Perspective: Vividly colorful photos reveal intimate connections in Leicester, England
The city of Leicester lies just over 100 miles northwest of London. It is known as one of England’s most diverse areas as well as the resting place of King Richard III, whose remains were discovered in Leicester in 2012 and reinterred there in 2015.The city, once a hub of Victorian industry, became more diverse when immigrants from India, Pakistan, and other parts of Asia began settling there. This influx helped create an area called “The Golden Mile,” known for its jewelry shops.puts it.
The photos in “This Golden Mile” are the kind that come only from an intimate connection to the people and places they depict. And to be sure, Pujara’s roots in Leicester are deep. As he says in a short afterword to the book:
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