Following the censorship of Hibernian Images, Joseph McKenzie vowed that he would no longer exhibit his work publicly under the control of others. Instead, in 1973 he established the Victoria House Gallery of Photography within his own home, opening its doors to the public in 1974.

Here McKenzie could determine for himself what was exhibited and what could be said through his photography, free from outside intervention. Homeland formed part of this deeply personal period of his work, presented within a gallery entirely under his own direction.

Remaining open until 1980, the Victoria House Gallery was one of the earliest private galleries devoted to photography in Britain — and a powerful expression of McKenzie’s determination to preserve his artistic independence.

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