After thinking a bit more about my project idea I started to come up with a few questions and thoughts that could be taken and explored further into photography projects.
When I first came to Leeds to do my degree it soon struck me how different I felt the makeup of the city was. In London I was used to seeing different faces from many different races on a daily basis and this wasn't the case in Leeds. This isn't me trying to critisise Leeds as a city or say that it isn't multicultural because I feel that me being a student at a smaller art college (when compared to the two other unis) contributed to this. It may also be contradictory to try and compare Leeds to a city the size of London, which is one of the most culturally diverse in the whole world let alone just the country. However this is an experience that impacted on me a lot when I first arrived so I feel it could be interesting and important on a personal level to look at my experiences of multiculturalism in both cities.
Some of the questions that could arise from this range from how does London feel now that I have lived in Leeds for nearly 3 years and vice versa?
Do I now feel that I am more aware of multiculturalism now that I have moved away from London?
How much do my experiences differ in each city?
How important is living in a multicultural city to me?
These are the sort of questions I want to try and answer through the course of this project and through photographing the cities and people around me create an interesting body of work on the subject.
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