THE
DESIRE PROJECT
Les Monaghan This portraiture project allowed Doncaster people some reflective time to ponder a big question. It became led by the answers that subjects gave. Political and societal changes have rendered us all individual consumers. Those portrayed have been photographed alone, but when exhibited they are grouped together and their desires for health, happiness and a better world coalesce. We want the same things: we want to get along, we want to be social, we want community. In a space dedicated to consumption, the exhibit asks what we value most. Of over 150 subjects questioned, only one wanted a product. The selected portraits were all taken at Engage Training in Doncaster, one of many groups that Les worked with to access as much of Doncaster’s life as possible. He particularly
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