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a B-side manifesto where every time I do something it has to have these ten points involved,” the photographer, writer and broadcaster tells AnOthe
r. “I’m under no illusions certain people won’t come to the gallery, so it’s important some of that work can be seen outside of the gallery space.”meaning if you’re not privy to the specifics of south London you might not recognise Rye Lane graffiti, and if you didn’t grow up in Pitts’ native Firth Park in Sheffield, you probably can’t place the high street scene he depicts in monochrome.
“I’m constantly trying to do these little signals out to people,” he continues, “this idea of: if you know,Geography and how it interacts with race and class is tied up with Pitts’ practice, from the British road trip he undertook with poet Roger Robinson forexploring the coastal, rural, urban and suburban for an answer to ‘what is Black Britain?’ – to the alternative map of the continent at the heart of 2019’s.
central to Pitts’ image-making is finding the magic and beauty, especially as it relates to the Black experience; ideas about home are a further component of this. “It was always obvious Sheffield was my home, then Brexit happened and there were weird dividing lines that had never been there before; lots of right-wing elements crept into my community, crisscrossing with race,” notes Pitts. “I realised Sheffield was never really my home, it was Firth Park, and that was only because of the community bonds.”
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