Forget Me Not Photography Exhibition Now Open

Forget Me Not brings collectively the work of 5 photographers whose practices mirror on a world in flux. Featuring Andrew Cross, Anna Mossman, Philip Sinden, Mariano Vivanco and Denise Webber, the exhibition attracts collectively works spanning the early Nineties to the current in a strong dialog about reminiscence, accountability and the delicate social bonds that maintain communities collectively.

Taking its title from the fragile flower that symbolises remembrance, Forget Me Not speaks to the quiet risks of forgetting — forgetting individuals, histories, locations and the nuanced realities that form on a regular basis life. Across the exhibition runs a refined however persistent thread of displacement: geographical, emotional and cultural.

Yet the exhibition is just not outlined by loss alone. Woven by means of its pictures is a quiet enchantment for reflection, empathy and shared humanity — articulated by means of cautious statement somewhat than spectacle.

Each artist approaches images as a deliberate act of inquiry. Nothing right here feels incidental; each picture emerges from analysis, consideration and intention. Together, the works ask viewers to rethink what they see, what they imagine and what they select to recollect.

Among the highlights is Andrew Cross’s Berbera (Z-Force) (2023), a challenge tracing the route of a colonial railway proposed in Somaliland however by no means constructed. Referencing early twentieth-century survey maps, Cross images landscapes formed by histories of imperial energy and the early navy use of aerial bombardment.

Anna Mossman presents large-scale Cibachrome images from the early Nineties. In Confession (1) (1994), contributors had been invited to admit privately to the digicam throughout a protracted publicity illuminated solely by candlelight. The ensuing pictures maintain traces of experiences that stay partially hidden — moments that resist full visibility or understanding.

In Denise Webber’s Threshold collection (2013–15), photographed in Singapore, girls step throughout the raised entrances of Taoist temples. The small gesture of crossing right into a sacred area turns into a metaphor for resilience and the opening of latest prospects.

Philip Sinden, recognized for his editorial work for British Vogue, Wallpaper, and Harper’s Bazaar, contributes portraits from his studio collection, photographing new fashions stripped of styling and artifice. In Webster (Shot in Bow, London) (2020), the sitter meets the viewer with a quiet confidence, the main target solely on presence and persona.

Fashion photographer Mariano Vivanco shifts towards nonetheless life in Lonely Brain (2015). Known for photographing figures from Rihanna and Angelina Jolie to Damien Hirst, Vivanco turns right here to flowers, exploring images as a type of preservation — a approach of holding fragile moments earlier than they disappear.

Co-curator and founding father of CLOSE Gallery Freeny Yianni displays on the exhibition’s wider context

“Is the world in crisis, or have we simply stopped listening? When truth fractures, when reality wears the mask of fiction and fiction tells the clearest truths, what role does art play then? Perhaps art becomes the witness. Perhaps it becomes the evidence. Perhaps it becomes the space where our stories are still allowed to breathe.”

Curated by Freeny Yianni and Richard Scarry, Forget Me Not positions images as each report and reflection — a quiet however insistent reminder that focus itself could be an act of resistance.

Forget Me Not, seventh March – eleventh April 2026, Close Gallery

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