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 […]

October 6, 2022

Gignoux Photos at BOP 22

Gignoux Photos had a very positive experience at the Fiebre Photobook Fair in Madrid last month.  Our encounters there led not only to book sales, but also to several exciting developments, including an invitation from curator Mortiz Neumuller to participate at the Aarhus Photobook Week in Denmark, where we will be from October 28-30. Gignoux […]

September 15, 2022

Collaboration with Anthony Burrill

Anthony Burill and Partisan Press Gignoux Photos is collaborating with graphic artist Anthony Burrill, who has designed the striking titles for our RUSSIAN RUST BELT photobook.  Anthony used a wood block typeface from the collection of Partisan Press, Moscow. Partisan Press are a small print studio who make woodtype printed posters using type from an […]

September 1, 2022

Gignoux Photos at Fiebre Photobook Festival

Come and see Gignoux Photos at Fiebre in Madrid from September 23rd to 25th.  Fiebre is the first and only festival in Spain dedicated to the photobook. 

Collaboration with Jesuit Refugee Service

Since the beginning of this year, Gignoux Photos has been collaborating with JRS, the Jesuit Refugee Service, in Wapping to further develop our “You can see me, but I don’t exist” project exploring the effect of the asylum-seeking process in the UK on individuals.  

April 13, 2022

Talk and book signing at The Photographers’ Gallery

Alan Gignoux will be launching his new photobook Mountaintops to Moonscapes with a special talk and book signing event at The Photographer’s Gallery on May 5th. Alan will talk about his experiences making this body of work and a related photography series, Oil Sands, which looks at the bitumen mining industry in Alberta, Canada. Oil […]