Aleksandra from Lithuania works at a factory in England, is a single mom and has just fallen in love.

Albert is a retired fisherman, widower and ready for an uproar.

They both reside in the same English town, but live totally separate lives.

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BRUDDET (the split)
begins as the UK heads for a referendum that will shake the country, Europe and the world.
In no other town did more inhabitants vote to leave the EU
than in Boston, Lincolnshire.

 

Writer Yohan Shanmugaratnam
and photographer Line Ørnes Søndergaard follow Aleksandra, Albert and Boston from the time leading up to the referendum and through the following years of turbulence, until Brexit is fulfilled on January 1st, 2021.

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This is a story about borders opening and minds closing,
about class and identity,
about solidarity and distrust –
and a love affair initiated in times of disruption. 

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BRUDDET (the split) is a documentary book that, through complementing photographic and literary parts, portrays a town that became the epicentre of one of the biggest political shocks in our time, and presents a close encounter with the people who live through the ripples.

Published by Forlaget Press March 2021 (NO).

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This project started as an editorial series for the daily Klassekampen.

 
 
 

Editor: Thor Arvid Dyrerud / Press
Photo Editor: Laara Matsen
Design and illustration: Jonas Bødtker
Colorgrading: Joan Roig / Cromagnon
Repro: Italgraf Media AB

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