An outsider’s view: a portrait of post-Brexit northern Britain – in pictures

From Aberdeen to Bangor, from Blackpool to Belfast, Netherlands photographer Merlin Daleman embarked on a journey to capture street life in the UK’s ‘left behind’ towns

Main image: Outside a sandwich shop, Bridlington, June 2017. Photograph: Merlin Daleman

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Boat ride, Skegness Pleasure Beach, July 2019

Originally from the West Midlands, Merlin Daleman has lived in the Netherlands for most of his adult life. In 2017, the photographer embarked on a journey through the the UK that resulted in Mutiny, a photo book published by GOST. All photographs Merlin Daleman

An outsider’s view: a portrait of post-Brexit northern Britain – in pictures

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