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Street Art: Photography helps this political refugee make sense of London

The Big Issue's Street Art page gives talented, marginalised individuals an outlet for creative expression

by: The Big Issue
3 Oct 2018

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“I have experienced a very difficult marital relationship and after divorce a period of homelessness,” says this artist, who asks to be credited only by her initials. “Now I strive to improve and develop my personal creative skills. Photography and art helps me to understand and depict London. Originally I came here from Iran as a political refugee.”

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