When I lived in London, I rarely managed to get along to the hype exhibitions and I’d usually be disappointed with them if I did. That wasn’t the case when I went along to see this Richard Mosse thing that people kept talking about. I managed to catch it at The Barbican in the last week or two of its run and was completely blown away.

Incoming is a project in which photographer, Richard uses military grade cameras to track migrant communities. The night vision lens added an eery but also very human quality and I still think about the characters in the largest piece. It crossed my mind to reach out to Richard for a chat and he was more than accommodating and shared some incredible stories behind the project.

Although the exhibition was open during 2017, the conversation about migration is pertinent now - and will continue to be important in the years ahead. With bleak stats and depressing headlines, anything that injects humanity into the conversation can only be a good thing. This is proven in the conversation itself as we spoke mid 2024 and much of what was discussed has grown louder since then.

The visuals themselves do most of the talking though and I’d urge you to seek them out in whatever form you can find.

https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2019/richard-mosse-incoming.html

https://mackbooks.co.uk/products/incoming-br-richard-mosse

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