What’s On
From artist shows and talks to creative workshops, screenings and book launches we host an array of events that bring photographic art creators and fans together to learn and connect. All of our events are free unless stated otherwise.
WORKSHOPS
We love the art and craft of photobooks and spread this passion through our regular monthly creative workshops.
PHOTOZINE CLUB
This workshop is perfect for anyone who wants to unleash their creativity and bring their photos to life in zine format.
BOOKBINDING CLUB
Learn various binding methods (stapling, saddle stitch, pamphlet, Japanese, French link) ideal for bookbinding, zines, and artist books. Discover the best applications for each technique and leave with the resources to confidently create your own projects.
Check our events calendar above for upcoming dates and booking info.
'STANDING IN THE SAME RIVER TWICE' by Sam Batley, Presented by Satellite
Photographer Sam Batley Debuts Solo Show and Book Launch, "Standing In the Same River Twice," Presented by Satellite Gallery at Photobook Cafe
Artist Biography:
Sam Batley is a multidisciplinary artist, socially engaged photographer and writer based between Liverpool and Barnsley.
He responds to life’s dualities, navigating the eternal dance that unites them. Fear and faith, isolation and loss of purpose, to the joys and interconnectedness of community.
Leaning into his lived experience through the creative process, Batley engages in a call and response between the internal and external, nurturing the seeds of ideas that come through this conversation into their fruiting bodies.
Exhibition
Satellite Gallery is proud to present "Standing In the Same River Twice", the first solo exhibition and book launch by acclaimed photographer Sam Batley.
The exhibition and book launch will be held on November 13th, 2024, from 6 PM to 9 PM.
Sam Batley's photography captures the nuanced beauty of everyday life, with a special focus on the landscape and community of his hometown Barnsley, Northern England. His work reflects an intimate connection to place, infusing ordinary moments with a sense of nostalgia and resilience. "Standing In the Same River Twice" explores themes of memory, change, and the enduring presence of the past in the present, as Sam ‘visits the ghost of himself’.
This exhibition marks a significant milestone in Batley’s career as both an artist and documentarian, offering a deeply personal narrative through the medium of photography. In conjunction with the exhibition, Batley will be releasing a limited edition photobook under the same title, featuring a collection of his works alongside new material exclusive to the publication.
Satellite Gallery, known for supporting creatives in the global contemporary art scene, is thrilled to collaborate with Photobook Cafe, a space that brings together photography enthusiasts, artists, and publishers. This partnership highlights Satellite Gallery's ongoing commitment to providing a platform for emerging talent while fostering creative dialogue within the global arts community.
Social Media: @sambatley @satellite.gallery
Porkies by Bella Kemp, Jack Sproston, Noah Kim and Toby Marshall
Porkies brings together four artists—Bella Kemp, Jack Sproston, Noah Kim and Toby Marshall—whose works investigate the blurred lines between truth, fiction, and the fantasies we create to navigate the world around us. The exhibition explores how fabrications, storytelling, and alternate realities permeate our collective understanding, challenging viewers to question what is real, what is imagined and indulge in fantasy.
Taking its title from the British slang word for lies, the exhibition invites viewers to question the authenticity of narratives and consider how much of our understanding is shaped by perception and myth.
Social Media
@_bellakemp @tobyandthecarvery @jacksproston @noahtinkim
The Invisible Trajectory: Drifting Sounds and Shadows Between Cities by Arne Schmitt Caroline Ip Herianto Sulindro (Kho, Lien Hek) Jill Zheng
The Invisible Trajectory: Drifting Sounds and Shadows Between Cities
In modern cities, the movements of populations and urban structures adapt fluidly in response to local history, economic shifts, and political landscapes. This dynamic gives rise to "mobile figures" — people whose presence is often interwoven into the fabric of daily life. These figures not only represent individuals moving for survival but also encompass second- and third-generation immigrants who, while identifying with their current localities, retain a residual connection to their ancestral homelands. Migration patterns involve different layers of cultural influence throughout history and continents, language, create a variety of settlement and fusion.
Workshop Description - Migratory Space: A Practice of Speculating Home
Not only a place to shelter, home contains a complex meaning to individuals, the space condenses memory and knowledge into materiality, and embodies the history of the body. Like other beings, humans create and copy the space of belonging while adapting to another environment, which becomes a manifestation of identity. This workshop welcomes participants to unfold the meaning of making home through imagining, measuring the space with participants’ own bodies, creating symbols, and storytelling via drawing and sharing, to discover alternative ways of mapping personal narratives and history.
Sharo’s workshop is coined with her research essay Migratory Space in Working In Progress: Reimagine the Identity in Urban Spectrum. Focusing on Herianto Sulindro’s trajectory and the process of homemaking. Herianto is a Chinese-Indonesian architect based in Zürich who dedicated his whole life to urban planning and architecture between Switzerland and Indonesia from 1960 to the 1990s. Sharo is interested in the colliding cultural elements and personal touch of Herianto’s curation of his home in Zürich. Inspired by rich signs and graphic symbols in architectural blueprints, she attempted to apply her research and practice to weave dialogues discussing how individuals build and portray the abstract yet tangible meaning of home from different generations and life journeys.
Anecdotes from the Edge of a Hole - Book Launch + Performance Night
Join us for the launch of Anecdotes from the Edge of a Hole, a picture book by Yuchen Li. Through three love stories, this work explores the experience of being an outsider—of existing at the threshold between inside and outside, whether in bodies, relationships, communities, or the world itself, as seen through the lens of London.
Readings & performance by: Ariella Fisher @ariella_f.isher Athena Mothership @athenamothership Clara Ada Mantegazza @claramntgz Daoguang Wu @codywu_island Julian Konuk @video___jockey Kangyue Zhang @zhangkangyue_ Xiao Yang @xiao0415 Yuchen Li @xuermeimei
Curated by Yuchen Li @xuermeimei
Bring friends, dates, and family for an evening of art, stories, and performances. Readings & performances begin at 7 PM. All are welcome!
Social Media:
@xuermeimei
PHOTOBOOK CAFE x DARKLIGHT - Portfolio review days
Key event details:
40 minute 1-to-1, in-person sessions with the Darklight Team at Photobook Cafe
Bring your book, your latest personal project or your website and sit down with the Darklight team, to get advice and an expert eye on your work
24 slots available (first come first served)
£50.00 per slot
Dates: Wed 20th Nov, Thurs 21st Nov, Wed 11th Dec, Thurs 12th Dec
About Darklight:
Over the past 20 years Darklight have worked as art buyers for ad agencies [M&C Saatchi, Adam&EveBBDO & Ogilvy to name a few] as well as producers & photo agents.
Founded by Mimi Gray and Sarah Williams, Darklight’s previous clients include Zalando, Nike, Hennessy, Adidas, Google, Matchroom, Vogue and many many more.
Over our time in the industry we've seen more photographers' books than we could possibly count and it's one of the things we love most about our job.
We're excited to meet Photographers and their work at Photobook Cafe :)
Sarah Bio (Art Buyer & Darklight Founder)
With over 15 years of experience in the arts, photography, advertising, and media, Sarah is an accomplished producer, commissioner, and curator. In 2020, she co-founded Darklight, a photography platform and production company specialising in art buying and creative collaborations, with her business partner Mimi Gray.
Throughout her career, Sarah has commissioned artists for some of the world’s most iconic brands, curated numerous exhibitions, served on the board of the Association of Photographers, and contributed to the industry as a panellist and awards judge, including for the BBC’s Great British Photography Challenge.
A dedicated advocate for accessibility and diversity within the creative industry, Sarah mentors emerging talent, including through Soho House’s Open House program, supporting young creatives from low socioeconomic backgrounds. She is committed to fostering a more inclusive creative landscape by championing diverse voices and perspectives.
Brands partnered with include:
Vogue, Coca-Cola, Coach, Calvin Klein, Adidas, Belstaff, NatWest, BMW, Canon, W Hotels, Peroni, Havana Club, TFL, Virgin Active, Hennessy, Nike, Virgin Atlantic, and many more.
Writing, judging, and public speaking engagements:
BBC, The Old Bank Vault Gallery, It’s Nice That, Creative Review, The Moniker Art Fair, YCN, Le Book, The AOP, The Art Conference, Mastered, Lecture in Progress
Gabby Bio (Art Buyer)
Gabby is an art buyer and designer at Darklight, with experience at agencies like M&C Saatchi, adam&eveDDB, and photo agencies. She’s passionate about design and storytelling, and loves working with photographers to help them refine their portfolios, build their personal branding, and create a visual identity that truly connects. At Darklight, Gabby brings her expertise to support creatives in showcasing their best work and making a lasting impact.
If you’re unable to attend but would like to be a part of the Darklight community feel free to join our WhatsApp Group!
Which is a safe space for pro photographers to share their experience and advice and info with one another - discuss photography trends, kit, hacks and tips.
David Clerihew / America
David Clerihew’s photography spans global advertising campaigns and art projects that explore human stories. His recent exploration of the Isle of Skye examines the emotional impact of nature.
Clerihew's work is held in the National Portrait Gallery and has been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
David Clerihew's America is the result of 12 years exploring the country, capturing its cultural diversity and contradictions, particularly its complex relationship with guns. Through over one hundred portraits, he creates a visual census of American life, while his landscapes depict everyday spaces that reflect the American dream. Gun culture became a central theme, as Clerihew's visits often coincided with mass shootings, prompting his work to question what freedom truly means in a nation where firearms are symbols of both liberty and violence.
Social Media:
@davidclerihew @crxss_agency
PHOTOBOOK CAFE x DARKLIGHT - Portfolio review days
Key event details:
40 minute 1-to-1, in-person sessions with the Darklight Team at Photobook Cafe
Bring your book, your latest personal project or your website and sit down with the Darklight team, to get advice and an expert eye on your work
24 slots available (first come first served)
£50.00 per slot
Dates: Wed 20th Nov, Thurs 21st Nov, Wed 11th Dec, Thurs 12th Dec
About Darklight:
Over the past 20 years Darklight have worked as art buyers for ad agencies [M&C Saatchi, Adam&EveBBDO & Ogilvy to name a few] as well as producers & photo agents.
Founded by Mimi Gray and Sarah Williams, Darklight’s previous clients include Zalando, Nike, Hennessy, Adidas, Google, Matchroom, Vogue and many many more.
Over our time in the industry we've seen more photographers' books than we could possibly count and it's one of the things we love most about our job.
We're excited to meet Photographers and their work at Photobook Cafe :)
Sarah Bio (Art Buyer & Darklight Founder)
With over 15 years of experience in the arts, photography, advertising, and media, Sarah is an accomplished producer, commissioner, and curator. In 2020, she co-founded Darklight, a photography platform and production company specialising in art buying and creative collaborations, with her business partner Mimi Gray.
Throughout her career, Sarah has commissioned artists for some of the world’s most iconic brands, curated numerous exhibitions, served on the board of the Association of Photographers, and contributed to the industry as a panellist and awards judge, including for the BBC’s Great British Photography Challenge.
A dedicated advocate for accessibility and diversity within the creative industry, Sarah mentors emerging talent, including through Soho House’s Open House program, supporting young creatives from low socioeconomic backgrounds. She is committed to fostering a more inclusive creative landscape by championing diverse voices and perspectives.
Brands partnered with include:
Vogue, Coca-Cola, Coach, Calvin Klein, Adidas, Belstaff, NatWest, BMW, Canon, W Hotels, Peroni, Havana Club, TFL, Virgin Active, Hennessy, Nike, Virgin Atlantic, and many more.
Writing, judging, and public speaking engagements:
BBC, The Old Bank Vault Gallery, It’s Nice That, Creative Review, The Moniker Art Fair, YCN, Le Book, The AOP, The Art Conference, Mastered, Lecture in Progress
Gabby Bio (Art Buyer)
Gabby is an art buyer and designer at Darklight, with experience at agencies like M&C Saatchi, adam&eveDDB, and photo agencies. She’s passionate about design and storytelling, and loves working with photographers to help them refine their portfolios, build their personal branding, and create a visual identity that truly connects. At Darklight, Gabby brings her expertise to support creatives in showcasing their best work and making a lasting impact.
If you’re unable to attend but would like to be a part of the Darklight community feel free to join our WhatsApp Group!
Which is a safe space for pro photographers to share their experience and advice and info with one another - discuss photography trends, kit, hacks and tips.
Green As Grass by Charlotte Hartley
Charlotte Hartley is a portrait and documentary photographer based in London. Driven by curiosity, her personal work immerses both herself and the viewer into other peoples worlds; celebrating the everyday and often exploring niche communities or sub-cultures. With an attentive nature, she seeks to capture the smaller details, in-between moments and the interplay between people and their surroundings.
Green as Grass is a personal project that explores the UK's unsung Western Riding culture.
Fascinated by how and why this culture made its way to the UK, Charlotte has spent the last year photographing shows, training clinics, and days on a working cattle farm. Honing in on the traditional Western attire, the nuances between horse breeds, and the camaraderie at shows, Charlotte has been able to observe and learn from those who are passionate about Western Riding, and embrace it as both a sport and a way of life.
With a greater insight into the subtle riding techniques, the finesse of training, the specifics of different disciplines, and even the clichés that surround it - this body of work sheds light on the practice of Western Riding and ultimately celebrates a community that many people may not have known existed in the UK.
Bruised Lands Photography Talk by Alan Gignoux
Bruised Lands brings together five unique, yet interconnected bodies of work, created over twelve years by documentary photographer and filmmaker Alan Gignoux in collaboration with the team at Gignoux Photos: Appalachia: Mountaintops to Moonscapes, Monuments, Oil Sands, Russian Rust Belt, and The Powers That Be.
Bruised Lands documents the relentless harvesting of natural assets and is a graphic and timely testament to the serious impact that industrial processes are having on the global environmental crisis.
Alan Gignoux is an award-winning documentary photographer and filmmaker. He specialises in long form documentary projects that explore an issue and its impact on communities over a long period of time, sometimes several years. He is the founder of Gignouxphotos, which produces documentary projects focussing on socio-political and environmental issues around the world. Gignouxphotos combines photography, video, interviews, research, and writing in creative and innovative ways to create layered projects offering multiple perspectives. Combining the skills of a team of freelance arts specialists, Gignouxphotos operates as a studio, producing exhibitions, photographer’s books, newspapers and zines, exhibitions, and documentaries.
Tibet Film Festival: A film screening of ‘Normal People’ by Chisem Foundation & zine-making workshop.
Join Tibet Film Festival and Chisem Foundation on Saturday, November 23rd at 1pm, for the screening of Chisem Foundation’s debut short film, ‘Normal People’ and a zine-making workshop!
The word “Chisem” is a Tibetan word that translates to “Selflessness”. Chisem Foundation, established in 2022, is a Tibetan youth-led community advocating for the importance of nurturing our mental health through “creative and impactful endeavours”. In their film, ‘Normal People’, the foundation produced a creative outlet for themselves, whilst exploring important topics on queerness, the self and identity, as well as the core values of the foundation, friendship and community.
Created by members of Chisem Foundation and students at Delhi University, ‘Normal People’ (34 mins) is a sweet and tender story that portrays the tentative beginnings of boyhood and questioning one’s identity. ‘Normal People’ probes clichés and questions our binary understandings of queerness.
After the screening of ‘Normal People’, there will be a zine-making workshop, led by Tashi, that centres on the core values of Chisem Foundation. Tashi is a Tibetan-British writer and creative who made her first zine during an MA at Central Saint Martins last year which explored her dual heritage. There will be a chance to create a pocket-sized zine that is either a mental wellbeing manual for oneself or a zine that highlights the issues inside Tibet and could be a succinct source of information for a stranger.
*This event is open to all and the ticket price includes all zine making materials. Please only come if you agree to being open, respectful and kind. This is a hate free space and the organisers reserve the right to refuse admission or remove those who are disrespectful or disruptive. Join us to discuss, learn and create together in an informal, fun and welcoming space!
Social media handles
@tibetfilmfestival @2tashi2
'great moments' zine making workshop with Sky Dair
Sky Dair- I will lead a somatic zine making process focusing on how to find and celebrate the small moments that bring us joy and ground us in our days. It will begin with a tapping meditation (not scary, nice and soothing) and some free writing/drawing to shed the stress that we enter the space with. We will then look through my archive book, discussing how the seeking of the small daily joys can lead to bigger work/photos but also make the process of creativity feel more instinctive. Using stamps, participants will somatically (this just means relating/using the body) decorate a section of their zine, thinking about how we can translate the images and sights stored on our camera rolls with our hands. They will then have a chance to collage/write/draw/doodle the other sections of the zine thinking about what each brings us these moments of peace and how to cultivate more of this as we go about our days. There will be a chance at the end to look at what each other has done and have an informal discussion/wrap up.
The workshop will be hosted at The Photobook Cafe in our Basement Gallery from 14:00-17:00.
Please note our basement gallery has no step free access and 25 steps.
Booking is essential
All age ranges welcome
£15 per person.
Digital Ballet Workshop
In this introductory workshop we will be using node-based visual production software TouchDesigner to code an interactive particle system which can be manpulated via physical human interaction. The project utilises Harris Corner Detection, feedback looping, and displacement mapping to produce immersive liquid visuals. Requires a laptop (ideally with a camera and mouse, but not entirely necessary), and installation of TouchDesigner (free). No prior coding experience is required!
I am currently studying sculpture with creative computing, with a primary interest in producing surreal audiovisual works. In this workshop I would like to share my processes and discoveries in the digital realm!
The workshop will be hosted at The Photobook Cafe in our Basement Gallery from 15:00-16:30.
Please note our basement gallery has no step free access and 25 steps.
Booking is essential
£15 per person.
Looking For Trouble by John Ingledew
John Ingledew, born 1960, is a photographer and Art School teacher. He studied at St Martin’s School of Art where he later taught for many years. Two previous books of his photographs have been published focussing on football fans. In four decades of taking pictures John has photographed everything from Oscar winners to open-heart surgery, though not as yet simultaneously. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of West London and his work is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery. John’s photographs featured in recent major UK exhibitions, Grown Up in Britain, 100 Years of Teenage Kicks, and, From the Caribbean to Coventry.
Antlers Zine Launch
Antlers is a publication and creative community platforming emerging female and non-binary artists working in all mediums of visual and written art. Our new issue features over 30 emerging artists from around the world. Our launch event will feature live readings of written works and exhibition of visual works.
Social media handles
@antlerszine
Workshop: Autojazz! By Jack Hally
In this workshop we will be learning how to automate virtual instruments and drum racks using a combination of randomisation, arpeggiation, chain selection, and MIDI effects to produce self-composing, generative music in Ableton Live. No prior experience is necessary! Requires a laptop, headphones, and installation of Ableton Live (free trial will work).
Social media handles
@ultralylat on Instagram
Artist Talk: A Thousand Cuts by Sujata Setia
Sony World Photography Awards First Place Winner ; A Thousand Cuts by Sujata Setia
Derived from the ancient Asian form of torture of lingchi (known death by a thousand ), A Thousand Cuts is an ongoing series of portraits and stories that present a photographic study of patterns of domestic abuse in the South Asian community. I have borrowed the metaphorical meaning of lingchi to showcase the cyclical nature of domestic abuse. The continuous act of chipping at the soul of the abused is expressed by making cuts on the portrait of the participant, while the prints are made on thin paper to depict the fragility of the existence. The final artwork is photographed in a tight crop to create a sense of suffocation and absence of room for movement.
A one hour long presentation hosted by Sujata Setia
Chairs are provided during the talk, please note our basement gallery has no step free access and 25 steps.
Tickets available shortly.
© Sujata Setia, United Kingdom, Winner, Professional competition, Creative, Sony World Photography Awards 2024.
PHOTOBOOK CAFE x DARKLIGHT - Portfolio review days
Key event details:
40 minute 1-to-1, in-person sessions with the Darklight Team at Photobook Cafe
Bring your book, your latest personal project or your website and sit down with the Darklight team, to get advice and an expert eye on your work
24 slots available (first come first served)
£50.00 per slot
Dates: Wed 20th Nov, Thurs 21st Nov, Wed 11th Dec, Thurs 12th Dec
About Darklight:
Over the past 20 years Darklight have worked as art buyers for ad agencies [M&C Saatchi, Adam&EveBBDO & Ogilvy to name a few] as well as producers & photo agents.
Founded by Mimi Gray and Sarah Williams, Darklight’s previous clients include Zalando, Nike, Hennessy, Adidas, Google, Matchroom, Vogue and many many more.
Over our time in the industry we've seen more photographers' books than we could possibly count and it's one of the things we love most about our job.
We're excited to meet Photographers and their work at Photobook Cafe :)
Sarah Bio (Art Buyer & Darklight Founder)
With over 15 years of experience in the arts, photography, advertising, and media, Sarah is an accomplished producer, commissioner, and curator. In 2020, she co-founded Darklight, a photography platform and production company specialising in art buying and creative collaborations, with her business partner Mimi Gray.
Throughout her career, Sarah has commissioned artists for some of the world’s most iconic brands, curated numerous exhibitions, served on the board of the Association of Photographers, and contributed to the industry as a panellist and awards judge, including for the BBC’s Great British Photography Challenge.
A dedicated advocate for accessibility and diversity within the creative industry, Sarah mentors emerging talent, including through Soho House’s Open House program, supporting young creatives from low socioeconomic backgrounds. She is committed to fostering a more inclusive creative landscape by championing diverse voices and perspectives.
Brands partnered with include:
Vogue, Coca-Cola, Coach, Calvin Klein, Adidas, Belstaff, NatWest, BMW, Canon, W Hotels, Peroni, Havana Club, TFL, Virgin Active, Hennessy, Nike, Virgin Atlantic, and many more.
Writing, judging, and public speaking engagements:
BBC, The Old Bank Vault Gallery, It’s Nice That, Creative Review, The Moniker Art Fair, YCN, Le Book, The AOP, The Art Conference, Mastered, Lecture in Progress
Gabby Bio (Art Buyer)
Gabby is an art buyer and designer at Darklight, with experience at agencies like M&C Saatchi, adam&eveDDB, and photo agencies. She’s passionate about design and storytelling, and loves working with photographers to help them refine their portfolios, build their personal branding, and create a visual identity that truly connects. At Darklight, Gabby brings her expertise to support creatives in showcasing their best work and making a lasting impact.
If you’re unable to attend but would like to be a part of the Darklight community feel free to join our WhatsApp Group!
Which is a safe space for pro photographers to share their experience and advice and info with one another - discuss photography trends, kit, hacks and tips.
PHOTOBOOK CAFE x DARKLIGHT - Portfolio review days
Key event details:
40 minute 1-to-1, in-person sessions with the Darklight Team at Photobook Cafe
Bring your book, your latest personal project or your website and sit down with the Darklight team, to get advice and an expert eye on your work
24 slots available (first come first served)
£50.00 per slot
Dates: Wed 20th Nov, Thurs 21st Nov, Wed 11th Dec, Thurs 12th Dec
About Darklight:
Over the past 20 years Darklight have worked as art buyers for ad agencies [M&C Saatchi, Adam&EveBBDO & Ogilvy to name a few] as well as producers & photo agents.
Founded by Mimi Gray and Sarah Williams, Darklight’s previous clients include Zalando, Nike, Hennessy, Adidas, Google, Matchroom, Vogue and many many more.
Over our time in the industry we've seen more photographers' books than we could possibly count and it's one of the things we love most about our job.
We're excited to meet Photographers and their work at Photobook Cafe :)
Sarah Bio (Art Buyer & Darklight Founder)
With over 15 years of experience in the arts, photography, advertising, and media, Sarah is an accomplished producer, commissioner, and curator. In 2020, she co-founded Darklight, a photography platform and production company specialising in art buying and creative collaborations, with her business partner Mimi Gray.
Throughout her career, Sarah has commissioned artists for some of the world’s most iconic brands, curated numerous exhibitions, served on the board of the Association of Photographers, and contributed to the industry as a panellist and awards judge, including for the BBC’s Great British Photography Challenge.
A dedicated advocate for accessibility and diversity within the creative industry, Sarah mentors emerging talent, including through Soho House’s Open House program, supporting young creatives from low socioeconomic backgrounds. She is committed to fostering a more inclusive creative landscape by championing diverse voices and perspectives.
Brands partnered with include:
Vogue, Coca-Cola, Coach, Calvin Klein, Adidas, Belstaff, NatWest, BMW, Canon, W Hotels, Peroni, Havana Club, TFL, Virgin Active, Hennessy, Nike, Virgin Atlantic, and many more.
Writing, judging, and public speaking engagements:
BBC, The Old Bank Vault Gallery, It’s Nice That, Creative Review, The Moniker Art Fair, YCN, Le Book, The AOP, The Art Conference, Mastered, Lecture in Progress
Gabby Bio (Art Buyer)
Gabby is an art buyer and designer at Darklight, with experience at agencies like M&C Saatchi, adam&eveDDB, and photo agencies. She’s passionate about design and storytelling, and loves working with photographers to help them refine their portfolios, build their personal branding, and create a visual identity that truly connects. At Darklight, Gabby brings her expertise to support creatives in showcasing their best work and making a lasting impact.
If you’re unable to attend but would like to be a part of the Darklight community feel free to join our WhatsApp Group!
Which is a safe space for pro photographers to share their experience and advice and info with one another - discuss photography trends, kit, hacks and tips.
Winters Makers' Market
Winters Makers’ Market
We’re delighted to share that over December 15-17 we will be transforming our Basement Gallery, Upstairs Cafe and Outdoor Terrace into a space to shop, make, drink and dance.
Daytime will see hands on workshops, unique stalls and delicious winter inspired hot drinks, whilst each evening will see live DJ sets and speciliay cocktails.
All are invited, no tickets required.
Taking part
If you would like to hold a stall for our Winters Markers' Market please get in touch info@photobookcafe.co.uk by November 20th
Tables are £10, no commission on sales and you can commit to whichever day suits you.
FOTO WALK LONDON
As part of Fotonow's 'South West Graduate Photography Prize 2024' exhibition at the Photo Book Cafe (London) the team will be running a creative guided wellbeing FOTO WALK around the streets of London.
Starting at 12pm at the Photo Book Cafe participants will enjoy making new connections with people and place during a 2 hour walk around the city. The session will start with introductions over a coffee / tea (included in the £12 fee for joining) and sharing of planning route (and mobile number of our lead photographer).
Our group will return by 2.30pm to share images and if willing pass onto the Fotonow team favourites that can be celebrated at a later date. Anyone with access needs or additional support taking part please do get in touch and we'll look to make this event work for you!
You'll also need to bring your camera or smartphone... additional details to follow for those that book on!
info@fotonow.org
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THE SOUTH WEST GRADUATE PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE
www.fotonow.org/swgpp
www.facebook.com/SouthWestGraduatePhotographyPrize
www.instagram.com/swgradphotoprize/
Intuitive Portrait Workshop with Viviana Almas
Join photographer Viviana Almas, for a hands-on intuitive portrait workshop, as part of the South West Graduate Photography Prize 2024.
South West Graduate Photography Prize 2024
South West Graduate Photography Prize 2024
Featuring:
Cosimo Campagna, Emilia Ashby, Kate Bannister, Lola Cockerell,
Ollie Heath, Tyler-Lei Ashford, Viviana Almas and Will Barber.
The South West Graduate Photography Prize is an annual showcase of photography graduates curated by Fotonow. The aim of the prize is to shine a light on the creative practice of artists in the South West region and to nurture new opportunities. Selected by industry professionals, one artist will win a residency or commission with in 2025.
find out more via;
@fotonow_cic @photobookcafe @swgradphotoprize
Stephen Nussey - "A Day At A Time"
Stephen Nussey is a retired professor of medicine, prize winning author and biker who has loved black & white photography for 60 years. Of his achievements he is proudest of his recovery from alcoholism.
His current project is a series of portraits of 50 people with various addictions who had been clean and sober for between one and fifty-six years at the time the photograph was taken. Each was taken in a situation or with items that symbolised the benefits of recovery to that individual. The title A Day At A Time comes from the advice given to those starting out in recovery to get to bed without a drink or a drug.
Social media handles
www.adayatatime.life @adaat_book
Raw Data An exhibition by Bojan 'Chibsterr' Nikolic
With his camera serving as an extension of himself, a kind of appendage used to cope, navigate and interpret his perspective of the world, Bojan Nikolic embraces chance, risk, desire and mistakes in his work, striving to balance the dichotomy of being unconscious yet present in the active creative process.
Born in Sarajevo, in the former Yugoslavia, he relocated with his family to London at the age of 8, just before the outbreak of the devastating Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. The immigrant experience has informed his artistic and philosophical views, imbuing him with the perspective of an observer of a society and culture he stands just outside of.
This perspective legitimises the practice of photography, blending personal experience with the rich texture of the present moment. His method exposes the fundamental paradoxes in documentary photography, treating the world as a canvas to be reshaped and reimagined freely. For him, the street is a realm of tension and solitude to uncover the raw essence of life. Through the work, he delves into the nuanced layers of reality, creating visual narratives that are both deeply personal and universally resonant.
This project’s title reflects how Bojan employs the camera as just a tool to connect and interact with the world. “Raw Data” on its own is not useful; it requires additional processing to become meaningful information. Similarly, he captures fragments of his experiences and weaves them into a narrative of perception. These photo fragments are transformed into a visual exploration of memory, perception and identity.
Instagram: @chibsterr
DJ set on both nights by Kunal Singhal from Chaos Theory.
@kunalsinghalmusic
@chaostheorymusic
Zimmers of Southall by Harklkaran
The launch event for Zimmers of Southall will be hosted by Raj Dhunna as he converses with Hark1karan followed by a A&Q. The audience section will conclude with a screening of Hark1karan and Alex Donaldson's new short documentary, 'A Portrait of Central Hill'. Books will be signed before and after the talk.
Zimmers of Southall is a documentary photo book delving into the rich layers of Panjabi culture in West London and a new way of capturing modern Britain.
Zimmers of Southall will be Hark1karan’s 3rd self-published book after PIND and KISAAN. Captured between 2019 and 2024, Zimmers of Southall is a photo book by Hark1karan, that offers a deeply personal exploration of the culture and evolving landscape of Southall, West London, and life in modern Britain.
The book captures the intricate layers of Southall through images of tradition, faith, caste, grassroots protest, relationships, and city life. It documents how ideas and cultures are not fixed to one place but adapt and evolve, reflecting the dynamic nature of modern British life.
As a first-generation Londoner, Hark1karan uses photography to extend their lived experience into a broader conversation about tradition, adaptation, and the fluidity of cultural expression. "For me, the photographs are an extension of my lived experience," says Hark1karan. "The book is a conversation with those who have similar backgrounds and those outside the culture who find something relatable in the story. It's about more than just cars; it's about how communities adapt and thrive."
Social Handles
@hark1karan
@rajdraws
Gorecore Group Exhibition
Join us in exploring the satirical appreciation of unfiltered Fashion Photography for our second quarterly open call exhibition ‘Gorecore’.
Taking inspiration from Francesca's Granata’s writings on Experimental Fashion, Carnival and the Grotesque Body the exhibition will see the proliferation of the grotesque within contemporary Fashion Photography, and the position these photographs hold within popular culture.
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Selected Photographers:
Ofek Avshalom , Pip Jukes , George Cabré, Elena Petitti di Roreto , Skyhoje, Gaayein Jiaxian Peng, Lola Li, Emmeline Morris, Ruth McKeand , Billie Stringer, Mandy Izquierdo, Adam M E Dixon, Xuan Feng, Britta Burger, Hannah Baum, Gia Jones
Claudia Cantarini, Matt Holland, Luca Venerus, Lydia Milne, Jered Aitken.
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Supported by Rapid Eye Darkrooms: rapideye.uk.com
Many thanks to our guest judges:
Jordan Hemingway @jordan_hemingway
August Sombatkamrai: brothermodels.com @imonaugust
Pillar To Post an Exhibition by Sam Wright
Sam found his passion for photography photographing D.I.Y punk gigs in pub basements around his home town of Sheffield. Sam’s approach to photography is about story telling, creating connections with both people and places and finding beauty in the overlooked and everyday.
He documents his experiences in a considered, stylised, colourful and tangible way, for personal, editorial and commissioned projects. Sam’s work always centres around beautiful light, whether natural or recreated.
Sams work has been recognised by respected awards and galleries including: The NPG, D&AD Awards, Lürzer's Archive, Creative Review, Its Nice That, Palm Studios
I was first drawn to photograph this community after hearing about a relative who was from Irish Traveller heritage but denounced her heritage and past when she married. Although I have never lived this life, I had a strong interest and wanted to learn more about the community.
My first port of call was Appleby horse fair, one of the largest and oldest meets in the Gypsy and Traveller calendar. Before I went to the fair, I had my first encounters with prejudice as multiple people advised against attending the fair. What I found when I was there was that I was welcomed by families with warm hearts, met people full of passion, and discovered a strong resilience towards a way of life that is becoming harder to maintain each day.
It was very clear that many people have misunderstood Travellers and Gypsies, and I was shocked by the open prejudice towards this community. I wanted to tell the real story of the people I met and counter the misrepresentative media portrayal.
Over two years, I've immersed myself in this world, travelling to horse fairs across the UK and Ireland, conducting interviews, carrying out research, meeting inspiring people and documenting my experiences through photography and film.
As mounting challenges threaten the Traveller and Gypsy communities, I believe it's time for a positive change in attitudes, and I hope this project contributes to that shift.
Gaayein Jiaxian Peng: Bow-knot
Gaayein Jiaxian Peng: Bow-knot
Photographer: Gaayein Jiaxian Peng@p.lgue
Curator: Wenjun Xie @gwendrawimme
Exhibition Open: 2-10pm, 28 Oct 2024
Artist Meet & Greet: 6-10pm
Bow-knot, @p.lgue explores the nuanced relationship between fragility and resilience, reflects a significant chapter in her creative journey since transitioning to independent photographer in 2023. Her works composed of soft, loose yet cohesive everyday objects, reflects her journey of self-exploration. Through her bow-themed creations, she has developed a unique “in-between” perspective. The bow serves as a metaphor, symbolizing emotional bonds and connections among women.
Mixed Other
Mixed Other is a photography exhibition exploring identity and otherness, focusing on how individuals of mixed heritage navigate and preserve their cultural influences. It asks challenging questions: What happens when the fusion of cultures becomes isolating? How do we reconcile parts of ourselves that feel disconnected?
This photography exhibition holds deep personal significance for the half-Palestinian, half-Guyanese South London-based creative behind it. Over the past 76 years, the erasure of her Palestinian heritage has amplified the importance of preserving and understanding cultural identity. This project is not just a study of others' experiences but a poignant reflection of her own journey.
Identity is a nuanced experience for everyone, but it becomes even more complex when half of one's existence is not deemed worthy of life, respect, and safety. This exhibition delves into these intricate layers of selfhood, highlighting the diverse challenges faced by individuals of mixed heritage.
Through intimate portraits and personal stories, this initial showcase features a select group of subjects, revealing the influences that shape their identities. The work seeks to honor the resilience and richness of these identities, ensuring they are seen, respected, and remembered.
As a long-form project, "Mixed Other" delves into the complexities of identity, examining what it means to be who we are and the diverse challenges faced by individuals shaped by multiple cultural and societal influences. A short film, set to release in 2025, will provide an intimate look at the lives of a handful of subjects, further exploring themes of the self, embodiment, identity and belonging.
Whilst this is a free event, donations can be made a check out where proceeds will be going directly to both Palestine and Lebanon.
Gemini Book Launch
Dane Faurschou is an Australian photographer and creator of Gemini whose personal work focuses on different subcultures around the world. He is coming together in collaboration with WTOTUTFA to create unique explorations of countercultures, photography, and clothing. Gemini is a visual juxtaposition of countercultures, one socially acceptable, the other shunned by the majority of society but both driven by the same passion for unique imagery and intense situations.
Whether it standing 100s of meters above the cloud line or being covered in grease and dirt multiple stories under cities this book attempts to showcase the landscapes of two different lifestyles coming together in a nuanced exploration of contrasts. WTOTUTFA creates a world of objects that are inspired by the experience of psychedelics. The objects we arrange around us tell a story about who we are. Our beliefs, our habits, our culture, are reflected in the things we make. Incorporating psychedelics into the aesthetic of these objects creates a space for it. A justification of its existence. Psychedelics never went away. They have remained in subcultures. Now they are re-emerging.
What happens when psychedelics begin to integrate with everyday life?
Social media handles
@holidayfromwhere
Free The Stones - Exhibition and Screening
Freddie Miller is a photographer based in South-East London. He focuses on subculture, community and ritual; photographing people and how they use style, objects and environment to construct meaning and identity.
Free The Stones! is a photo series and short film exploring contemporary free festival, new age traveller, and pagan culture and how Stonehenge is a focal point for these movements’ community and their spirit of resistance.
The film tells the story of Sid Hope, a South London raised free festival campaigner who has split his life between Vauxhall squats and Stonehenge solstices, where he aims to reinstate a people’s free festival. Sid will share his point of view on life, freedom, authority and why Stonehenge is so important him and others.
The photos and film were shot over the course of 2023, anchored around Stonehenge’s seasonal celebrations, as well as South London where Sid resides.
With special thanks to Peter Butterworth and Josh Homer for their work on the film, Rory Griffin from Orienteer Magazine, and Sid Hope and the kind people of Stonehenge.
Including photos originally shown in @orienteermapazine issue #9 and a short film that tells the story of Sid Hope, a veteran Stonehenge free festival activist:
Director: @freddiemillerphoto
DOP: @beterputterworth
Edit/ 2nd cam: @josh.hmr
With special thanks to:
@rory_griffs
@orienteermapazine
@allpurpose.studio
@timebasedarts
@klong_sound
@circledancerecs
& Sid Hope and the people of the Stonehenge Festival Campaign
Life is Strange Photography Exhibition
Life is Strange Photography Exhibition To celebrate the launch of Life is Strange: Double Exposure, we're hosting the Life is Strange Photography Exhibition at the Photobook Café in London, showcasing some of the best work from the Life is Strange community! Open to the public on the 22nd-23rd October.
Instagram: @lifeisstrangegame
X: @LifeisStrange
TikTok: @lifeisstrangegame
Facebook: facebook.com/lifeisstrangegame
The Independent Photographer Exhibition
The Independent Photographer is pleased to present: The Talents of 2023/2024. The culmination of 12 months’ worth of photographic awards, this exhibition showcases the work of 33 international photographers, each selected as top three within their respective themes by a panel of judges from a host of prestigious agencies, institutions, and publications, including Magnum Photos, National Geographic, and VII Photo Agency. Street, landscape, portrait, documentary, and more: each theme was carefully chosen to allow all photographers the space and freedom to challenge themselves, and fully express their skill and creativity.
Who The Fuck IS Henry Gorse A Book Launch by Henry Gorse
Who The Fuck Is Henry Gorse?
By Henry Gorse and Editor James Ross, with Design by Alfie Allen & Max Marshall
Limited Edition of 500
Specifications
Size: 240 x 340mm
Pages: 390 pages
Weight: 2.141kg
Format: Softback
Printing: Three cover fluorescent process print, 320pp CMYK + 24pp fluorescent PMS colour replacement
Tracked shipping worldwide, calculated at checkout
£60.00
Press Release by Eugenie Shinkle
Who the Fuck is Henry Gorse? Who or what? Set against the cool minimalism of so much contemporary fashion photography, Gorse’s work feels like the spontaneous outpouring of a carnivalesque collective unconscious – exuberant, unrestrained, excessive.
Gorse’s work is a mirror held up to the theatre of the absurd that is life on planet earth in the first decades of the new millennium. It’s a headlong dive into the deluge of images that saturate contemporary consciousness. It’s joyful and irreverent, life-affirming and fatalistic at the same time – a massive party the night before doomsday. It embraces the restlessness of a world in constant transformation, ready to spin out of control at any moment. And what makes Gorse’s work so remarkable is his ability to channel this havoc into something relatable and even soulful …. to find new cultural symbols that capture the complexity of the now … to seek out grains of sanity amidst the madness, to find moments that begin in the randomness of everyday life and that end by lifting us up out of it… this is the soul and spirit of Henry Gorse’s work.
Warm Metal The Proccess - Exhibition and Workshops
Warm Metal is a London-based clothing brand and a creative space at the intersection of art and fashion. The primary focuses are pushing the boundaries of clothing and the barriers between creative disciplines. The creative space of the brand explores clothing as an art form and art as attire, while the RTW line pushes the practical and transformable limits of everyday garments.
Warm Metal challenges the traditional idea of clothing pieces as set-in-stone styles by exploring their potential to be transformable and customizable, to fit the wearer's ever-changing needs, before they go to the growing fashion waste. We create the tools and the wearer creates the clothes.
It's Warm Metal's 1st Birthday and we want to celebrate it with a 2-day interactive event.
Schedule
Day 1 – October 12
1:00 - 7:00 PM: Open studio space and drop-in workshop
7:00 – 8:00 PM: Panel discussion: What is your process? (with stylist - Andrew Davis, filmmaker - Edward Palmer, artist and curator - Wang Jiaoyang and graffiti artist - Ruki Chuki)
Day 2 – October 13
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Open studio, workshop, Warm Metal pop-up and nail art pop-up with Left by Aliens
Seed Vol 1 - Exhibition and Publication Launch
Seed Vol. 1, a new zine that’s spotlighting the work of fresh, bold, and dynamic photographers.
Get your hands on the very first issue of Seed, sip on some drinks, and dive into conversations of the creative crowd, It’s going to be a great night.
Remembered Lands - Art Hub Studios Darkroom Residency Exhibition
Remembered Lands is a group exhibition looking into contemporary darkroom photography practices today, touching on themes such as family, ritual, colonialism and our relationship to the land. Featuring work created by artists during the Art Hub Studios Darkroom Residency.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
An Ting Teng
Jane Lam
Selene Heath
Myah Asha Jeffers
violet rays: zine launch & 2 year radioversary / geoglitch
Violet rays is a new zine born out of love transcending places - spaces - times. It is the physical manifestation of a two year radio project, and an expansion from the sound wave form into a physical object, settled amongst letters, colours and pages.
Inspired by a teary-eyed taste of courgette lasagna, the first zine edition commemorates tastes of delight and creative expansions beyond musical landscapes. Contributions from Mexico City to Beijing and Athens to Amsterdam showcase recipes and profound flavourful memories across the world.
Between 6-9pm, you can dive into the world of violet rays with an immersive, trauma-informed drawing corner workshop and bite-sized speeches on our relationship with the food world this Saturday.
The zine launch party is fundraising for abuse survivors and all proceeds will be donated to charity.
Originally from Athens, Geoglitch is a London-based radio host, dj, film photographer and a lover of graphic design, the sun and the Mediterranean sea. Geoglitch currently hosts violet rays on Voices Radio. Geoglitch dreams of blue and dances in purple.
https://linktr.ee/geoglitch/ https://www.voicesradio.co.uk/ Poster and graphic design: Jorge Jobim is painter, graphic design and photographer from Beijing. Jorge wakes in green and plays the sax in yellow. https://jorgejobim.com/
Social media handles
@geoglitch @jor.graphy
Daria Pyshna
''Prism of OBOLON" is a collection of prints documenting Daria's hometown, Kyiv, and the area known as Obolon, where she lived until she was 12. The logo used in the book's title is from a beer company named after the "Obolon" district. This company's logo, with its distinct visual elements, has become a ubiquitous symbol for the community. It represents not just a beer brand but also the cultural identity of the area. The factory producing the drink is located just a short distance from Daria's school, to which every morning walk was accompanied by the smell of fresh yeast brewing.
These photographs document visual themes Daria noticed in the neighborhood in contrast with the rest of the city. Obolon has always been her reference point, and it continues to be the place from which she perceives and regards each new experience and environment that she finds herself in. "Prism of OBOLON" is a return to her roots, a document of change, and a reflection of her perception of these changes.
Daria Pyshna is a Ukrainian photographer based in London since the start of the war.
Social media handles
@daria_pyshna
Partners Vol. 1: Partners Zine Launch Party
Partners Zine is a literature and illustration zine which encourages creative collaboration between writers and artists. The zine couples striking writing with striking imagery, partnering a poet or writer with an illustrator, who creates a unique artwork for the featured poem or story. The result is a zine which is as beautiful as it is readable: a zine you'll want to hang on your wall.
@partners_zine is almost here! A literature and illustration magazine, which will be available this September.
Featuring work from 17 brilliant artists and writers.
Social Handles:
@lotte.cassidy
@kjottpastill
@dredheza
@longblondejude
@williams_b_a
@vanessa_lindenau
@sam.woodd
@longblondejude
@maisiecowell
@roryahg
@bara_mu
@sp.mcc
@ramen_legs
@puck_rietveld
@andsmallerfish
@hollybrandrick_
Laurens Grainger
& Conor Joseph
Taara Mag - First Edition Launch
Taara Mag is an independent publication born out of founder Pooja Lucie Willmann’s desire to inform, create, and curate through an inherently multicultural and ethical perspective. The name 'Taara', meaning ‘star’ in Hindi, symbolises a connection between past and present—just as the starlight we see today is a reflection of years gone by.
Taara Mag offers a unique exploration of culture, weaving through art, literature, food, fashion, music, and photography. Featuring contributions from established industry voices and talented friends alike, it invites readers into a whimsical visual and thought-provoking journey, sparking curiosity and conversation.
Social media handles
@taara.mag
Christopher Bobyn - Wits' End Zine Launch
ABOUT WIT'S’ END
Wits’ End is the zine of international visual journalism and documentary reporting. Gritty, rude, darkly funny and anchored by robust reporting from journalists in any field, in any format and from any country - and it covers anything those journalists damn well please.
Edited by ex-BBC reporter and documentary director Christopher Bobyn, it features photo essays, comic book reportage, travelogues and more by journeymen and journeywomen journalists pushing their craft.
Wit’s End seeks to provide a place where field-tested journalists can do their best work without limits on their wordcount, photo spreads, runtime or fear of being family-friendly. It’s a sandbox where they can get dirty so to properly convey the real world they find and capture.
If the sometimes violent, sometimes beautiful intersection of current affairs, history and culture leaves you thought provoked, perplexed and even pissed off, then welcome to where our reporting begins - at your wits’ end.
CHRISTOPHER BOBYN BIOGRAPHY
Christopher Bobyn is visual journalist and former BBC reporter and documentary director, originally from Montréal, Canada. His work has had him report extensively on the aftermath of conflict in the former-Yugoslavia, revolution in Egypt, the Syrian refugee crisis Turkey and Germany, and the war in Ukraine.
His photography and films have been featured by National Geographic, Arte, ZDF, CNN, Deutsche Welle and the BBC.
When he’s not editing Wits’ End, Christopher is working on his documentary film about the legacy of WW2 in Japan, to be released for the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in 2025.
Social media handles
@wits.end.zine @cjbobyn
PORT TALBOT UFO INVESTIGATION CLUB Roo Lewis
Over a period of two years Roo Lewis photographed the Welsh town of Port Talbot which, according to actor Michael Sheen, has an ‘extremely high number of UFO sightings’. However, the resulting book Port Talbot UFO Investigation Club is not a study of UFO sightings but instead uses the phenomena as a starting point to explore the people, landscape and folklore of the town.
…’this is the vehicle I use to tell positive stories of the weird and wonderful - of those who remind us what it is to be human. It’s about dreaming. It’s about being lost and found all at the same time.
‘There is magic to this town - a romance in the history, the people, the rhythm, the folklore…. My investigation has been about Welsh power and the drive to succeed. The power of hope—we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Do the lights in the sky represent hope?’
The small industrial town of Port Talbot sits just off the M4 motorway in South Wales. The steelworks, once a roaring industry, dominate the rolling landscape. Those passing through used to stop and provide trade to the area but the advent of the motorway in the 1960s allowed them to bypass the town completely. Lewis’s grandfather, a proud Welshman, grew up in Pembrokeshire and so as a child Lewis would often pass by Port Talbot—nose pressed against the window staring at the space station-like structures of Blast Furnace 4 and 5 of the steelworks.
Port Talbot been labelled one of the most polluted in the UK and yet is nestled in and around areas of outstanding natural beauty. Richard Burton, Antony Hopkins and Michael Sheen all hail from Port Talbot along with music legends, scientists and sports professionals. Lewis wanted to discover what it was about this small town which produced so many icons and why aliens wanted to visit it so often. ‘Ufology becomes a faith in itself—a belief system we carve in the absence of knowing, or ability to ever really know, we tap into the innate fascination with mystery. The jump we make from truth to belief, is faith. This coupled with our limited capacity for truth makes a captivating subject—a hotbed of storytelling never to be ruined with facts.’
During the course of his project, Lewis put up posters around the town to track down those who have spotted UFOS, chartered a small plane to fly over the town, commissioned UFO models based on sightings and was a guest of many of the town’s residents. The photographs in the book range from portraits of Meyrick Sheen (father to Michael, who had a career as a Jack Nicholson lookalike), Captain Beany, and Miss Wales, to images the town’s urban infrastructure and surrounding landscapes interrupted by man-made structures.
‘The town revolves around the steelworks like living room furniture pointing at the television set. But within a few minutes’ walk you can go from the top of a mountain over sand dunes to the longest beach in Wales. Every summer the sea glows a fluorescent blue hue from visiting plankton. All under the watchful eye of one of the largest integrated steelworks in the world. The human story is very much alive—it’s in the air, the hearts and literally carved into the landscape with twisted metal pointing skyward. If you care to look the other way you might see something amazing.’
Roo Lewis is photographer based in North London. His previous projects have ranged from documenting Druids in the West Country to Hollywood Jesus and Elvis Tribute artists in Wales. He has worked with publications such as Vogue, The Guardian, and VICE amongst others, and been commissioned by brands including Toast, Island Records, Belstaff, Sony and Martell. His personal projects have ranged from documenting Druids in the West Country to Hollywood Jesus and Elvis Tribute artists in Wales.
Social handle
@roolewis INSTAGRAM
Lofoten: Arctic Flyway | Andrei Stance
I remember the exact moment I first saw a photograph of Lofoten. Nothing I had seen before even came close and I found it hard to believe that it was a real place. This was years ago, when I wasn’t even dreaming of becoming a photographer. I wasn’t sure about many things at the time, but one thing I knew beyond any doubt: that one day I would explore the Norwegian archipelago. Having seen it in hundreds of photographs throughout the years had not prepared me for the beauty that nature etched into this land. Green mountains rising from the depths of the Norwegian sea carry the stories of the last 2 billion years. Peaks bearing the black scars of ancient earthquakes, shores covered in wildflowers and turquoise clear waters are cradles of life where you can find elks, foxes, stoats, whales, seals, fish and numerous birds.
The avian species found in Lofoten include sea eagles, arctic terns, black guillemot, puffins, grouse, oystercatchers, eiders and kittiwakes and whether wintering or migratory, all birds need protection when nesting. The increased human footfall has significantly reduced their numbers in recent years. Most encounters end with parents and chicks getting separated, rendering the little ones incapable of surviving.
Lofoten: Arctic Flyway aims to tackle this issue by showcasing the beauty of the archipelago through landscape photography prints and by donating 25% of the proceeds to BirdLife Norway, a wildlife organisation dedicated to the conservation of bird species.
Andrei Stance is a landscape photographer based in London, with conservation as the core focus of his work. Through his work he hopes to inspire others to protect nature’s beauty and to take action against deforestation, the destruction of natural habitats, human encroachment on wildlife territories and climate change.
Instagram: @andreistancephotography YouTube: @andreistance
Morocco By Meg Jordan
Meg Jordan is a British fashion and portrait photographer. Having fallen in love with storytelling through portraiture at university and having spent much of her time searching for references through archives in public libraries, second-hand bookshops, and the personal libraries of photographers she has assisted, her work remains rich with influence and emotion. The importance of storytelling has always remained at the forefront of her work; she enjoys highlighting genuine moments of internal thought, unique beauty, and a narrative wider than the frame.
The images in this body of work create a sense of fragility and quiet between the bustling medinas of Morocco. After spending time with a cooperative just outside of Fes, she learned about the women working towards changing the narrative for artisan rug makers in Morocco.
@meganljordan
The Closeness of The Ground
A Joint Exhibition featuring new work by Holly Hooper & CC Honeymoon.
All That Life Can Afford by Matt Stuart
All That Life Can Afford by Matt Stuart documents the nuances and oddities of London’s busy streets in a series of images taken in the capital between 2002 and 2015. Matt’s photographs explore those rare magical moments when people, objects and locations work perfectly together to create images that explore the tender moments and human life in a busy capital city. Injected with humour, wit and boldness, Matt’s street photography has gained global recognition for its brilliance and unique qualities.
The brand-new, third edition of this acclaimed title brings together over 10 years of work. Despite being on its third edition, the book remains timeless. It has been fully redesigned by Tom Booth Woodger, who has increased the size of the new edition, which also features previously unseen images in the updated and refined sequence.
Social media handles
@bluecoatpress @mattu1
They Came From The Booth - London Book Launch by Sue Smallwood
Another personal project by graphic designer Sue Smallwood, THEY CAME FROM THE BOOTH features over 200 found Photo-Me booth photographs collected by Sue during the early 1980s, with the main set coming from a single booth in London's Kings Cross station, 1987-9.
Carefully placed together visually and contextually, the resulting pairings create combinations both poignant and amusing, sometimes disturbing. Four decades on, they have also become a snapshot of a very different era.
Back in the 80s, the collection also became the inspiration for a song called ‘Photo-Me’ by indie pop band The Trudy, of which Sue was an original member.
The soft back, matt laminated book is A4 in size, and is 104 pages. There are just 50 copies left from the first edition. Each book in this edition comes in a hand-screen printed bag, with a bookmark and a CD of the above-mentioned - and previously unreleased - song 'Photo Me’ by The Trudy.
Sue Smallwood graphic designer/curator/author @twinsglitterproductions
With over four decades of experience in the industry, Sue’s design work has covered the gamut of print and digital design - including corporate brochures, exhibition graphics, cds and vinyls, books, club flyers, posters & social media and web design. She also teaches design, visual awareness, and music sessions to people with special needs, for sharedtimes.org
Social media handles
instagram: @twinsglitterproductions
Hair Less by Siobhan Wall
Hair Less: photography and photobook launch
An exhibition of colour prints from the photobook Hair Less by artist and writer Siobhan Wall
This is the first exhibition at Photobook Gallery for Siobhan Wall, a British/Irish artist and writer living and working in Amsterdam. Eclectic in her use of different media, she often makes work about women’s bodies, sexuality and chronic illnesses. She is most well-known for photographing peaceful places for Quiet London and other books in the series published by Frances Lincoln.
Her focus then turned inward during the Covid pandemic and she started shooting unexpected ‘selfies’. As well as writing about global drawing practices, she also makes work about alopecia, one of the side effects of the medication shetakes for multiple sclerosis.
She longs to make hair loss beautiful, thereby transforming baldness into something rare and strange in these subtly captivating photos. Playing with small wigs, she also tries to evoke feelings of tenderness – these hairpieces almost seem alive, as strokable as living creatures. Partially deaf, she ensures her hearing aid wire is just visible; her way to celebrate difference whilst reminding us of the detrimental effects of ableism.
Poems by Siobhan and two other British poets, Keith Griffin and Ramona Herdman, are included in Hair Less. Hand stitched with synthetic hair; the artist’s books will be available during the show. Photographs from this limited- edition book can only be seen during this rare three-day exhibition.