Research for People Interacting with Place

Whilst researching on People Interacting with Place I came across the work of Tim Smith a freelance photographer based in Bradford, Yorkshire. He has always been interested in the different ethnic communities in Bradford and initially focused on photgraphing these communities within the city. Later he developed an interest in visiting the parts of the world where these communities came from and photographing them there. His latest body of work is Coal, Frankincense and Myrrh: Yemen and British Yemenis. The Yemeni community is Britain's oldest established Muslim community. This book and exhibition explores their stories of migration, settlement and development via photographs taken over the past 25 years in both Britain and Yemen. Tim's photographs illustrate the interaction between people and the places they inhabit. They range from close up portraits of Yeminis in their home country such as Abdul Ila in Melah, Yemen to a photograph of Yemini Cultural day in Sheffield.