Silver 2017 / Moving images / Documentary_MV

British Bulldogs - the town that voted Brexit.

On June 23rd 2016 Britain voted to leave the European Union with a 58 - 42 percent in favour of quitting. British Bulldogs is a multimedia photography essay exploring Clacton-On-Sea in Essex, Britain. The town voted 70% to leave the EU making it one of the biggest Brexit towns in the United Kingdom and it also has the UK's only United Kingdom Independence Party Member of Parliament. Over a week, photographer Neil Hall visited the town - a classic British Seaside resort and attending the local Clacton-on-Sea UKIP Brexit Party. He interviewed local residents and their voices explaining why they wanted to leave the EU can be heard over the images.