Spotlight: Photobook

1994 – 2001: A beginning

“It is about how a boy became a young man — how he discovered brotherhood and the world,” says Lorenzo Castore as he reveals the first volume of his life-long project

5 August 2019

Out of smoke and ashes

After the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland, a series of events shook up Theo Elias’ life, inciting him to travel to the place that he felt corresponded with his chaos

30 July 2019

The Pillar by Stephen Gill

Stephen Gill’s practice is driven by a fascination with his immediate surroundings. From the longing to engage with the hidden wildlife that surrounds his home in rural Sweden, to the years he spent cycling through Hackney Wick, scouring its vast markets and narrow towpaths; it goes way back to his initial obsession as a child, to collect insects and bits of pondlife to inspect under his microscope. “My hobby morphed into what I do for a living,” he reflects, “making this new work took me right back to those early years, as if completing a full circle”.

5 July 2019