How we work to illustrate Brexit while avoiding the typical cliche imagery

We try to avoid the usual suspects: pictures of protesters from both sides, pictures of MPs in varying shades of grey and blurry stills of the all-important debates taking place in the House of Commons

For picture editors this has been a challenging week. As we plunge further into Brexit mayhem there is one thing that remains consistent, and that’s the choices of imagery we have coming into newsrooms.

We are tasked with the difficult job of visually representing a story that isn’t particularly visual. The usual suspects will appear all over news stories: pictures of protesters from both sides; pictures of MPs in varying shades of grey; and blurry stills of the all-important debates taking place in the House of Commons.