Johny Pitts: Home is Not a Place

Currently open at The Photographers’ Gallery is Home is Not a Place, an exhibition reflecting on Black British culture, people and geographies and exploring the notion of home by photographer and writer Johny Pitts.

Home is Not a Place © Johny Pitts

Traveling around the coast of Britain in a red Mini Cooper, Johny Pitts and poet Roger Robinson were in search for an answer to the question 'What is Black Britain?', in which they set out to document and respond to the many manifestations of Black British culture, and to present an alternative to official and media narratives.

"My photographic practice involves trying to celebrate Black spaces, capture them while they’re still here and give them a home. If not in a literal sense, in a figurative sense, for me home is somewhere that you take with you," says Johny Pitts.

Home is Not a Place © Johny Pitts

Home is Not a Place is a touring exhibition. It has been on show in the artist’s hometown Sheffield, at the Graves Gallery, and at the Stills Gallery in Edinburgh. The book Home is Not a Place, which combines Pitts' photographs with poems by Roger Robinson, was published by Harper Collins UK in September 2022.

Home is Not a Place © Johny Pitts

Home is Not a Place is open at The Photographers' Gallery until 24th September.