01 Oct - 01 Nov

Exit/Enter

Hannah Slaney

A series of Urban Entrances.

22 Sep - 23 Oct

BIOLUMINESCENCE - fashion and still life photography

Mila Nesterova

On stage everything is exaggerated and lighting enhances the visual aspect of the performance, adding color and depth. I am fascinated by UV lights and how they transform everything into a dazzling explosion of colour. Everything looks more interesting, shadows and flickers of light give objects and people more depth.

14 Oct - 30 Oct - Preview 14 October 5pm

Someone I (don't) Know

Magali Avezou

How the other dwells in our imagination? With faceless portraits, this project explores how we interpret someone else’s world. Through traces of the subject’s private sphere, it conveys impressions and sensations that build a sensitive portrait and invite the viewer to create his/ her own story about the character.
www.magaliavezou.com

01 Oct - 31 Oct

Of Mist, Windows, Flowers, Roads.

Katja Heber

Katja Heber has produced four sets of three photographs, each dealing with a different subject, but all work together to express thoughts on life and our part in it; 'Of Mist', which portrays London's Regents Canal shrouded in mist; 'Of Windows', images of lit windows at night; 'Of Flowers', pictures of flowers against monotone backdrops; and ' Of Roads', photographs of road markings in their various colours and conjunctions.

29 Sep - 16 Oct

The Hackney Mime School Presents

Richard Kolker, Kristy Gosling, Gillian Vaux, Jochen Klein

In this show the Hackney Mime School artists’ collective attempts to subvert photography’sdecisive moment. Working collaboratively they construct staged imagery that expands this moment from the purely visual to the conceptual, presenting and questioning pivotal moments within a continuing narrative.

06 Oct - 30 Nov

What's the Brief

Andrew Grainger

Andrew Grainger’s first solo exhibition is a selection of personal and emotive images taken in the last five years , a time of reflection after having removed himself of nearly a decade of photographing the fast paced industry of Fashion and Advertising , he has rediscovered his passion for photography by capturing the reality and the spontaneity of his surroundings.
“photography became pleasurable again, not working to anyone else’s brief and it wasn’t measured by success, free to be impulsive and creative without the constraints of an artificial set up..”
Originally from Hartlepool Andrew now lives in Whitechapel.

01 Sep - 26 Nov

Mumbai – A Cricketing Temple

Emma Levine

Emma Levine’s photographs, taken in Mumbai in 2010, depict the city’s passion for cricket. This isn’t about the stars of the sport, and there are no photos of Sachin Tendulkar, or other superstar millionaires. It's about the ‘Sachin wannabes’, those who have a passion for cricket and play in backstreet, parks, open spaces and housing colonies, often with basic equipment. Scenes like this are to be found throughout the Indian subcontinent, but attention focused on Mumbai in order to see if the grassroots had been influence by the multi-million dollar Indian Premier League, infused with Bollywood glamour. Thankfully, it hadn’t!

01 Oct - 31 Oct

Religion – work in progress

Nigel Barklie

This exhibition of photographs explores religion and is an experiment with the B/W printing technique called 'lithprint'.

Nigel Barklie is a photographer with thirty years experience. For the last ten years he has freelanced on the Daily Mail regularly filling the role of Night Picture Editor.

"With this exhibition I am trying to figure out how my life experience fits with the doctrines of the Catholic Church. It is work in progress so the pictures are far from complete. I would love to hear your reaction by email."

Contact nigel.pictureline.co.uk.

01 Oct - 31 Oct

After Dark in London Town

Bob Dawson

Inspired by a Murakami novel, Bob Dawson exhibits images that celebrate the magical, vibrancy of a city at night and others that point to a darker social reality.

01 Sep - 31 Dec

Walking London 2

Peter Kyte

The 2nd 'Walking London' exhibition will contain more imagery from Peter's initimate travels around his home town. In addition, Peter will be leading a team of no more than 12 early to mid stage photographers on a number of walks throughout October, going through to Photoshop advice, print and showing some images at the Hoxton Furnace. Join us for a great experience, inc. hanging & curating your very own mini-exhibition!!! For details and joining fees: info@fotog.info and state 'Hoxton'. See www.fotog.info for details

03 Oct - 25 Nov

The Bullfighters

Travis Hodges

Portraits from Praca De Campo Pequeno, Lisbon. Capturing the people and traditions of Portuguese bullfighting.

"He hollered, 'Touro Touro' and waived a red cape, prompting the bull to charge. His feet firmly planted on the ground, he pivoted away at the last second, the bulls horns barely grazing his heavily sequined tunic."

06 Oct - 03 Nov

Living East

Estefania Araujo

Living East is a series of portraits that explores the connection between the human being and the space they live in. These images look into the relation between people and space; especially the way people adapt to new environments when changing countries, cities or neighbourhoods.
These portraits show people that live around East London. Each person is presenting himself in front of the camera and letting the viewer see places that are part of their everyday life.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Denise Felkin

Denise Felkin

Images from Mutoid Waste Company and Wrekon artists’ installations and individual pieces that feature mutated, mutilated creatures made from found objects, recycled metals/materials, and animal carcasses.
Mutoid Waste Company’s twisted imaginations first captured the publics attention in the early 80’s when they organised illegal raves in Kings Cross . After over a decade spent in Europe, Mutoid Waste Co have made a come back in the UK. Since their return Denise Felkin has documented their work and followed them to Glastonbury Festival, Rocket Festival, Spain, Brighton

04 Nov - 05 Dec - Preview 3 Nov, 7pm

Blink

Natasha Cantwell Jon Bergman Jo Galvin Mikel Krumins Greg Falski Tim Hill Johnny Egdell Rosie Riggir

Light striking the retina burns an image into the viewers mind. Light striking film captures an image. A human can blink and miss it, a camera can blink and capture a delicate moment forever.
It is the artists eye we showcase in Blink, a group exhibition featuring London based photographers and talent from abroad.

01 Oct - 30 Nov - Reception 5 Oct 6-8pm

Burlesque Dress

Maria Coletsis

Burlesque Dress is a collection of portraits taken in the backstage dressing room of a burlesque show, only moments before performance. The images capture a glimpse of the intimate moments of transition to become someone else. The trance- like concentration of this process of change is what inspired this series. The dressing room explores how we socialize, transform our personas and reflects upon what we do to escape the daily routine. My work investigates issues surrounding identity and sexuality.

03 Oct - 31 Dec

Brick Lane Strangers

Rachael Ward

Brick Lane Strangers celebrates the diversity and variety of cultures in one of my favourite areas of London. My passion for people comes alive through the style of portraits, often close-up and captures the essence of London’s edgy and artistic crowd.

12 Oct - 08 Nov

Torn

HEATHER BLOCKEY

Heather Blockey exhibits accidental art, as seen on the streets. Abstracted colours and shapes giving life to that which is being destroyed and renewed. Unknowingly created by the billboard guys.

06 Oct - 02 Nov - Preview 6 October 7pm

Mother Africa

Pierre Vannoni (France)

"Mother Africa" illustrates 15 years of african journeys & memories where the artist Pierre Vannoni experienced magical moments, discovering and sharing the roots and traditions that are characterizing the motherland Africa.
From Mali to Senegal, via Chad and Burkina Faso, Pierre Vannoni leads the visitor through an African journey & history with striking color and black&white instants and portraits.
The exhibition at Open The Gate in Dalston is the opportunity to engage dialogue with local residents, sharing their journeys and stories about our African Roots. Pierre Vannoni will be realizing a photo documentary in complement of the exhibition from 22nd October.

03 Nov - 23 Nov - 3 November 7-9pm opening

Santeria : Afro-Cuban religion

Julio Etchart

Santeria is a syncretic religion of West African and Caribbean origin. Julio Etchart visited Cuba many times to follow established santero priests on their visits to the faithful to capture the charged atmosphere of the sessions, with people falling in trance and being possessed by the spirits of dead relatives and beloved ones.

17 Oct - 23 Nov

LIP Shoreditch 3rd Annual Exhibition

Following the success of the previous two years' exhibitions, the Shoreditch Group of London Independent Photography introduces their third annual showcase in the Red Lion. The exhibition once again presents individual prints and series of work from the group's photographers over the last year.

For more information on the exhibition and London Independent Photography please visit http://www.londonphotography.org.uk/

22 Oct - 05 Nov

Misplaced Objects

Katarina Mudronova

My practice explores human feelings, moods, thoughts and struggles in visual way. In my current work that is self-initiated I am dealing with the issues of being in between, feeling misplaced, identity and cross culture.

Project Misplaced Objects is playful metaphoric representation of feelings, when one experiencing to be misplaced. In this work I am concentrating on capturing unusual positioned objects within ordinary household in a subtle style.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Signs and Fragments

Clive Heritage Tilley

In the initial development of wet-process chemical photography, images were more unique in their nature. Early photographic chemistry exhibited enormous variation, making printed outcomes entirely unique and often unrepeatable.

'Signs and Fragments' is a series of van dyke prints by Clive Heritage Tilley.

27 Sep - 11 Oct

Vacated

Ita Cormack

Claybury,a Victorian Asylum situated on the outskirts of East London admitted its first patients in 1893. It became home to approximately 2000 patients within three years of being opened.

in 1995 shortly before its closure it accomodated about four hundred patients.It is now remamed Repton Park

These photographs,some of which were taken before the arrival of the property developers in 1997,are not only historical records but are also reminders of life in an institution that no longer exists.They go beyond the function of the photograph as document and evoke a sense of the personal lives that at one time inhabited this space

15 Nov - 31 Jan - ends 31st Jan 2012

Inherent

Alix Edwards

Shot in East London these are large format images of small moments that make you smile or capture a glimpse of nature’s inherent beauty

01 Oct - 06 Nov

Homelandscape

Elina Moriya with sound installation and a short essay by Miika Osamitsu.

Is your home where your heart is?
Or is it where your breath emanates?
Where is your homeland when you are sleeping?
"Homelandscape" explores the concept of home through forest and trees.
The exhibition consists of images from photographer Elina Moriya and sound installation and a short essay on the subject by Miika Osamitsu. Both artists are Finnish-Japanese.

02 Oct - 16 Oct

Picture Of The Day

Man Cheung

Over three and an half years in the making and one thousand three hundred images later a limited selection of images from the www.pictureoftheday.mancheung.com website will be on display for the first time in print format.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Eastern Promises

Nick Haeffner

An exhibition of photographs taken in Hackney and surrounding areas. The images explore the ways in which cultures in this rapidly shifting urban landscape blend and clash, creating new hybrid forms of expression which can be both life affirming and melancholy.

20 Oct - 27 Oct - Preview 20 October 6pm onwards

Exquisite Consequence

Emma Turpin, Martin Robinson, Rebecca Sanders, Georgina Mascolo, Jonny Weeks, Alexander Davies, Tessa Williams

What may seem to be a random chain of photographs is in fact the result of Exquisite Consequence. Beginning in one place and ending in another, a journey of rules, ideas and games is embarked upon, opening up the possibility of an endless narrative of images. Order is brought to this barrage through a limited edition zine, posters and a collection of re-engineered imagery. exquisiteconsequences.tumblr.com