Photography

With frustration comes fearlessness, if the young, emerging British artists of today are anything to go by. Responding to the politics, protest and pandemic of the past year, THE FACE introduces you to 13 bold and brilliant painters, photographers, filmmakers and sculpturists making British art special.

Tyrell Hampton’s new high-gloss photobook, China Chalet: Memories, immortalises the New York club-slash-restaurant that became a nightlife institution for over forty years.

Photographer Jermaine Francis took to the streets of London to capture a summer of change, disruption and protest.

From drinking on streets and fumbling around in playgrounds, to blasting water from a penis-shaped pistol, photographer Wu Liewei aims to debunk Western stereotypes of his home country.

Forget Hatton Garden! Georgia Kemball, Ellie Mercer, Isabel Bonner, Bleue Burnham, Rebekah Bide and Joy BC are the young gold and silversmiths injecting new blood into heavy metals.

Irish photographer Eimear Lynch spent the summer exploring female youth and identity through a series of intimate portraits. Little did she know it would help her discover her sense of self.