A 2 week live exhibition event as part of PhotoFringe 2026, Where We Are was conceived, curated by and new work was created by me. I was grateful to include works by JJ Waller, Emma J Crosby and Mike Curry as well as more local photographers and, of course, photographs created by the public.

In response to the fringe wide theme of Feedback:Loop, I created an environment on the Brighton seafront Vault gallery, that had an initial installation of photographs taken by established photographers of images of Where we are…our current location…at the seaside, next to the Upside Down House, next to the iconic landmark of the i360. This was an opportunity for me to spend some time to consider the impact the photographs I take has on my practice as a whole. It was an opportunity to return back and re;learn what, essentially photgraphy means to me, to others, the status of image, picture / photo, and to initiate visual dialogues between works and also discussions about tools, image and place. For this event I was going to make new work, aiming to discover how shadows of image could work for me.

Central to this exhibition were strategies to include visitors and local communities to take and share their images in the show. People could: Take a photograph of the same view, email me imagews they have taken independently , and / or choose from an inmage in the exhibition and ‘find the shot’…re-take and then too, offer it to be exhibited.

What ensued was a multi authored live snapshot of place. Images taken by professional and amateur photographers, people using phones and cameras, and including projection, photographs, screen display and shadow. And stories.

See below for photographs, shadow work and contributions from the public.