Xposure 2026

Exhibitions

Browse exhibitions from the Xposure 2026 festival programme.

As they enter the fourth quarter of their lives, thousands of senior athletes have either continued lifelong athletic pursuits or returned to sport after years of inactivity. While the minimum age for competition is 50, most participants are in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, with many competing well into their 90s and even approaching 100. From track and field to volleyball and basketball, the energy... Read More
'A Decade Documenting Humanitarian Crisis’ has taken photojournalist Giles Clarke to some of the world’s most pressing humanitarian emergency regions since 2016. Often traveling alongside the United Nations Office of Coordination and Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Clarke has focused on civilian lives shattered by war and crippling instability in places such as Yemen, Sudan, and Haiti. “As a pho... Read More
This exhibition by photojournalist Ali Haj Suleiman follows the relentless search of Syrian families for their disappeared loved ones. Rooted in his own experience, with his father missing in the regime’s prisons for more than a decade, the work reflects both personal loss and collective struggle. The images portray the emotional toll of absence while revealing the quiet strength of those who r... Read More
This project is a personal reflection on the wildfires in my home country of Australia, exploring their environmental impact while considering the historical context in which the land has been shaped and managed. Through a series of landscape photographs and images of animal specimens, the work responds to the recent wildfires in New South Wales, the largest recorded in the country. Over a peri... Read More
Alternature invites viewers into a dialogue between people and nature, using photography to trace the shifting boundaries where memory, environment, and imagination meet. Christoffer Relander employs his distinctive multiple-exposure technique to extend the possibilities of photographic expression and challenge conventional ways of seeing. The exhibition unites three significant bodies of work,... Read More
Antarctica – White Silence is a stunning new photographic exhibition by internationally acclaimed polar photographer Joshua Holko, capturing the untouched beauty and profound silence of the world’s last great wilderness. Through breathtaking imagery, Holko takes viewers on a journey to the frozen landscapes of Antarctica, where towering icebergs, endless expanses of snow, and resilient emperor... Read More
Traditional fashion in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is characterised by its great diversity, reflecting the rich culture and diverse geographical and social environments of the Kingdom's five regions: the Western Region, the Eastern Region, the Southern Region, the Central Region, and the Northern Region. The diversity of fashion reflects the identity, culture, and social environment of each reg... Read More
The collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s left the countries of Central Asia facing serious environmental challenges and a lack of coordination over shared water resources. In response to the region’s growing water crisis, and to visualise the realities of water management, I travelled to four Central Asian countries. Upstream Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan control the flow of the region’s... Read More
"Blessed Ground" is a photographic essay on the consequences of international gold mining in rural communities along Mozambique’s Púnguè and Revué rivers. After excavation rendered surrounding land less productive, many residents turned to artisanal gold mining, panning sediments left behind by industrial activity. Livelihoods shifted away from agriculture toward informal and unstable sources o... Read More
Born Free: Mandela’s Generation of Hope reflects on the changes that have taken place in South Africa through the perspectives of those born around 1994, who are now young adults. This generation has grown up experiencing the promises of democracy as set out in the country’s post-apartheid constitution. More than three decades later, however, many young South Africans continue to face persisten... Read More
The ultimate essence of chiaroscuro resides in duality. The images in this series arise from a desire to explore the subtle yet powerful dialogue between elements that seem to oppose each other, such as light and shadow, fullness and emptiness, presence and absence. Rather than following a documentative or scientific path, my approach is grounded in reflection and philosophy. I treat these dial... Read More
Dancing Crystals unveils the hidden worlds of Vitamin C and Epsom salt crystals, transformed into vivid landscapes through the lens of polarized light microscopy. What begins as ordinary, everyday materials emerges as mesmerizing patterns of color, geometry, and texture—each crystal revealing a universe of movement and form. This collection explores the intersection of science and art, where mo... Read More