Of Our Time

The 'Citizens of our time Project' has documented 'social activism' in the UK, since 1997. The project aims to look past the media construction of the 'rent-a-mob' to explore the personal voices of campaigners.

The text that accompanies theses images is hand written, on the print, by the subjects themselves. Through this process, it is intended the give the viewer unedited narratives of the campaigners issues and beliefs.

The subjects' range from the very local, to the international. From the conceptual to the personal. From the humorous to the humbling.

History will be the judge of many campaigns. Far from flying in the face of the consensus, many campaigns actually help shape it. They generate public awareness and in some cases help make a shift in political will.

Ghandi:
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they want to fight you and then you win. Protesting is the lifeblood of democracy, whether you agree with them or not."

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