Jerusalem Redux - James Bellorini: Photographer & Visual Artist

Jerusalem: Redux (2019-2020).

Digital photographic images.

Jerusalem Redux contains work created during the research period for my Master's Degree. I am a UK citizen born in Leicester but, post-Brexit, my mixed-heritage led to a sense of confusion around my national identity. I began to see myself as ‘in-between’: a hybrid with a sense of belonging now hard to define. I wanted to get to grips with what it means to not know oneself as a result of changing national identity.

The work presented here covers initial photographic journeys of discovery into this issue. For myself and others who were facing similar questions. The work was personal and intimate. I wanted to keep away from the abrasive politics that are part of this subject.

As the project developed, the landscape of England took on an unexpected significance. This led to a sense that the project was somehow in dialogue with the Blakean concept of England. A new Jerusalem. A green, heavenly, rejuvenating land for all.

This exploratory work was foundational to my M.A. final major project Manna.

Colour photograph of a school portrait of a young boy partly covered with plant material.

Temporal Self-Portrait 2019 (from Hybrid Portraits sequence).

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Colour photograph portrait of a woman looking out a window with her hands in a gesture during a conversation.

Ellie T, British Iranian - Brighton 2019 (from Foundational Narratives sequence).

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Colour photograph of a black woman sitting in a room holding long plant leaves and surrounded by more of them on the floor and in vases.

Sue, British Ghanaian - Bromey-by-Bow 2020 (from Foundational Narratives sequence).

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Colour portrait photograph of a male model wearing a white t-shirt looking at the camera with trees in the background.

Anders, Brazilian - Brighton 2019 (from Foundational Narratives sequence).

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Colour photograph of a young woman in a wheelchair in the countryside blowing a bubble gum bubble.

Fuchsia, Seaford 2020 (from Foundational Narratives sequence).

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Colour photograph of a child in a garden looking into the camera with his arms behind his head.

Ilan, British Columbian German - Brighton 2019 (from Foundational Narratives sequence).

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Colour photograph of a young Moroccan woman with a scarf wrapped around her neck looking out of the frame.

Meriam, Morrocan British - Brighton 2019 (from Foundational Narratives sequence).

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Colour photograph of an elderly black man with a trilby on his head sitting in a room holding looking straight into the camera.

Claude, Bromley-by-Bow 2020 (from Foundational Narratives sequence).

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Colour photograph of a hand close to the camera with a river landscape beyond it.

Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex 2019 (from Drawing Near sequence).

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Colour photograph of a hand and forearm wearing a leather jacket reaching out into a tree covered with white blossom.

Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex 2019 (from Drawing Near sequence).

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Colour photograph of the hands of a black person holding a Twi language dictionary.

Twi Language book, Bromley-by-Bow 2020 (from Drawing Near sequence).

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Colour photograph of the hands of a black person held together and holding a blue afro comb.

Afro comb, Bromley-by-Bow 2019 (from Drawing Near sequence).

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Colour photograph of red wine in a glass decanter on a windowsill with a hand in the background opening the window.

Wine decanter, Brighton 2019 (from Drawing Near sequence).

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Colour photograph close-up of dark brown hair being dyed by hand.

Hair dye process with Ellie T, Brighton 2019.

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Colour photograph of a hand reaching out above a landscape in the background.

Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex 2019 (from Drawing Near sequence).

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Colour photograph of two hands pressed onto brown earth.

Brighton, East Sussex 2019 (from Drawing Near sequence).

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Colour photograph of a collection of personal items on a tabletop lit by candles with two hands holding the edge of the table.

Vanitas #1 2020 (from Hybrid Portraits sequence).

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Colour photograph of a collection of personal items on a tabletop with an arm in the frame holding a black and white photograph of two boys.

Vanitas #2 2020 (from Hybrid Portraits sequence).

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Colour photograph of a collection of personal items on a tabletop lit by candles.

Vanitas #3 2020 (from Hybrid Portraits sequence).

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Colour photograph of a man's trousered leg partly obscured by the foliage of a tree.

Untitled 2019 (from Foundational Narratives sequence).

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Colour photograph of salt spilt on a wooden floor with some red thread laid out in the salt and a pair of legs in the background.

Salt and red threads 2019 (from Foundational Narratives sequence).

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Colour photograph of salt spilt on a wooden floor with some red thread and finger marks through the salt.

Salt and red threads 2019 (from Foundational Narratives sequence).

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Colour photograph of worn leather sandals on a blue tiled floor.

Worn sandals, Bromley-by-Bow 2020 (from Foundational Narratives sequence).

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Colour photograph of an orange toy car in a small plastic bag on some white cloth.

What might be preserved? 2019 (from Hybrid Portraits sequence).

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Colour photograph of two pieces of tree bark in small plastic bags on some white cloth.

What might be preserved? 2019 (from Hybrid Portraits sequence).

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Colour photograph of a carpet of pink blossomed fallen onto the white lines of a tennis court.

Chance Atlas, Brighton 2019.

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Colour photograph of a mirror lying on the ground surrounded by bracken and reflecting a blue sky.

Hospitable Places #1 2020.

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Colour photograph of a long mirror set against rocks on a pebble beach reflecting sea and waves.

Hospitable Places #2 2020.

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Colour photograph of a mirror lying on the ground reflecting trees and a blue sky.

Hospitable Places #3 2020.

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