7 November – 5 December 2014

Photographer Charlie Phillips presents a sensitive photographic documentary of the social and emotional traditions that surround death in London’s African Caribbean community.

Taking place at London's Photofusion Gallery, How Great Thou Art represents a lifetime’s work by Charlie, and the offers visitors a rare opportunity to engage with, learn from, and celebrate the rapidly changing mourning traditions and practices of London’s African Caribbean community. A video installation will accompany the exhibition.

The title for the exhibition is borrowed from the popular hymn sung at funerals, praising the life of an individual, and this project is a declaration of love and celebration for the traditions and cultures of the African diaspora in London.

The exhibition is being hand-printed by Nick Jones at Photofusion’s darkroom, using traditional photo-chemical printing processes and fibre-based archival paper.

Eddie Otchere and Lizzy King are curating this exhibition, with support from Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts Fund.