“You can see me, but I don’t exist” is an exhibition of photography by Alan Gignoux and creative writing by people seeking refuge living in Birmingham, London, and Manchester.

The exhibition will be open to the public in the Reading Room at Manchester Central Library from June 2-30, 2023.  The project and exhibition are sponsored by a National Lottery Project Grant awarded by Arts Council England.

Alan Gignoux worked with Everything Human Rights, a community group offering a variety of services with the aim of promoting the wellbeing and integration of migrant ethnic minorities living in Wigan borough.  The writing workshop leader was poet Ambrose Musiyiwa.

The exhibition was a collaboration between Alan Gignoux and Manchester Central Library.

“You can see me, but I don’t exist” will also be exhibited at the Library of Birmingham and Stratford Library, Newham, London.