SALON/24
Photofusions Annual Members Show
This exhibition showcases the work of our growing community, with this year holding the work of 86 Photofusion members! The work ranges in theme and encompasses almost every genre we can think of.
We are delighted that SALON/24, Photofusion’s annual members show, is the first show in our new long-term home.
Exhibiting Artists:
Aindreas Scholz, Alan Gignoux and Chloe Juno, Alec Leggat, Alex Stone in collaboration with Angus Stewart, Alicia Monedero, Andy Wiener, Angus Stewart, Ann Russell, Anna Lerner, Anna Petkova, Anna Watson, Anne-Marie Briscombe, Anthony Carr, Aris Akritidis, Ayo Adegun, Caroline Jane Harris, Charlotte Annand, Chris Burrows, Claudia Leisinger, Dee Ramadan, Diggory Lynch, Duncan Godfrey, Ed Ram, Ed Sykes, Edward Brilliant, Elaine Duigenan, Ellie Laycock, Ezra Evans, Francesca Moore, Frankie McAllister, George Thomas, Héloïse Bergman, Jaqueline Ennis-Cole, James Berrington, Jan Enkelmann, Janet Rich, Jaqueline Alves, Josie Kyan, Julie Derbyshire, Kate Coe Temnomeroff, Katie Bee, Kim Thornton, Kristy Gosling, Krzysztof Krolikowski, Ky Lewis, Laura Ward, Lian Chan, Lilly Amey Mary, Liz Leahy, Mandy Williams, Maria Pia Jaime, Martha Orbach, Megan Eagles, Megan Jeffreys, Megan Ringrose, Mimi Winter, Mitchell Moreno, Natalie Robinson, Neal Scott, Nick Walker, Nikolai Ishchuk, Olivia Luca Jospé, Patrick Whibley, Paul Ferman, Paul Graville, Pedro Younis, Pippa Healy, Rachel Adams, Rachel Wegh, Rebecca Wickham, Rosie Barnes, Sabes Sugunasabesan, Samantha Johnston, Sandrine Aim, Sandy Connell, Sara Hannant, Sergey Novikov, Stella Grigor McGarvey, Sue Ridge, Tamsin Green, Ted Dave, The1Harris, Tzion Essek, Valerie Bennett, Wei Jian Chan & Wendy Aldiss.
Glover-Rayner Prize:
We were thrilled to award Tamsin Green with the Glover-Rayner prize on the opening night of Salon/24.
The Glover-Rayner Prize was established during Photofusion’s 30th anniversary year by founder member Gina Glover and the long-time chair of the board, Dr Geof Rayner. The prize recognises photographic work that raises questions about our fragile environment and the pressing issues of climate change, sustainability, biodiversity and more. Photography may be both art and science, but it is certainly a critical feature of consumer culture, hence part of the problem.
Tamsin’s book ‘walking out of sleep: encounters with lichen territory’ stood out to Geof and Gina for its depth, thoroughness of investigation, use of experimentation, and strength in communication and design.
It’s the second outing of the prize, so hopefully many more Photofusion members might like to be contenders in subsequent years.
Congratulations to Tamsin and to those who were shortlisted, it was a very difficult decision for both Gina and Geof to make.
The Short List:
Angus Stewart, Ed Sykes, Ellie Laycock, Héloïse Bergman, Jacqueline Ennis-Cole, James Berrington, Ky Lewis, Lian Chan, Martha Orbach & Sue Ridge.
Select/24:
We are delighted to announce our four Select winners who were chosen this year by our judges; Gina Glover, Brett Rogers, Christiane Monarchi & Destinie Paige.
Congratulations to:
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Jan Enkelmann was chosen by Gina Glover.
“I was immediately drawn to Jan Enkelmann’s street portrait, Untitled-from his series The Triangle. It had an irresistible vibrance and mystery. I wanted to know more about this man as his face expressed the look of someone who had been through a lot, a huge range of experiences, good and bad. We don’t know – the image gives us no indication – whether he is happy or sad, but what we do know is that his face and his demeanour speaks to the depths of his life experiences. What also makes the picture memorable is the lighting, from the overall setting to the light in his eyes.” - Gina Glover
Gina Glover is the co founder of Photofusion and a recipient of the Royal Photographic Society’s Hood Medal, the Medical Research Council’s Visions of Science Award (twice) and several Arts Council research awards. Glover is an interdisciplinary artist working in collaboration with the natural and human-made environment through photography and sculpture.
Jan says; It’s been a fantastic surprise to hear that I’ve been chosen for the Select exhibition! The image that’s currently on show as part of Salon/24 is a portrait from my series The Triangle, which is a long-term documentary project about Brixton and its people. Therefore, I’m especially happy to be given the opportunity to show more of this series at Photofusion later this year.
About the series:
Brixton has had a complex history, often marked by struggles for equality, justice, and self-determination. The current wave of gentrification is only the latest episode in number of profound transformations that have kept changing the face of Brixton over the decades.
Yet there are few places in London – or indeed anywhere else – that are charged with a spirit and sense of place like the streets and markets around Atlantic Road, Brixton Road and Coldharbour Lane, sometimes referred to as the Brixton Triangle, the beating heart of the community.
I have been living in the area ever since I moved to London from Germany almost 25 years ago. Not only have I been a first-hand witness to the changes happening around me, it’s also a neighbourhood that has taken me a long time to build a relationship with. There are days when I feel as much an alien as I did the day I first arrived. I think making these pictures is my way of making connections, defining my place among fellow Brixtonians.
The Triangle not an attempt to make a definite statement about the area or about gentrification, rather I’m hoping to make universal observations that might resonate beyond Brixton and touch open themes such as spirit, pride, determination and resilience.
Bio:
A Photofusion member since 2014, Jan Enkelmann is a documentary photographer and graphic designer living and working in London. He was born in Waiblingen, Germany in 1970. He often works in long-term projects and most of his work is concerned with observations of people in public spaces.
Jan has published several books of his photography. Happiness (2007) is a photographic travelogue and winner of the ITB Book Award 2008. Serious Conviction (2015) documents the people and the passion of London’s Speakers’ Corner. His latest book Pause (2020) shows an unseen London during the covid lockdown and was awarded the German Photobook Award 2021 in Silver.
Website: www.enkelmann.co.uk
Instagram: @janenkelmann
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Rosie Barnes was chosen by Brett Rogers.
“I chose Rosie Barnes image as I was so struck by the strength of the portrait and its setting within nature. I felt that the subject had a real sense of agency and purpose. When I discovered from reading more about the background to the series that it was about women who experience autism I went back and reassessed my original reading of the work - and was impressed that Rosie had avoided the cliched depictions of subjects with neurodiverse or mental health issues. It was so refreshing to see such an independent woman clearly 'owning' her own condition and proudly embracing and complementing her position within the natural world.” - Brett Rogers
From 2006-2022, Brett was the Director of The Photographers’ Gallery from, London the first publicly funded Gallery dedicated solely to photography in the UK. Under Rogers’ leadership, the Gallery secured international recognition as a leader both within the field of photography and the wider image economy. The Gallery was one of the first within the field to acknowledge the shift in how photography is understood, networked and distributed in the 21st century by appointing in 2011 a Curator of Digital Programmes (Katrina Sluis, now Head of Photography at Australian National University). Before joining the Gallery in 2006, Brett was Deputy Director of Visual Arts at the British Council, where she was responsible for establishing the British Council’s Photography Collection and curating an ambitious programme of international touring exhibitions on British photography.
Rosie says; I am absolutely delighted to have been chosen by Brett Rogers, as one of the four ’Select’ winners, to show more of this work at Photofusion later this year. I have tried really hard in my documentary work over the years, in a variety of projects, to increase understanding and acceptance of autism from different points of view and to allow autistic people’s experiences to be fully seen and heard, so this award is wonderful and of course will create more space and more understanding.
About the series:
The image of 'Savannah, undergraduate, Oxford University’, is a recent part of a project I’ve been working on since 2018 called ’No You’re Not - a portrait of autistic women’. So far I’ve interviewed and photographed 35 women across the UK. Savannah is part of a new set from this series, for which I’ve received some funding from the Wellcome Collection, to specifically increase awareness of the experience of autistic women from minority/minoritized groups. I met up with Savannah in Oxford and amongst a few locations, this particular portrait was made as we walked along the path next to the Thames there.” - Rosie Barnes
"I had a lot of grief, when I found out I was autistic, realising that I’d lost lots of possible friendships because people thought I was rude. I didn’t know what they meant when they said I was being rude, that I didn’t care. I was just not understanding social niceties, but it feels, as a black woman, that I’m not afforded the assumption, the benefit of the doubt, that maybe I'm not intending to be horrible or insulting. I’m automatically perceived as angry and aggressive. I get that a lot. Or intimidating. I get called intimidating all the time. I’m a 5’3” woman with a walking stick. Why is a 6’2” white man calling me intimidating?” - Savannah
Website: rosiebarnes.com
Instagram: @rosiebarnesphoto
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Aindreas Scholz was chosen by Christiane Monarchi.
"I find Aindreas’ practice, including unique, handmade works which come with a highly evolved conceptual framework, to be an embodiment of the ethos of Photofusion, a home for makers and experimentation. I can’t wait to see the development of his practice and his future Select exhibition." - Christiane Monarchi
Christiane Monarchi is a founding co-editor of Hapax Magazine, a biannual print publication commissioning new photographic ideas since 2021, currently working on its sixth issue. She is the founding editor of Photomonitor which has published more than 1,400 online features since 2011 and is now working in partnership with University for the Creative Arts and bookRoom. Christiane is a curator, lecturer, artist mentor and serves on the steering committee of Fast Forward, Women in Photography, and as a trustee of the Centre for British Photography.
Aindreas says; Being chosen for Select 24 is an incredible honour. It enables me to further explore this experimental and fascinating process under the guidance and mentorship of Photofusion, ensuring its sustainability in the long run.
About the series:
In my ongoing series, The Most Beautiful Anthropocene, I integrated two 19th-century Victorian photographic printing techniques — cyanotype and lumen. This intricate process involved the exploration of expired photographic darkroom paper, cyanotype solution, and UV light, resulting in the creation of distinctive cyanolumens using exclusively organic materials
Bio
Born to an Anglo-Irish mother and a Sudeten-German father in Wiesbaden, Germany, I experienced a culturally rich upbringing, dividing my time between Ireland and Germany in a bilingual family setting. My artistic journey began at the Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin), where I studied photography under the mentorship of Dr. Anthony Haughey, which ignited my interest in visual narratives. After relocating to London, I pursued postgraduate studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London. There, I was mentored by Turner Prize-winning mentors such as Dr. Elizabeth Price, Grayson Perry, Mark Leckey, and Laure Prouvost, which deepened my engagement with critical and contemporary art-making theories and practices.
Website: aindreasscholz.com
Instagram: @aindreasscholz
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Megan Eagles was chosen by Destinie Paige.
“When seeing this photograph, I immediately wanted to know this mother's story. The beauty, the innocence and also the unpredictably of motherhood was gracefully captured within this single shot. It felt very pure with the natural light, highlighting the mother's hair whilst she held her baby. The embrace of the photograph felt like a warm hug for not only the baby, but also the mother too. Megan captured such a moment that allows you to take a pause, slow down and reflect. I love images that can tell a story, it makes the art even more impactful. I had a reliability to the photograph and Megan's entire series 'Nurture' and knew that documenting the motherhood experience is also so vital for Black mothers. Thank you Megan, this series is amazing!” - Destinie Paige
Destinie Paige is a British Jamaican filmmaker and curator whose work explores the unseen beauty in the everyday experiences of women and people of colour. Using photography, film and set design, her imagery has a trademark use of rich colours and elaborate staging that playfully blends inspirations from cinema and fashion to redefine the picture of black culture and femininity. In February 2022, she curated her debut exhibition ‘Black Bxy Joy’ at Photofusion. Destinie’s fashion film ‘A Kind of Woman’, an ode to plus-sized Black women in fashion, empowering a new vision of femininity that caters to all sizes was recently screened at the V&A in August 2022.
Megan says; “I am thrilled and proud to be chosen to be part of ‘Select' at Photofusion and to be given an opportunity to share more of my work from my series ‘Nurture’.
About the series:
I became a mother just over a year ago during the pandemic in the UK. A time line of my pregnancy started with the first lockdown and ended with my son being born during the third. This experience drew me to examining the surreal, life-changing event of pregnancy and motherhood under a pandemic, with all its hopes and anxieties, its mythology and belief systems constrained and enhanced, across a diverse collection of volunteer mothers.
In a time when women had to go to their appointments and sometimes give birth on their own, and when usual family support networks were limited it was a strange and difficult time to become a new parent. Working on this project I heard many tough stories; of mothers separated from their babies after birth, to mothers recovering from c-sections without partner support in hospital, to the overwhelming feeling of isolation of motherhood in a lockdown.
I wanted to create a project that showed the beauty and strength of mothers dealing with this unique moment our history. Capturing tender and natural moments of the bond between mother and child.
Bio:
I am a photographer living in Camberwell, London with my family, a cat and 7 chickens.
I create people focused stories with a documentary slant. Shooting on film using natural light, I capture tender moments that are real and intimate. Bringing out warmth and truth, focusing on human connection. Curious by nature, I am fascinated by people’s worlds and the opportunity of a window into them.
Website: www.mkeagles.co.uk
Instagram: @megankeagles
