Concept:

‘Headlies’ is a text and visual project that uses real newspaper headlines but the stories beneath them are fabricated and fictional. Newspapers often take sides and we, the reader, judge on humanity from its text and photograph. From the newspaper’s perspective, access to public information is a good thing but a newspaper’s function surely is to tell the society about itself and to be a pollinator of its information? Its role is to inform the citizens but as information gradually travels down, the citizens become ill-advised, ill-prepared and mis-informed.


Stick with me and….

“….I can get you into the country of your choice; you just need a cat….” These were the absurd words of Mr. Edward Hiddigger, the Chief Executive of the Board of Immigration Law. He was saying this unofficially behind the Board’s agenda and remit, instead he was actually trying to use this slogan to entice illegal immigrants through inconspicuous methods. Victims of this scam claim that if they gave Mr. Hiddigger the sum of money he wanted, he would get them into this country providing they had a cat. Of course many immigrants from deprived countries could easily get a cat as they are stray in many areas. Mr. Hiddigger has been instantly arrested and is currently being questioned heavily by the authorities.

By Alba Escayo, Spain.


CAPTION: 'Border Control' by Jamila Walker, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.


CAPTION:'You are what you eat...hopefully.' By Kellee Arnold, Broken Arrow, OK, USA.