Between 2016 and 2019, London-based photographer Alex Amorós has been documenting elderly people taking a seat at ‘Las Sillas de la Explanada’ in his hometown Alicante.

Following the death of her father in 2016, Ioanna Sakellaraki started to document ancient mourning rituals in her home country, Greece. After five years, she’s now turning her project into a book with the help of a Kickstarter campaign.

Direct and honest – that’s how Gió Sbriz describes his portraits. When deciding who to photograph he’s not following a theme or project, but only his impulse and instinct.

Photographer David Copeland transports us into a world of dark and light, making us feel uneasy and captivated at the same time. He creates a connection to the viewer not by showing us familiar places but creating an emotional connection.

Turkish-born Samet Durgun documents Queer refugees and asylum seekers in Berlin for his first monograph ‘Come Get Your Honey’. With his deeply intimate portraits he tells personal stories and asks “What if photography is more about listening than seeing?”

Australian photographer Madeline Bishop created a series of diptych photographs questioning how our relationship with our mother changes as we grow up, detach and become more independent.

With her series ‘Affective Energy’, photographer Victoria Smith attempts to capture the energy flowing between the model and the photographer. Fascinated by this almost spiritual connection, she creates sensual painterly photographs which appear abstract and distinct at the same time.

When photographer Oliver Charles received a collection of his grandfather’s personal archive, he began to see his family in a new and different way. Fascinated by what he found, he started to explore the relationship of people, places and objects and what ‘family’ means to him. 

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.

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.