About this Event
COVID-19 & Beyond is a powerful photography exhibition that reflects on one of the most pivotal moments in recent history and the profound, lasting consequences that continue to shape our world today.
Emerging from an international Open Call launched by the Photojournalism Hub's director Cinzia D'Ambrosi, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, this exhibition marks the first time this body of work is brought together in a public, physical space. It is both a long-awaited and necessary moment.
COVID-19 & Beyond brings together a compelling body of work by photographers who documented lived realities and bore witness to how the pandemic did not affect everyone equally, but instead exposed and intensified existing injustices and structural inequalities locally in London and globally.
COVID-19 marked a shared global crisis, however, its impact was deeply unequal. Marginalised communities faced disproportionate risks, losses, and restrictions, whilst long standing issues around housing, immigration, race, women’s rights, access to healthcare, mental health, and freedom of expression were further entrenched. For many, the repercussions are still felt today physically, emotionally, economically, and politically.
Through photography, personal testimonies and reflections, COVID-19 & Beyond amplifies voices that were too often excluded from dominant pandemic narratives. The exhibition not only looks back at an extraordinary and traumatic period, but also asks urgent questions about the present and the future: Where are we now? What has changed? What has been normalised? And where are we heading?
The pandemic acted as a catalyst accelerating social change, widening inequality, and reshaping our relationship with power, rights, and accountability. In many ways, it forced humanity to confront its own fragility, marking a moment when collective survival, dignity, and justice were fundamentally challenged. Yet many questions remain unanswered. Many people continue to fight for their health, their rights, and recognition. The struggle did not end when lockdowns were lifted.
COVID-19 & Beyond is more than an exhibition. Curated by Cinzia D'Ambrosi in collaboration with Ella Khalek, the exhibition combines visual responses from community workshops and a research-led online journal to foster deeper understanding, collective reflection, and long-term impact.
The exhibition also strongly demonstrate the Photojournalism Hub’s ongoing work in using documentary photography as a means to sustain dialogue, research, and creative engagement around social injustice and inequality.
Exhibiting photographers: Aidan Brooks, Angela Christofilou, Barbara Traver, Chiara Fabbro, Cinzia D'Ambrosi, David Gilbert Wright, Erhan Us, Erica Dezonne, Flaviana Frascogna, Gemma Mancinelli, Kasangati Godelive, Krzysztof Maniocha, Mattea McKinnon, Nic Madge, Omur Ozkoyuncu, Rueda Photos (Daiana Valencia and Celeste Alonso), Ruth Toda-Nation, Sabrina Merolla, Sebastian Ambrossio, Thabo Jaiyesimi, Valeria Luongo.
The exhibition is open daily 12-15 March:
12 March, 6-8:30 pm Opening
13 March 12-5:30 pm
14 March 12-8 pm
15 March 11- 3 pm
Curators
Cinzia D'Ambrosi: Curator
Ella Khalek: Assistant Curator
Press Contact
Cinzia D’Ambrosi Director, Photojournalism Hub
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.photojournalismhub.org
Instagram: @photojournalism_hub
This exhibition was made possible through the generous contributions of our crowdfunding community, and the support of:
About the Photojournalism Hub
The Photojournalism Hub is a West London-based Community Interest Company (CIC) dedicated to using documentary photography as a tool for social change. By providing training, research, and a platform for sharing independent, courageous and powerful photojournalism and documentary photography, the Hub advocates for human rights and social justice.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sands End Arts & Community Centre, Peterborough Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
