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1. The World in One City: Philippe Sibelly’s Multicultural London Photography Project
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3) Walking up to strangers on the street in London and, later, the surround-
ing areas, and networking via emails and word of mouth, Philippe says:
A
he was pleasantly surprised by the
warm
reception given to him on his
arrival
B
he was pleasantly surprised by the result of the project, although he
said he had always been confident it would work
C
he was pleasantly surprised by people’s willingness to participate
D
he was pleasantly surprised by the freedom and responsibility he was
given and found that he fit well into the research community.
4) It’s a testament to London’s unique diversity that, of the entire list of
Olympic nations (a list he chose because it’s fairly neutral), Philippe
only:
A
struggled to find people from about five
B
struggled to find
consistency in his production
C
struggled to find a space to exhibit his photographs
D
struggled to find a way to spread awareness and let people know that
he, at heart, was no different than anyone else.
5) “For these five nations, I chose someone linked in some way to this place:
someone who has lived there, has family there…” he says. In several in-
stances,
A
he met people whose lives had been transformed through their con-
tacts with Initiatives of Change
B
he met people whose nationalism surprised him – for example, a boy
from Haiti who has never been to the country, but identifies himself
as Haitian because his mother is from there
C
he met people whose lives were so isolated that they subscribed to the
local daily paper just to have contact with the mailman who delivered it
D
he met people
whose
compassion and openmindedness would remain
a strong influence on him even 70 years later.
6) After a year and a half,
A
Philippe’s goal of obtaining a Polaroid portrait of one person from
each of the countries participating in the Olympics resulted in 202
photos.
B
Philippe’s goal of obtaining a Polaroid portrait of one person from
each of the countries participating in the Olympics resulted in 3 pho-
tos.
C
Philippe’s goal of obtaining a Polaroid portrait of one person from
each of the countries participating in the Olympics did not result in
any photo.
D
Philippe’s goal of obtaining a Polaroid portrait of one person from each
of the countries participating in the Olympics resulted in 205 photos.