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Building on his background in protest photography, Kenlock brought the same sense of confidence to the colour photographs he took of British Caribbean people at home in the 1970s.\r\n\r\nFamilies had photographs like this taken to send to their relatives in the Caribbean to show that they had settled well in Britain. The compositions of these images recall studio portraiture. The lighthearted nature of this photograph presents a more playful take on the domestic scene, as a young girl pretends to use the telephone.\r\n\r\nThe V&amp;A acquired ten photographs by Kenlock alongside work by his contemporaries Charlie Phillips and Armet Francis as part of the Staying Power project. Staying Power is a five year partnership between the V&amp;A and Black Cultural Archives. 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Their prominent positions in the photographs here reflect the sitters’ pride in their home and status. Neil Kenlock’s portraits are inspired by pictures people took to show their families living abroad that they had settled well in Britain. Kenlock moved to Britain from Jamaica in 1963 and documented the life of British Caribbean people at home.\r\n\nWoman in front of a television \n‘Untitled’, photographed 1972, printed 2011\nPhotograph by Neil Kenlock \nC-type print \nSupported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund \nMuseum no. E.306-2012\n\nGirl speaking on the telephone \n‘Untitled’, photographed 1973, printed 2011 \nPhotograph by Neil Kenlock \nC-type print \nSupported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund \nMuseum no. E.214-2012\n\nThe object sits in the 'Housing and Living' section of the Design 1900-Now gallery opened in June 2021.\r\n","date":{"text":"2021","earliest":"2021-01-01","latest":"2021-12-31"}},{"text":"Text label for the exhibition, 'Staying Power: Photographs of Black British Experience, 1950s-1990s\r\n16 February – 24 May 2015\r\n\r\nNeil Kenlock (born 1950)\r\nUntitled [Young Jamaican Lady Standing in Her Mother’s\r\nFront Room in Brixton Hill]\r\nUntitled [A Well Fully Clad Man Photographed Standing by\r\nHis Television in Stockwell, South London]\r\nUntitled [Young Woman Seated on the Floor at Home in\r\nFront of Her Television Set]\r\nUntitled [A Young Girl Speaking on Her Parents’ Telephone in\r\nSouth London]\r\n1972 – 73\r\n\r\nJamaican-born Kenlock made this series of photographs\r\nof Caribbean people at home in London in the 1970s.\r\nThe sitters often sent these photographs to their\r\nrelatives to show how well they had settled in Britain.\r\nThe photographs resemble studio portraits, but instead\r\nof backdrops and props, the individuals pose in their own\r\nhomes with their possessions, showing a sense of pride\r\nin their surroundings and belongings.\r\nC-type prints (printed 2011)\r\n\r\nMuseum nos. 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