Two artists rethinking how images are made and what they can hold.
At @photolondonfair , @purdyhicksgallery brings together the reflective daguerreotypes of Takashi Arai and the cameraless photograms of Susan Derges.
@takashiarai_studio@susanderges
#Photography #PhotoLondon2026
Cosmos opened last night at the RWA in Bristol and runs until 19th April and if you can’t make it a catalogue is available covering much of the historic and contemporary contents (cover courtesy of Michael Porter RWA from impossible landscapes 15.05.25). Thank you Ione Parkin - I’m really pleased to have two pieces included in this fascinating show. @rwabristol@ioneparkin@michaelporterart_
P.H. EMERSON @Purdyhicksgallery : a wonderful opportunity, thanks to Robert Hershkowitz and Purdy Hicks Gallery, to see some exquisite platinum and photogravure prints by P.H.Emerson and a great honour to accompany them with some of my moon and river C-type and polymer-photogravure prints. On until 18 October. @hershkowitzgallery@purdyhicksgallery
One week until Making Waves; Breaking Ground opens at Bowhouse! This group exhibition is curated by Space to Breathe in collaboration Purdy Hicks Gallery. The exhibition includes works by artist Susan Derges.
Much of the work of Susan Derges revolves around the creation of visual metaphors, exploring the relationship between the observer and the observed; the self and nature or the imagined and the ‘real’.
Making Waves; Breaking Ground will exhibit two photographic works created for the exhibition ‘Mortal Moon’ at Queen’s House Greenwich (2019-20) in response to the Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. They are inspired by fragile vessels travelling the oceans at the mercy of heavenly and earthly forces. Sailors on voyages of ‘discovery’, trade, piracy, colonisation and slavery used the moon and stars to navigate their way.
The images capture the wake of boats, travelling at night and the reflections of the sun, moon and stars on the water, and form a vivid allegory that resonates with the present day’s abandoned and wrecked boats in our collective awareness. The images are layered with the mythological figures of the constellations, believed to influence life on earth.
In Making Waves; Breaking Ground, traditional concepts of landscape art are upended, reinforcing the urgency to rethink our relationship with the land and the evolving human connection to the natural world through the works of 11 international artists. Opening this July at Bowhouse, St Monans.
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1. Susan Derges, Wake 2019. C type Lambda on Fuji Christal archive paper, Edition of 3, 94 x 108 cm
2. Susan Derges, Full Moon Spawn, 2007, Unique Archival pigment print, 170 x 100cm
3. Portrait Susan Derges
📍 Bowhouse, St Monans
📅 Open from 19 July - 31 August 2025, with a short break from 6 - 15 August. Preview: 18 July, 6-8.30pm, all welcome.
This May, Photo London celebrates its tenth edition with London Lives — a landmark exhibition exploring the spirit of the city through the work of over 30 leading image-makers. Curated by Francis Hodgson (@hodgsonf ), London Lives reflects London in its complexity — its streets and structures, its history and reinvention, its rhythm and resilience.
Susan Derges (@susanderges ) is an artist whose exploration of photographic image making includes large-scale camera-less photograms of some of Devon’s rivers and shorelines, tidal-zones and more recently, recreated environments combining imagery made on location with phenomena modelled within her studio and dark room. Her work can be found in publications and museum collections world–wide.
Tickets for Photo London 2025 are on sale now. Get yours at photolondon.org
Elemental opened at Pound Arts in Corsham last Friday, including River Taw prints, Guest pieces by Chris Bucklow, exciting new pin hole works by Ed Bucklow and new works by Natt Faulkner and Adam Fuss. Show runs until 8th Feb. @christopherbucklow@pound arts @sue_bucklow@beatrixlillian #pin hole photography #cameraless #photography
Opening this weekend at RAMM in Exeter: Dartmoor a Radical Landscape, looking at how artists view the moor from a range of perspectives. Thanks to those who made it possible - three Eden prints made on the River Taw have been brought together for the first time for the show. @rammuseum@laragoodband@martinbarnesva #ARadicalLandscape #Dartmoor #ExeterMuseum #Rivers #water #cameralessphotography
TIME FUTURE opens next week at Purdy Hicks Gallery in collaboration with Antichita Alberto Di Castro, Rome. Works from the past and the present connect through themes of memory, reinvention and shared fascinations. (11 October through 16 November). @purdyhicksgallery@siena_hicks@albertodicastro
