The reasons people leave the countries where they were born can differ considerably. But what rarely differs is the relation with their new country. Migrants always remain outsiders, caught between two cultures. This theme is central to the work of Roshini Kempadoo (b. 1959). In images assembled digitally she combines her own photographs with archive materials that she has collected in Guyana and from the holdings of European anthropological institutions.

Kempadoo, born in England but raised in the Caribbean, from which her parents and ancestors came, began the internet project Virtual Exiles in 2000, where migrants are encouraged to give shape to their experiences.

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Photos: courtesy Street Level Photoworks, Watermans Arts Centre, ARTEC, Impressions Gallery, Lighthouse Media Centre, Napier University (PFTV), New Media Scotland, Arts Council of England and Scottish Arts Council.