The Manifesto
Through the use of photographic portraiture and interviews in the project, the artist investigates people's attitudes towards the theme of LGBT community and has resulted in a collection of six portraits of people from the United Kingdom who are in support of the community. This set of portraits reveals the supportive attitude of each person holds towards the topic, and gives thoughtful insights into the understanding of social attitudes in general, with captions quoted from interviews further indicating their standpoints.
As inspired by Jo Metson Scott's 'The Grey Line', this project attempts to examine people's opinions on LGBT community with the use of interviews; and with reference to Jana Romanova's 'w', it tries to explore people's attitudes further by looking at their poses and interactions with the rainbow flag. By taking portraits of these people, this project will show a supportive stance towards the approval of LGBT rights.
"Any discrimination can’t be right." - Ed Sheppard
"I think we should encourage acceptance of the LGBT community worldwide." - Alison Frank
"Everyone is the same, we are all equal regardless of sexuality." - Eireann Syed
"Any discrimination can’t be right." - Ed Sheppard