Lingering Ghosts

• Photographer
  Sam Ivin

What does it mean to be an asylum seeker in the UK? This was the starting point of Ivin’s research, which began at a refugee drop in centre in Cardiff, Wales and continued all over England. It seeks to raise questions about the UK migration systems treatments of those seeking safety. Once in the UK, these people find themselves in a state of limbo, having to await an answer application for refugee status for months or even years. They become Lingering Ghosts. These physically scratched portraits attempt to convey the cruel loss of self, and frustration that befalls them.