Breathing Land - Hazel Gaskin Architecture

Breathing Land - Hazel Gaskin ArchitectureThe city you think you know is never quite the one you walk through. In Breathing Land, Hazel Gaskin traces the lives of young people growing up in Belfast in the years following renewed unrest in 2021. Returning to the city over several years, Gaskin looks beyond the familiar narratives of conflict to consider how history, geography, and identity continue to shape everyday life. Photographed between 2021 and 2025, the work follows teenagers as they

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