Portrait of Latin Americans in the UK

The Instituto Cervantes of Manchester launches the exhibition Uncovering the Invisible: A Portrait of Latin Americans in the UK on the 20^th of March   

       The Instituto Cervantes of Manchester will for two months hold the exhibition Uncovering the Invisible: A Portrait of Latin Americans in the UK. It is a series of 22 photographs born through the collaboration between the siblings Roxana and Pablo Allison, which will be displayed in the main hall of the Instituto Cervantes from the 20^th of March. 

 

       The project is based on the research by Cathy MacIlwaine at Queen Mary University London, which under the name of No Longer Invisible: The Latin American Community in London, collected facts and information about the Latin community in London, which had been long ignored. 

       This exhibition brings together the portraits of several Latin Americans living in the United Kingdom in order to bring these people’s reality to light and to get to know how they have adapted to their new surroundings. It also focuses on displaying the diversity of races and experiences of these people, who contribute both economically and culturally to the shaping of British Society. To date there are an estimated 180,000 Latin Americans living in this country.   

       The opening of the exhibition will take place at 6:30 pm on the 20^th March, and will be attended by the photographers Roxana and Pablo Allison, Professor Cathy MacIlwaine from Queen Mary University of London, and Professor Catherine Davies from the University of Nottingham. The discussion will be lead by Dr Parvathi Kumaraswami from the University of Manchester.  

 

       To request an invitation for the Opening Day you can write to prenman@cervantes.es

        For more information about the exhibition please write to prenman@cervantes.es