Invisible visible

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We invite you to step into stories of Ukrainian women, most of whom came to live in the UK as refugees when Russia fully invaded Ukraine. The stories are told through image and text. Born from collaboration, they reclaim the women’s voices and identities. Each photograph is a quiet defiance, a declaration of presence.

Every photo is complemented by a life story. But also the photo by itself - is a story. Seeing yourself in context  with the environment you are in. It's more a metaphorical way of looking on life and on photo. 

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Invisible Visible is an exhibition of collaborative, narrative portrait photographs by the group created during the year-long mentorship project Putting Ourselves in the Picture - Part 2. 

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Anna Fox, Director of Fast Forward says: “Putting Ourselves in the Picture has been an exciting project extending the skills and knowledge of a fabulously creative group of Ukrainian women artists based in Farnham. Led by the inspiring photographer Natalia Sharomova alongside Fast Forward and Creative Response these women have produced an extraordinary range of visually stunning artworks. They have used an incredible range of photographic approaches to tell us a series of powerful stories about their lives in their own voices.” ​

 

Putting Ourselves In The Picture – Part 2: Engaging with Industry is a Fast Forward project in collaboration with five pioneering organisations: National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, Women for Refugee Women and Autograph in London, Creative Response in Farnham, and Work Show Grow online. ​