The Proud Exhibition was commissioned by Manchester Business Improvement District, in support of Manchester Pride. Visitors were able to listen to true spoken stories from 20 LGBTQIA+ people who live or work in the city. The stories were accompanied by beautiful large-scale portraits of the storytellers, which were hosted in retailers windows, including Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and Manchester Arndale. 

The stories formed a trail of ‘Living Portraits’ through the city centre and were accessed via scanning a QR code on listeners’ mobile phones. The exhibition was also hosted online at visitmanchester.com for those unable to visit in person.