PHOTO STORIES
The Promise of Happiness
In her series ‘The Promise of Happiness’, photographer Alesha Hickmans re-imagines the series of childhood novels ‘The Famous Five’. Through new diverse characters, she is challenging social issues identified within the original series such as racism, homophobia and sexism.
Antiques of the Future
Baked beans, hoovers or football memoribilia – Callum O’Keefe has been documenting collectors across the country. Their obsessive compulsion to own adds new meaning to ordinary objects and makes them extraordinary.
Pleasure Me This
In a soon-to-be completed project, photographer Ariella Gibson chronicles the pleasure of looking at what you’re not supposed to, and the contradictory nature of pleasure itself.
Dungeon
Canadian photographer Jan-Micheal Stasiuk captures a grungy but bright depiction of living with friends.
A Leaf in the Daisy Field
Photographer Eleanor Beale uses photographic therapy to chart the growth of her relationship with her sister, and to understand her sister’s experiences with Autism.
Les insouciants
For her ongoing project Les insouciants (the reckless), photographer Lydia Metral documented the Queer community she is part of over the last 5 years. She invites us to experience the beauty, warmth and authenticity of her encounters.
Observing culture
Philippine-born photographer Robert Marco Detoyato uses photography as a way to explore a foreign culture. Despite getting used to the Austrian culture, living in Vienna sometimes leaves him feeling isolated.
Virgin in Bloom
Award-winning florist and runner-up of Netflix’s breakout series The Big Flower Fight, Yan Skates brings Virgin X’s ethereal world to life. The Danish master opens up about working with the London nightlife legend, what competing on reality TV is really like, and the missed opportunities because of COVID-19.
Bountiful
In her new work Bountiful, photographer Jocelyn Lee shows us that no body deserves cultural invisibility or the denial of personal pleasure. Her sensual portraits of women of all ages and body types call to question our cultural view of beauty and show us what real bodies look like – in harmony with nature and the cycle of life.
Geometrix
London based photographer Rupert Vandervell finds beauty combining light, form and human presence in the spaces that surround us.
LIFE IS ART
Japanese street photographer Shin Noguchi shows us the secret of life and transports us to the world his eyes are witnessing. He finds beauty in moments that happens everyday, anytime and everywhere. Capturing unpredictable stories full of humour, colour, movement, chaos and joy.
Tales From the Road
‘Tales form the road’ is a photo essay of photographer Harry Rose created during a 6-week road trip across Scotland. Through this personal diary, he explores the feeling around losing his father to cancer and finally letting go of the pain he has been carrying around with him for so long.
A Sisterhood.
Between 2015 and 2018, photographer Valeria Luongo captured the everyday life of a group of nuns living in a Convent in Rome.
To Survive on This Shore
There’s very little representation of older transgender people in our culture and those that do exist are often one-dimensional. For over five years, photographer Jess T. Dugan and social worker Vanessa Fabbre travelled across the United States to find people to photograph and interview.
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Photographer Giacomo Infantino’s series is a meeting point between two different generations, Millennials and Generation Z, exploring the topic of digital identity and its consequences.
Reaching for Dawn
We talk to Elliott Verdier about his latest photo book, Reaching for Dawn, which bears witness to a post-civil war Liberia in which war and violence has resulted in unresolved trauma between civilians.
When does the end begin?
Maria Neohoriti used photography as a way to communicate with her mother and at the same time dealing with the fear of losing her. In this long-term project she has been documenting the pain of getting old and weak.
What’s good
As the restrictions on hugging / physical contact have been lifted, London based photographer Sebastian Barros collaborated with UK charity Football Beyond Borders to create a series of portraits showing the joy and authentic moments of human connection with friends.