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HOME IS...

Having a home is about more than just a roof over your head. Photographer Margaret Mitchell’s project An Ordinary Eden focuses on individuals who have experience of homelessness, exploring how their lives are impacted and disrupted by not having a safe, secure place to call their own.

She says: “A lot of my work concerns themes such as home, place and belonging. Why the places people live are important to them, why belonging and having roots (or new roots) is fundamental to happiness.”

in 2019. “I

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