Tim Smith Asians in Britain

During the the early decades of the 1900s, small numbers of men from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh settled in Britain. Larger numbers arrived during and just after the Second World War, in response to the growing demand for labour. What were intended to be temporary visits became permanent, and the transient workers became settlers

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Tim Smith’s thoughtful photographs explore this vital British presence. Delighting in individual distinctiveness, the photographs are also keenly alive to the binding power of community. Naseem Khan’s accompanying text uses key moments in her own history – from a child in a tiny Indian enclave in Birmingham to the present day – to illuminate the changes. Together they provide a picture of a shifting world where values collide and new identities are formed.

The book will influence my work as it is looking at the presence of asian in Britain and how the have integrated them selfs in to the British society and also becoming Britons them selfs, even through this book looks at this my own documentary work is looking at the Buddhist temple in my home town, how they have integrated themselves in to our society and how they are being welcomed.