OCTOBER 2025

Tuesday – Saturday
1 – 6pm

CLOSED
Monday

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DAVID SPERO
David Spero is London-based and has been documenting alternative communities since 2004 in his ‘Settlements’ series. Focusing on four groups located in Somerset, Devon and Wales, the series follows individuals who have chosen to live ‘off-grid’, building low-impact, land-based lifestyles rooted in ecological sustainability. Their goal is to create habitats, economies and ways of living that minimize environmental impact.

NICHOLAS HOPKINS
Nicholas Hopkins is London based and is a dedicated photographer with an archive of over 60,000 negatives. He has been taking pictures constantly for most of his life. Using minimal equipment, a Leica M6, all images are from film and processed and printed by him. Generally he attempts to capture the mode and vibe of the time and place one is in and the essence of the way people live.

NICK BERKELEY & ANNA BEST
Nick Berkeley and Anna Best, based in Dorset, work individually but who collaborate here as Mr. & Mrs. Berkeley, placing themselves at the heart of their images…Their practice is inherently performative—each photograph becomes a scene in which they act out layered, often ambiguous narratives. In doing so, they invite viewers into their world, exploring themes such as freedom of expression, magic, healing, privacy, the body and sexual intimacy.

TOM HUNTER
Tom Hunter is a London-based international artist and draws inspiration from the culturally rich and diverse area of Hackney in East London, where he lives and works. His photographic narratives are rooted in everyday life—featuring the people he meets and the environments they inhabit—while reimagining these subjects through the lens of classical painting traditions. By referencing Old Master works, Hunter invites viewers to see beauty and dignity in their lives, challenging common stereotypes and assumptions.

‘The Way We Live’explores what it means to live fully in today’s world. As a reflection on how personal and societal forces shape our choices, identities, and daily experiences— it ultimately offers a vision of life shaped by the possibility of self- determination.

Curated by Kate Kotcheff and Ian Wright

KATE KOTCHEFF is a visual artist and documentary filmmaker whose work lives in the spaces between personal memory, collective history, and inherited narrative. Based in the UK, her practice spans photography and moving-image, rooted in ethnographic storytelling.

Trained in Fine Art Photography (BA Hons) and a Masters in Ethnographic Documentary Film, Kotcheff’s work has been shown internationally—from East London group shows to the Venice Biennale (2013, 2017). She has undertaken residencies such as in Schwedt, Germany, where she responded to an archive of GDR art on the 25th anniversary of German Reunification.

Raised in a filmmaking household, with an actress mother and LA-based film director father Ted Kotcheff) Kate’s creative language was shaped early. Her career bridges the commercial and the personal: from freelance producing and agenting in film/TV, to co-producing a feature documentary about Ladysmith Black Mambazo — South Africa’s 2024 Oscar submission and winner of Best Documentary Direction at the SAFTAs.

Kate is currently directing a feature-length documentary about female folk singers in Bulgaria, while also curating, and editing her own photography archive.

 

Photograph by RANKIN