May 16, 2024

The Powers That Be at Salon/24

In 2023-2024 Alan and Chloe were resident artists at Sala752 in Zaczernie, Poland.  Travelling around Poland researching coal mining we were struck by the faces of politicians beaming at us from colourful political banners wherever we went. It was clear we had arrived in the middle of an important general election which saw the ruling right-wing nationalist Law […]

April 11, 2024

Homeland Lost in Postcards for Palestine

Alan Gignoux is among the many artists included in Postcards for Palestine showing portrait and landscape pairs from his photography project Homeland Lost.

December 15, 2023

Homeland Lost Print in Support Of MAP

Looking Back I have just returned from Alan’s flat where I retrieved a slightly battered document box.  It instantly triggered memories of the years that Alan and I, as his curator, spent together touring his Homeland Lost exhibition across the Middle East and Europe.  The box contains contact sheets from the project organised by village […]

December 6, 2023

Portrait of Britain

Gignouxphotos are proud to announce that Alan’s portrait of Mirium Turyasingura has been selected for the Portrait of Britain volume 6 shortlist.  We look forward to finding out in January whether it will exhibited on JCDecaux screens across the UK – fingers crossed! Mirium’s portrait is from our “You can see me, but I don’t […]

August 22, 2023

Russian Rust Belt published

In July, our book designer, Emily Macaulay, spent several weeks hand sewing and binding Russian Rust Belt, which is a hefty 264 pages long with 182 colour photographs.  This was both a considerable feat and a labour of love. She is aware as much as any of us of the untold number of hours of […]

June 29, 2023

Exhibition and book launch in London

There were two events celebrating the “You can see me, but I don’t exist” project in London during Refugee Week 2023.  Exhibition opening in Stratford On 19 June there was an event at Stratford Library celebrating the opening of the “You can see me, but I don’t exist exhibition.”  As part of the programme for […]

Exhibitions in Birmingham and Manchester

Our National Lottery Grant funded project “You can see me, but I don’t exist” is on display at the Library of Birmingham until 7 August and at Manchester Central Library until 30 June.

January 26, 2023

Photographing in Manchester and Birmingham

Manchester We have been working on a National Lottery Grant funded project entitled “You can see me, but I don’t exist.” The weekend of the 25th of November, Chloe Juno and I went to Leigh outside of Manchester to work with Farai Nhakasino from Everything Human Rights, a local community organisation working with asylum seekers […]

October 26, 2022

Photobook Week Aarhus 2022: Off Balance

Gignoux Photos will be attending the ninth edition of the Photobook Aarhus Festival in Denmark, which runs from 27th-30th October. 

October 18, 2022

Monuments launch at Photobook Week Aarhus

Gignoux Photos will be launching our latest photobook, Monuments, at Photobook Week Aarhus in Denmark from 28th – 30th October 2022.  This is the first time that Gignoux Photos will be attending the festival, which since 2014 has focused on the rapidly growing international interest in photobooks in recent years.  The theme of this year’s […]

October 10, 2022

Gignoux receives National Lottery Project Grant

Alan Gignoux has received a National Lottery Project Grant, which will allow the team at Gignoux Photos to complete our “You can see me, but I don’t exist” project exploring the emotional and psychological impact of the asylum-seeking process on applicants .  This Lottery funding makes it possible for us to extend our creative cooperation […]