EXHIBITIONS
Discover our current resident and guest exhibitions.
The Lightbox Exhibitions - The Everyday Cyclist
Too many people still don’t see cycling as something for them.
If you look around this path, this space, this city no doubt you’ll see people using cycles every day. And yet, who identifies as a 'cyclist', the stories behind them and who is seen as one is often more complex.
Through powerful portraits and personal stories, this project aims to challenge your perception of who a cyclist is and who the spotlight should be shone on.
It celebrates those who create communities, lead groups and teach others.
It celebrates those who learn to ride as an adult, who reclaim their independence and keep testing their own limits.
It celebrates those who deliver goods, fix bikes, campaign for safer streets and even use cycles to save lives.
With the belief that changing the perception of cycling changes who feels welcome to ride, The Everyday Cyclist invites you to consider who you see here and where might you see yourself!
The Photographer Behind the Project
With a passion for cycling, The Everyday Cyclist has been created by professional photographer Becky Mursell.
Asking each person to choose the location for their shoot, she pedalled her bike over 3500km across London to photograph and interview over 120 people over the course of three years.
A keen cyclist herself, she claims she “couldn’t live in London without a bike.”
Quickly committing to using a cycle to commute when she moved to London in 2016, she immediately noticed the benefits to her mental health and bank balance. Years later, she surprised herself by working in a bike shop to help support her career change into professional photography. It was here that her love for cycling truly grew.
Today, cycling has become synonymous for Becky with community, adventure and friendship plus testing how far she can ride in one go. 600km is currently the standing record.
Working with businesses, schools, freelancers and charities Becky is as passionate about photography as she is cycling. Available for commission, she would love to help bring your vision to life.
To date the project has been exhibited outdoors in the National Trust’s Osterley Park as well as Brockwell Park.
DIASPORIC SIGHTS London Street Chronicles Vol. II - Mister Geez
Diasporic Sights is the second volume in London Street Chronicles, an ongoing photographic exploration of everyday life in London. It focuses on the presence, lived experiences and quiet power of the city’s Black communities.
The theme emerged organically from photographs taken over the years. Originally from Martinique and based in East London, Mister Geez observes his second home through his own experience and cultural background. To capture the spirit of a city, he believes, you have to see yourself in its people.
From gestures of affection and everyday routines to carnival celebrations and protests, these fleeting encounters reveal different facets of community life. As street photography becomes documentary practice, the images form a record of people and a moment in time. The work seeks to honour those pictured, their histories and their realities, inviting viewers of every background to recognise something of themselves.
All prints were handmade by the artist in platinum/palladium on Hahnemühle Platinum Rag. Presented alongside two films and the accompanying photobook, they form part of a long-term visual archive of London and its people.
All are invited to the Book Launch and Private View. No booking required.
Thursday 5 November, 6:00 PM- 9:00 PM
RPS Documentary Photography Awards
©Jubair Ahmed Arnob
The RPS Documentary Photography Award is an international event attracting exceptional documentary photographers and visual storytellers from across the world.
In total, 9 projects are exhibited, with 3 projects from each of the Members, Students and Open categories. This format enables the exhibition to show long-form documentary work from RPS members, student photographers, and more seasoned photographers in the Open category.
The selected projects are diverse, ranging from social documentary, the impact of conflict and war, environmental change, masculinity, austerity, traditional livelihoods, housing, childhood, urbanisation, memory, community life and personal crisis. Together, they provide an insight into the range of what documentary photography can be and how it can be used to tell urgent, personal and socially engaged stories.
The Awards and exhibiting photographers are:
Members Category:
John Harrison, Bellwether
Amin Nazari, Anxious Frames
Jacopo Lacamo, Ov’era
Open Category:
Abdelr Hman Alkahlout, Faces of Gaza’s Silent Testimony
Alex Bex, Memories of Dust
Jim Mortram, Small Town Inertia
Student Category:
Tianxiao Wang, The Sea Sustains Us
Richie Elder, Dumbiedykes
Jubair Ahmed Armob, The Place Where I Used To Play...
©Amin Nazari
©Abdelr Hman Alkahlout
Salon/26
Salon is Photofusion’s annual group exhibition celebrating the depth and diversity of contemporary photographic work created by our Members.
Selected and curated by the Photofusion team, Salon brings together a wide spectrum of photography in our Brixton gallery.
Since 2008, it has been a cornerstone of our membership programme: a lively, inclusive celebration of photographic practice in all its forms. It is an incredible chance for our Members to have their work up in our gallery, discover and network with other emerging photographers, and win awards - including the £3,000 Glover-Rayner Prize and, for the first time, the Salon Solo Award.
Featuring the work of:
Aidan McCarthy, Aindreas Scholz, Alex Smith, Andy Wiener, Angus Stewart, Ann Russell, Anna Watson, Anthony Carr, Chris Nelson, Christopher Sparkes, Christopher Burrows, Danaia Konstantinova, David Mooney, David Whyte, Davide Meneghello, Derek Medhurst, Donna Enticknap, Eddie Otchere, Ellie Laycock, Eva Bachmann, Eve de Leon Allen, Fanny Beckman, Fergus Smyth, Fiona Freund, Gill G Sinclair, Grace Csizmadia, Greg Freeman, Harriet Rutter, Huiling Chen, Imogen Gray, Isis Boundy, James Franklin, Jan Enkelmann, Jeremy Jeffs, JoAnn Onofre, Jonathan Snow, Jonny Colgan, Julie Derbyshire, Justine Sauri White, Karen Lacey, Kate Coe Temnomeroff, Kim Thornton, Krzysztof Krolikowski, Leni Smoragdova, Lucas Harrison, Mandy Williams, Marc Wilson, Maria Pia Jaime, Marianne Wie, Mark Alesky, Mark Aitken, Mark Phillips, Marlowe Campbel, Martha Clarke, Maura Jamieson, Megan Carnrite, Michael Clavier, Monica Curtin, Neal Scott, Nicholas Walker, Nick Stewart, Ollie Verschoyle, Patrick Willcocks, Paul Mortimer, Paul Graville, Pauline Moon, Peter Dunn, Rachel Wegh, Rosie Barnes, Ruichen Yan, Ruth Roxanne Board, Sayako Sugawara, Shang Salah, Shannon Dinh, shyamoli shah, Soulla Petrou, Stella McGarvey, Swapnil Patil, teddave _, Teddy Hall, Thea Kaniewska, Tim Foley, Tom Sussex, Valerie Bennett, Wendy Hardie, Wendy Mszyca, Xanthus Peters, Xenia Chetrar, Zara Pears
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT - JONATHAN DONOVAN
In a Britain bracing for uncertainty, a growing number of people are preparing for collapse.
The End Of The World As We Know It is an audio portrait series exploring the rise of individuals stockpiling food, building shelters, cultivating self-sufficiency, and quietly stepping away from systems they no longer trust.
Once considered fringe, preparedness has moved into the mainstream, accelerated by the pandemic, economic instability, political fragmentation, and climate anxiety.
What makes a prepper? In order to answer this question, Jonathan Donovan has travelled across Britain, meeting with a wide range of preppers in order to go beyond the stereotypes. He wanted to understand what drives preppers, how they see the future, and why it is that when two people hear the same warning, one acts and the other does not.
The 50 portraits position each subject within their chosen environment and take you on a journey through kitchens lined with supplies, meticulously organised sheds, improvised bunkers, suburban gardens turned survival plots, and inside ordinary British homes.
Accompanied by recorded testimonies, the work offers both visual immediacy and psychological depth.
For some of the preppers he met, online feeds are a conduit for increasingly violent fantasies. Many preppers are being subjected to a barrage of extremist fear-mongering, warnings of civil unrest, and fake news about jihadis in small boats. War. Invasion. Collapse. When this is presented as your future, day after day, fear can start to feel like common sense.
At a moment when public trust in governments and systems is eroding and even the ultra- wealthy speak openly about escape plans, The End Of The World As We Know It feels urgent, timely, and culturally resonant. The series speaks to contemporary anxieties while remaining deeply human — less about apocalypse than about agency.
The End Of The World As We Know It will be showing at Photofusion, Brixton from 19-23 January 2027.
ABOUT JONATHAN DONOVAN
Jonathan Donovan is a London-based portrait and reportage photographer working for a wide variety of clients and publications in the UK & internationally, with an interest in presenting important social issues in alternative ways.
His photographs are a space in which he can get close and observe people interacting and relating to each other and to their worlds, in a way that would otherwise be quite private.
Recent projects No Place Like Home, Single Parent Strength and On Collage have been shown at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Kings Cross, The Young Vic’s exhibition space Platform Southwark, and The Royal Academy of Art. No Place Like Home was acquired by The Geffrye Museum for their permanent collection.
Elsewhere, Jonathan's work has been featured by The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, BBC London Live, BBC Online, The Big Issue, Spiegel Online, The Associated Press, Huff Post, Kiosk Magazine & The Manchester International Festival.
Before becoming a photographer, Jonathan reported for The BBC World Service in east and south east Africa, and produced & presented Focus on Africa and Network Africa at Bush House.
Connected: Disconnected
David Bennett
LIP Central presents Connected: Disconnected
Connections was a subject explored by LIP Central in 2021, a time when many personal links had become fragmented and particularly precious, followed by an online group exhibition titled Life Goes On. In 2026 the group were invited to explore a variation on the original theme, along with its opposite, for this new exhibition.
Connected describes being joined, linked or related, including physical objects attached to each other, ideas or stories that belong together, events linked chronologically, people related or bonded emotionally, and devices linked mechanically or electrically.
Disconnected involves a lack of any of these links, for any reason: breakage, separation, loss, isolation, and even a detachment in situations where connection was never intended.
Both may exist in various forms at the same time.
This exhibition presents the individual interpretations and responses of some 30 photographic artists, in a salon-style arrangement. The subjects include groups of individuals in expansive settings and varying conditions, alongside architecture, modern street fixtures, small life studies, personal items and experimental techniques.
London Independent Photography (LIP) is a community of some 300 photographers.
LIP promotes personal vision and expression in photography. Members represent a wide range of backgrounds, each sharing the practice of looking and seeing, and forming a diverse community for the visually curious.
Since its foundation in 1987, LIP has offered the opportunity for participants of all skill levels to informally show and discuss each other’s work and the wider photographic world at various satellite groups which meet in person around London or online. Some are dedicated to specific genres or practices. Events are held throughout the year, including a major annual exhibition, along with talks and workshops. A magazine is published three times annually.
The Central London group was founded in 2009 and has presented exhibitions regularly since 2012. The group meets each month in Bloomsbury, and attendees are encouraged to bring and show selections of their work, either in response to a suggested theme or from a personal project.
No Body Arrives Alone
No Body Arrives Alone is a two-person photography exhibition bringing together Yuke Xiao’s Beauty Has Roots and Huiling Chen’s Where Pressure Finds a Surface. Curated by Yuke Xiao, the exhibition considers the body as a meeting place between inner experience and the external world, a site through which culture, labour, psychological pressure, intimacy and self-representation become visible.
The two projects emerge from distinct bodily and cultural experiences. Rather than presenting them as equivalent, the exhibition brings them into dialogue through a shared question: how does the body mediate between what is privately lived and what becomes visible to others?
Developed in Black women’s hair salons in Burnt Oak, north-west London, Yuke Xiao’s Beauty Has Roots approaches hairstyling as embodied knowledge, creative labour and a means of self-presentation. Combining observational photography with collaboratively made environmental portraits, the project attends to the gestures, relationships and repeated physical practices through which hair is braided, extended, arranged and remade.
The salon appears not only as a workplace, but also as a social and communal environment shaped by conversation, music, waiting and return visits. Outward appearance emerges through technical expertise, aesthetic choice and collaboration between hairstylist and client. The body becomes a site of agency: actively shaped and involved in determining how it will be seen.
Huiling Chen’s Where Pressure Finds a Surface follows a young Chinese woman living in London whose recurring dermatitis intersects with psychological pressure, migration and uncertainty about the future. Rather than approaching the condition as a medical subject, Chen uses intimate portraiture, bodily details, domestic interiors and everyday objects to explore how experiences that are difficult to articulate may nevertheless leave visible traces.
Here, skin becomes a shifting boundary between inner feeling and the outside world. Moving through vulnerability, concealment and moments of recovery, the photographs consider how someone lives with bodily change within the quiet spaces of everyday life.
Across both projects, photography becomes part of an ongoing negotiation around visibility: what is revealed, what remains private, how a person is approached, and how those being photographed participate in shaping their own representation.
Yuke Xiao
Yuke Xiao is a London-based photographer, artist and curator. Her work explores how cultural identity and lived experience are expressed through the body, creative labour and everyday social encounters. Combining documentary observation with collaborative portraiture, she works closely with individuals and communities, focusing on gesture, embodied knowledge and the ways people shape how they are seen.
Website: https://yukexiao.com/
Instagram: @fishelllens
Huiling Chen
Huiling Chen is a London-based fine art photographer whose work explores experiences that are deeply felt but not always easily expressed. Through intimate portraits, domestic interiors and still-life imagery, she examines the connections between psychological pressure, migration, private life and bodily change. Her quiet, considered approach brings attention to vulnerability, concealment and the ways inner experience can become physically visible.
Website: https://huilingchen.art/
Instagram: @huiling_chen1206
Outer Capital
Marianna Silvano, Kingston upon Thames, 2025.
Outer Capital is an exhibition selected from images made by a collaborative photography project by Vicinity, a collective of ten documentary photographers based in London with both local and international roots. Vicinity came together organically - through photographic institutions and venues across the city and turned those encounters into a long-term collaboration: monthly walks, each dedicated to one of the twenty Outer London boroughs which were created when the London Government Act of 1963 redrew the capital's map producing a new boundary that has shaped the city ever since. Over 60% of the population of Greater London lives within the Outer Boroughs, which provide 42% of the total employment within the Capital.
Over two years, Vicinity worked their way through all these boroughs, photographing high streets, shopping centres, car parks, markets, estates and parks. Each walk drew on the group's differing practices and perspectives, building a collective portrait of places rarely pictured in our shared idea of London.
The resulting photographs hold ordinary routines, chance encounters, odd details, fleeting moments - the contrasts and continuities of life beyond the centre. Outer London is often treated as peripheral, yet it is essential to the capital's identity: twenty boroughs, each with its own rhythm, character and community, together forming as much of London as anything within the old county boundary. Outer Capital treats that diversity as the subject, rather than the backdrop.
This exhibition is staged as a journey through these places. Visitors can follow the group’s routes, take detours, and find lesser-known corners and unexpected details along the way. There is no prescribed path, only room for curiosity and chance, echoing the walks themselves.
Exhibiting photographers: Wei Jian Chan, Sally Itani, Chanelle Joseph, Sergey Novikov, Sophie Polyviou, Nick Sheridan, Anya Shilonos, Marianna Silvano, Miguel Souto, Ed Taylor
Curator: Katy Barron
Sophie Polyviou
Foxtrot Lightning is the name for creative projects by Sophie Polyviou - a London-based visual artist, originally from Cyprus and forever drawn back to the sea. Guided by wonder and intuition, her photography explores everyday topographies and the human relationship to our environment in a time of increasing disconnection. Using photography as both documentation and raw material to produce self-published zines and tactile prints, images are often run through a mill of digital & physical manipulation. Introducing elements of texture and mutation which begin to echo natural patterns, her work aims to channel the true strangeness and enduring mystery of our world. Her photographs have been exhibited with Nunnery Gallery; Shutter Hub; and featured in Edition 365 by the British Journal of Photography. Her zines have been stocked at the Photographer’s Gallery, London; Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool; & The Blank Gallery, Tokyo, amongst others.
@foxtrotlightning https://foxtrotlightning.com/
Wei Jian Chan
Wei Jian Chan (b.1991) is a Singaporean-born photographer based in London, whose work seeks to find beauty in the chaos of modern life.
Working primarily in black-and-white, Wei Jian utilises both traditional wet darkroom processes and modern digital techniques in his work. His work frequently incorporates elements of geometry, architecture, and motion.
Wei Jian’s debut photobook ‘Journey to the West’ was published by Setanta Books in 2025. His photography has been exhibited in various locations in the UK and Europe, and has been acquired to form part of the permanent collection of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art.
@theweijian https://www.weijianchan.com/
Marianna Silvano
Marianna Silvano is a self-taught photographer from Southern Italy based in London, working primarily in documentary analogue photography. Her practice is an exercise in presence and connection, rooted in her commitment to documenting the many textures of culture woven into everyday life. Through experimenting with developing techniques, different emulsions, and printing methods, she investigates the facets of personal perception, interrogating the tension between individual and collective, isolation and belonging.
@marianna_silvano https://mariannasilvano.myportfolio.com/
Chanelle Joseph
Chanelle Joseph is a photographer and creative producer based in London. Her work is rooted in diasporic stories, movement and connection, exploring the relationship between people, culture, music and place.
Her photography has grown through books, conversations with photographers and experimenting with cameras. Working across analogue, digital and moving image, Chanelle is drawn to the character, rhythm and spontaneity that can emerge when people and their surroundings come together.
Soursop Studio takes its name from the fruit, grown across Africa, the Caribbean and parts of Asia. It reflects her interest in diasporic movement and the stories of people who have made a home away from home.
@soursopstudio http://www.soursopstudio.com/
Nick Sheridan
Although London-born, Nick has lived in many other parts of the UK and abroad — in Prague, where his parents lived and his brothers were born — the Vicinity Hub project felt to him like taking "20 different vacations over around a two-year period," given how very different the Outer Capital Boroughs were compared to "home." In his words: "I used varied cameras and recording means — sometimes infra-red, sometimes old-school analogue, or old-school digital (CCD rather than CMOS sensors) — to convey the varied subjective experiences of sitting at the outer fringes of 'reality.' This is the second time I've exhibited as part of a collective this year at Photofusion, and I hope to continue charting the remaining inner 12 London Boroughs to complete what feels like an unfinished project, and present a solo exhibition in 2027."
Miguel Souto
Miguel Souto is a Spanish photographer and designer based in London. Working closely with architects and interior designers, he photographs and documents architectural and interior projects. His work has been published internationally in print and digital media. His personal practice explores urban environments and landscapes shaped by human activity, with a focus on spatial relationships and the ways people inhabit and experience their surroundings. Through both photography and design, he investigates form, materiality and the connections between people, objects and spaces, exploring the emotions these relationships evoke.
@miguelsouto.photo miguelsouto.com
Sally Itani
Sally Itani is an architect, urban researcher, and self-taught photographer from Lebanon, currently based in London. Growing up between Beirut and London, her work explores notions of home and identity — how people and communities express and construct their identities through the spaces they inhabit, and how in turn those spaces shape the identities formed within them. She is especially drawn to the urban space as inherently political, using photography as a tool of inquiry to observe patterns of segregation and assimilation often visible through the minute details of everyday life. Sally also leads walking tours that trace the connections between cities, inequality, and social justice.
@sallyitani https://www.sallyitani.com/
Anya Shilonos
Anya Shilonos (she/they) is a queer documentary photographer and a multidisciplinary artist.
Anya was born in Leningrad, raised in St.-Petersburg and now lives in London, UK. She considers herself a renaissance person and has a few trades under her belt. They have been working as a photographer since 2007. Anya prefers to work on long-term projects, taking their time to observe the subject(s). Among her interests are: humans’ interaction with the cityscape, transgenerational trauma and how it unfolds in new times, social activism, and lived experiences of parenthood.
Sergey Novikov
Photographic artist, born in Russia. My long-term photography projects center on the studying of the economy and culture of territories and societies and the mechanisms by which they function.
Photobooks were shortlisted for the BOPFOLIO Bristol 2024, Images Vevey Dummy Award 2019, 2021, the Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 2016, 2017, the Photobookfest Moscow Dummy Award 2017, 2018, the Anamorphosis Prize 2016. His work is held in institutional and private collections including MAMM, The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography; MOMA and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art libraries.
@velvia25 https://sergeynovikov.com/
Ed Taylor
Recently relocated (and now Leicester-based). Lemonade maker for 15 years, full-time industrious letterpress printer, and often a photographer. I enjoy diving deep into process and community.
Still River
David Whiting
Still River is an exhibition of analogue photographic works by members and friends of The Gate Darkroom, a community darkroom situated next to the Thames between Greenwich and Woolwich. Curated by Sarah Ainslie, the exhibition brings together a diverse range of responses to the theme of ‘River’ explored through film photography and alternative processes.
Works are inspired by the river theme both as a presence in the landscape and as a concept, drawing on its transitory nature and the narratives it carries: beginnings and endings, transition and loss, environmental change and generational memory.
The exhibition is the culmination of collective reflection that included a work in progress show at Thames-Side Studios in early May this year.
Sarah Ainslie - Show Curator
Sarah Ainslie is a freelance photographer based in London’s East End since 1980’s, whose rich history of shifting populations, stories, protests and fights for justice has been a constant source of inspiration for her personal projects whether in the streets, markets, the worlds of women’s work and performance. She works with theatre companies whilst collaborating and facilitating community photography projects.
The Gate Darkroom
The Gate Darkroom is a not-for-profit community interest company that supports analogue and ‘alternative’ photographic exploration. It operates a low-cost communal darkroom at Thames-Side Studios in Woolwich SE18. It is made up of a group of people from various walks of life trying to create a culture whereby sharing knowledge and resources can help us grow and better understand the world we are part of.
SELECT/26
Opening from 3 September to 26 September 2026, Select/26 showcases the exceptional work of Maurie Jamieson, Deepthi Muralibabu, Naomi Woddis and Maxwell Anderson. This exhibition provides a platform for projects that explore significant themes such as environmental legacies, familial memory, the tenderness of eldercare, and community displacement, presented through deeply personal projects.
The photographers featured in Select/26 were selected from Salon/25, Photofusion’s annual members’ show, which celebrates the creativity and diversity of its community.
With over 80 members exhibiting a single image each, the Salon/25 judges - Josh Lustig, Holly-Marie Cato, Linsey Young and Ryan Prince - chose these four artists to present a larger body of work, offering an opportunity to delve deeper into their themes and artistic vision.
The Lightbox Exhibitions - Mia Fernandes
In partnership with Lambeth Council and Active Lambeth.
The Space Between Strikes
Mia Fernandes reimagines the visual language of combat sports, centring female kickboxer and Stuntwoman Fern and challenging traditional representations of fighters through a contemporary, femme-coloured lens, balancing power with female athleticism.
Mia is a member of Photofusion’s Creators Studio, designed to support photographers at the beginning of their careers, with access to high-quality kit and exhibition opportunities.
Director and photographer - Mia Fernandes @palomavisuals
DOP and lighting - Camila Bañol Montoya and Erin Hambley @erinhamblh
Styling - Lizbeth E Peña Pilla @liz_x_beth_
Make-Up - Nashwa Azam @nashwahazammua
Talent - Fern Jansz @fmjstuntcombat
Nice Day For It! The British Summer in Technicolour
Photofusion, in partnership with The Centre for British Photography and The Hyman Collection, presents Nice Day for It! The British Summer in Technicolour. This vibrant group exhibition brings together definitive imagery from British documentary history, celebrating the humour, spectacle and eccentricity of the classic seaside holiday.
Spanning six decades of social history from the 1960s to the 2010s, the exhibition features work by Anna Fox, The Caravan Gallery, Daniel Meadows, John Hinde Studio, and Martin Parr, photographers who shaped the way the nation views itself.
Filled with saturated colour, kitsch aesthetics and affectionate social observation, the exhibition explores traditional holiday resorts as theatrical spaces where leisure, identity and nostalgia meet. From Hinde’s pioneering 1960s postcard imagery to Fox’s sharply observed contemporary portraits, Nice Day for It! offers a playful look at the British summer as an enduring part of national identity and a backdrop for everyday absurdity.
Nice Day For It! runs from 12 August to 5 September at Photofusion in Brixton
This is Also Motherhood - Carolyn Mendelsohn and MMHA
Presented in partnership the Maternal Mental Health Alliance, the exhibition lays bare the hidden realities of pregnancy, motherhood and maternal mental health through portrait photography, still life and recorded testimony. The Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) is a UK-wide charity and collaborative network united one vision: excellent mental health care for all mothers and birthing people.
Running from 7 July to 1 August 2026 at Photofusion in Brixton, the exhibition features intimate portraits and still life photographs created by Carolyn Mendelsohn in collaboration with ten women who have experienced a range of perinatal mental illnesses. Visitors will also be able to hear participants tell their stories in their own words through linked audio interviews.
Upcoming Debut Artists
Discover the latest Fashion Photography Graduates from Bath Spa University in their Debut Exhibition.
Featuring the works of:
Kiki Khemel
Lucy Hollingworth
Livvy Reilly
Sophie Cananur
Izzy Daniel
Ella Davies
Erin Lenthall
Izel Unal
Georgina Curry
Iris Knight
Jeni Bainbridge
Lily Mariner
Georgia Murphy
See more at @debut.2026 on Instagram.
The New Creators Presented By The Creators’ Studio
The New Creators features work from a workshop and mentoring project at Photofusion that supports creative futures of young people.
Liminality
Final year BA Photography students at the University of Northampton present Liminality 2026.
Bibby Boys
Bibby Boys documents the experience of the men aboard the Bibby Stockholm barge and the community that rallied around them. It is a collaborative photographic series by Theo McInnes and Thomas Ralph.
Shot over more than a year in Portland, Dorset, the work looks beyond headlines and political rhetoric to focus on daily life, waiting, and the relationships that formed during prolonged periods of limbo as the men awaited their asylum interviews. With no access to the barge itself, the artists worked from the outside, observing how life unfolded across the island and how acts of solidarity, care, and friendship emerged in response.
At a time when asylum is often framed as crisis or threat, Bibby Boys offers another way of looking. The artists reflect:
“We hope this work stands as a testament to the men’s enduring spirit in the face of a system that so often neglects their humanity, and as an example of new forms of community in times of polarisation and mass displacement.”
The Winning Fund Exhibition
We are thrilled to announce the launch of “The Winning Fund,” a legacy partnership in memory of photographer Andrew Winning. This exhibition of Andrew’s work marks the beginning of a collaboration between his family and Photofusion to support the photographers of the future.
The Lightbox Exhibitions - Atlanta Downes
In partnership with Lambeth Council and Active Lambeth.
Featuring Lioness fans for Gyaldem Magazine, captured by Lambeth-based photographer Atlanta Downes from our @photofusionuk Creators’ Studio!
Photographer & director: @atlantadownes
Assistant director: @calling4camilaa
Lighting & photography assistant: @jayd.scott
BTS: @esraasfaith
Designer: @mima__design
Jewellery: @mimlysk
Stylist: @liz_x_beth_
Hair: @novatressuk
@lambeth_council @activelambeth @gyaldem.fc
The New Creators Presented By The Creators’ Studio
The Creators’ Studio at Photofusion is a workshop and mentoring programme that supports creative futures of young people living in council and social housing in Lambeth. Over 10 weeks per cohort, participants develop new skills in photography, studio lighting, direction and set design to tell important stories about the world they live in.
SALON/25: Annual Members’ Exhibition
SALON/25 features the work of over 80 of our exceedingly talented members. Over the years, this opportunity to discover and network with emerging photographers has become a cornerstone of our membership programme: a lively and inclusive celebration of photographic practice in all its forms.
Celebration as Resistance: a conversation with Wolfgang Suschitzky
For two days only, Nov 14th (12pm-6pm) and 15th (10am-5pm), come see Celebration as Resistance, an upcoming exhibition on the lasting legacy of carnival in London.
In conversation with photographer Wolfgang Suschitzky’s project capturing Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago two years before the country gained independence from Great Britain, works by Funmi Akingbe, Gabrielle Drew, and Hark1karan capture a present day carnival diaspora through images that depict its music, costume, and community. Informed by the geographical and physical movement of Carnival, the works capture the preparatory atmosphere, vibrant energy, and moments of reprieve.
Visit our gallery space to learn more about the modern carnival diaspora and see the exciting work of these four photographers, including the first public display of Suschitsky’s photo transparencies.
Field of Clarity
Field of Clarity brought together a diverse group of international artists, exploring intersections of perception, identity, and cross-cultural dialogue. Through painting, photography, video, and installation, the exhibition sought to create a reflective space where clarity emerged from complexity, and new perspectives arose from exchange and interaction.
Rewind - Soulla Petrou
Photofusion is pleased to present Rewind, a debut exhibition and photobook by award-winning photographer and Photofusion member Soulla Petrou, opening on the 3rd of September 2025. The show brings together a dynamic body of work spanning her first 15 years working in the music industry, from 1994 to 2009. Shot largely on film, the photographs document the energy of the UK’s evolving music scenes, capturing a vibrant and formative period in club and youth culture.
Tesserae: Shapes of Belonging - Gallery Hire
Photofusion presents "Tesserae: Shapes of Belonging," a photography exhibition by graduates of the MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (Online) course at London College of Communication. Curated by Aletheia Casey, the show explores themes of identity, memory, place, and belonging through powerful documentary and conceptual work.
Half Cadence - Gallery Hire
Discover half cadence, a group photography exhibition exploring absence, transition, and the complexities of identity and memory. Featuring six photographers, the show reflects on cultural inheritance, belonging, and the instability of perception through fragmented narratives and visual metaphor. Curated by Catherine Li and Xuan Feng.
Threads Of Identity - Henos Adhanom
Threads Of Identity
© Henos Adhanom
Threads Of Identity, a new exhibition in Gallery 2, features a compelling portrait series by Lambeth-based photographer Henos Adhanom.
Threads Of Identity is a visual exploration of what it means to live between two cultures: Eritrean and British, and the heritage that connects them. The series blends tradition and modernity, documenting how Eritrean identity continues to thrive in the everyday lives of people in London.
Photographed in a studio setting, the portraits range from solo to duo and group shots. Many of the subjects wear traditional clothing, while others include subtle symbols such as a flag, a necklace, or a gesture—quiet but powerful signs of cultural identity. The visual language draws on the textures, colours, and mood of Eritrean life, reimagined in a London context.
The title, Threads Of Identity, speaks to the strength and resilience of a culture that, like a thread, may seem fine but remains unbroken. It represents how identity is passed down through generations and carried into new environments, woven into daily life even when far from home.
This exhibition marks the beginning of an ongoing journey to document, preserve, and celebrate Eritrean identity in the diaspora: its beauty, its strength, and the many ways it continues to evolve.
‘Having the opportunity to exhibit work I developed at Photofusion, in the heart of my home borough, is very meaningful. Photofusion's support has been invaluable—not just in the creation of this work, but in building my confidence and momentum as a photographer. This exhibition marks a significant step in my career, and I am incredibly grateful!’ - Henos Adhanom
Cold Water Swimmers of Tooting Bec Lido - Tom Harrison
Cold Water Swimmers of Tooting Bec Lido
© Tom Harrison
Cold Water Swimmers of Tooting Bec Lido is an exhibition that was shown in our second gallery space, Gallery 2. The series features 14 captivating portraits by Lambeth-based photographer Tom Harrison.
As a regular swimmer at Tooting Bec Lido, Tom set out to document the unique energy of those who brave its icy waters. Each subject was photographed immediately after their swim, capturing the rawness, exhilaration and endorphin-fuelled glow that cold water swimming brings. The portraits reveal not just the physical impact but also the deep sense of resilience, vitality and community fostered at the Lido.
Tooting Bec Lido, the largest freshwater pool in England, has been a South London landmark since 1906. More than a century later, it remains a space for both recreation and reflection, bringing together people from all walks of life through their love of cold-water swimming.
Tom’s photography spans advertising commissions and documentary projects, with a focus on people and their passions. His previous series include The Mudlarks of London, exploring those who scour the Thames foreshore for historic artifacts, and The Referees of Hackney Marshes, a tribute to amateur football officials. His ability to capture joy, resilience, and human connection is a defining feature of his work.
Tom’s work has been widely published, and he was a winner of the British Journal of Photography’s prestigious 2025 Portrait of Britain Award.
This exhibition was supported by Capture One.
Gallery 2 is Photofusion’s second Gallery space, designated to support work in and around Lambeth and by Lambeth based visual artists and practitioners.
SELECT/25
Select/25 showcases the exceptional work of Rosie Barnes, Megan Eagles, Jan Enkelmann and Aindreas Scholz.
Off-site Gallery - The Lightbox Exhibitions with Champs Within
The Lightbox Exhibitions with Champs Within
© Chelsea Pineda
We are happy to announce the second exhibition in The Lightbox series, running from January to July 2025. This exciting showcase will feature Champs Within alongside the work of photographer Chelsea Pineda. In partnership with Lambeth Council, we continue to curate and deliver The Lightbox Exhibitions, bringing a vibrant atmosphere and celebrating artistic expression through photography that inspires, provokes thought, and sparks meaningful conversations.
‘Photofusion is delighted to be partnering with local Brixton charity, Champs Within, and Photographer and Director Chelsea Pineda, for the second lightbox exhibition, and the first one in 2025. Given the location of the Lightboxes, marking the entrance to the recreation centre, it felt important to continue to represent sport, and regular people doing extraordinary things through sporting activity. The dual- portrait approach used by Chelsea gives a real insight into fighter's everyday lives that we can all relate to, and then the totally different dimension of them as powerful sportswomen. It was particularly important to Photofusion to be showcasing women in this sport as boxing can still be viewed by some as a very masculine environment.’ - Jenni Grainger, Director of Photofusion.
The photographs displayed present a striking portrait of fighters from Brixton-based boxing group Champs Within, captured through the lens of Filipina-American artist Chelsea Pineda. A photographer, filmmaker, and writer, Pineda has trained with Champs Within for over three years and as the gym’s official fight night photographer and facilitator, her work offers an authentic, insider’s perspective that encapsulates the vibrant Champs Within community.
Previously exhibited at Brixton Library as part of The Champions Within: Portraits of a Boxing Community, this series explores the dualities of Champs Within boxers and showcases a nuanced view of their lives both inside and outside the gym. Each subject is depicted both in their Champs Within boxing gear, embodying their tenacious fighter persona, and in their personal, everyday lives. Through these contrasts, the photographs reveal both the physical and emotional resilience of the boxers, as well as the community that underpins their journeys.
At the heart of Champs Within is the mission to empower individuals through boxing. Fostering empowerment, self-expression and mental well-being. They provide a safe and inclusive space for individuals of all ages, helping them develop resilience, discipline, confidence and community.
The photographs on display celebrate the transformative impact boxing has on the community and the integral role Champs Within plays.
For further information on Champs Within, visit their website: https://www.champswithin.com
NOTE: The Lightbox exhibitions are a collaboration between Lambeth Council and Photofusion. The installation of the lightboxes has been funded by the Revitalising Brixton’s Rec Quarter project, which has invested in creating new workspace in the Rec, renovating the Rec’s existing shop units with lit signage and double-glazed shopfronts, and revitalising the public facing areas of the Rec and concourse with new lighting and the restoration of original signage. The Revitalising Brixton’s Rec Quarter project received £2.17m from the Mayor of London’s Good Growth Fund which was matched by Lambeth Council and Stride. The ongoing management of Lightbox exhibitions has been funded for two years by the project, Active Lambeth and Photofusion from March 2024 – March 2026.
Photography versus Thatcher: The Photo Co-op Archive, prints and objects, 1979 to 1986 - Photofusion’s origin story
Photography versus Thatcher: The Photo Co-op Archive prints and objects, 1979 to 1986 - Photofusion’s origin story
Photography versus Thatcher: The Photo Co-op Archive, prints and objects, 1979 to 1986 – Photofusion’s origin story told the story of the early years of the Photo Co-op, the founding organisation which later grew into Photofusion.
This exhibition featured vintage items contributed by the participating photographers from their archives that now form the Photo Co-op Archive at the Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol. Curated by Chris Boot, and in collaboration with the Martin Parr Foundation, Photography versus Thatcher: The Photo Co-op Archive, prints and objects, 1979 to 1986 – Photofusion’s origin story featured photographs by Janis Austin, Corry Bevington, Luis Bustamante, Gina Glover, Crispin Hughes, Sarah Saunders, Vicky White, and Sarah Wyld. These included a wide selection of original library photographs used to promote social causes, with objects and documents from the time, and examples of laminated panels from campaign exhibitions.
Seen together for the first time, these archival artefacts revealed the ‘world view’ the Photo Co-op created in photographs – a style of advocacy for progressive causes and, in particular, for the solidarity of women, made for and with the community.
For the first time, Photofusion collaborated with the Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol. Both organisations work towards supporting emerging and established photographers and strive to make photography engaging and accessible for all.
Dates: 15th November 2024 to 4th January 2025
