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Her photographic work explores Britain’s hidden histories associated with Africa and the Caribbean and is often personal, reflecting her own experiences as a black, British, woman artist. She has received a number of awards and commissions and has had her work published in numerous magazines and books. Her work is held by Arts Council England and the National Trust as well as by the V&A, which holds her series Pastoral Interludes. \r\n\r\nSelf-Evident is a series of eight portraits of black men and women posed in English countryside scenes.  Each of them holds an object associated, with the Afro-Carribean diaspora.  These range from tropical flowers and a conch shell to objects with more stereotypical connotations such as fried chicken and watermelon.  These carefully composed, square format images will build on the V&A’s existing holdings by Pollard, which are made with a different technique of hand-coloured gelatin silver prints combined with text.\r\n","physicalDescription":"A colour photograph of a man standing at the side of a road in a countryside setting. He wears a white shirt and black, leather trousers. He is holding a bucket of fried chicken with the words 'DELICIOUS FRIED CHICKEN' on the side of the carton. He has his free hand on his chest and wears a black hat and sunglasses. ","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Ingrid Pollard","id":"A13924"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"x43821"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Pollard, Ingrid","id":"A13924"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"AAT25687"},"note":"Ingrid Pollard creates significant photographic work which explores the social constructs of Britain and Britishness. Using portraiture and landscape imagery, Pollard interrogates the hidden histories associated with Africa, the Caribbean and diasporic communities. Pollard’s work is personal but also provides a reflection on shared experience, particularly her identity as a Black, British, woman artist. 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