Hana Suzuki
I was born in 2000 in Kumamoto, Japan.
In 2019, I entered the School of International and Public Policy at Osaka University. I began working as a photographer in 2020, developing a practice focused on documenting everyday life and human relationships.
From the beginning, my work has revolved around the theme of division—why it is so difficult for people to simply be together, and how shallow forms of connection, like those on social media, can sometimes deepen our sense of separation. This inquiry became personal when I lost my stepmother to suicide. I found healing through living in a Japanese share house, where people not related by blood became like family through the act of sharing meals and daily routines. That experience shaped both my worldview and my artistic practice.
In 2021, I began traveling across Japan and abroad as a backpacker, living nomadically, selling my photographs on the street, and making work while hitchhiking and engaging with people along the way. In 2022, I extended my practice to Europe and Southeast Asia, focusing on how lived experience and community can be forms of creation. After graduating from Osaka University in 2024, I based myself in a share house in Mie Prefecture, Japan, and continued to explore these themes through my photography.
Since June 2025, I have been based in London. I currently live in a share house and work at a vintage apparel shop, where I am responsible for both sales and photography/video production. Living in London has brought a renewed awareness of social divisions, especially around immigration, class, and the emotional flattening often seen in online communication. These large-scale issues can feel distant or abstract, but I try to approach them from a micro, personal level—through small, real, lived moments that I witness and create.
My recent projects include:
“Tender Hours ” – a series where I visit other share houses, cook meals, and photograph the gentle entanglement of lives around the table. While I frame the experience as a photo project, my aim is to create new relationships through the act of sharing food—a form of intentional but non-performative interaction.
” ‘ ‘ ” – a visual journal of everyday life and cultural layering in London, photographed from the upper decks of buses, capturing a city constantly in motion and transformation.
Rather than documenting division directly, I aim to practice and visualize the possibility of togetherness. I don’t want to make work that negates or accuses, but instead to gently open up new spaces of empathy and shared life—without denying difference, and without erasing pain.
hanayamashita.com
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Mark Kendrick
Experimenting with all manner of genres- landscape, nature, wildlife, sports and automotive through his formative years, it was only when working as a photographer on cruise ships that Mark had to face his fear of portraiture. Up until then, the subject couldn’t have an opinion on his images, but the feedback of subjects and mentorship of peers helped to cultivate a deeper understanding of composition, lighting and presentation.
The enforced lockdown of 2020 is when Mark discovered a love for abstract photography. Confined alone to a small studio flat on the outskirts of London, thoughts began stewing and experiments were happening. Beginning with experiments of light and shadow, playing around with colourful food colouring and his most intriguing- controlled camera movement as demonstrated in Pirouettes.
2021 saw the first international recognition for Mark’s work, with the project “Light in the Dark”, a delicate series of images with a serious underpinning message being nominated for the Fine Art Photography Awards.
Mark started exhibiting in galleries in 2024, with his first contribution being the Summer City Idyll in July 2024, shortly followed by the New York, I Love You show- both hosted at the Agora gallery in New York’s Chelsea district.
In 2025, exhibitions such as Transcendence at London’s Boomer Gallery and Art Surrey have allowed Mark’s work to be seen by more people. In March 2025, Mark was nominated for the Fine Art Photography Awards.
www.kendrickmark.com
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Mike Williamson
My still life practice centres on flowers as a way to explore presence, transience, and the quiet drama of sustained observation. I work with controlled light and restrained palettes, drawing on the visual language of classical painting while remaining firmly photographic in intent. Through careful composition and isolation of the subject—often against dark, atmospheric backgrounds – I aim to slow the act of looking, allowing form, texture, and tone to take precedence over immediacy. My intention is to create images that reward patience, contributing to the still life tradition while speaking quietly to contemporary concerns of time, care, and attention.
How To Sell Prints At An Exhibition
At the last London Photo Show on the Southbank we were chatting to some photographers who’d been successful in selling prints at the exhibition.
We took that research a bit further and surveyed other photographers who have sold prints at the exhibition, and thought it would be useful to summarise them here as practical points to help you sell more prints when you are exhibiting.
Here they are, 7 things you can do to sell more prints:
Be present and approachable
The simplest sales tool is you. Visitors enjoy meeting the photographer, hearing a bit about the work, and understanding the story behind the images.
Offer tiered pricing
Give people options: smaller unframed prints at an accessible price, and larger framed pieces for those who want something statement-worthy. Clear pricing removes hesitation. You can have a print rack at the London Photo Show.
Show images people want on their walls
Choose work with strong visual appeal and think about how it will fit into someone’s home or office. Exhibitions are part gallery, part shop – curate with that in mind. People who love cats buy pictures of cats. People with a blue lounge buy a complementary coloured print. People who love London buy London prints. That sort of thing.
Present your work well
High-quality printing, clean framing. Good presentation builds confidence in the value. State the paper and archival properties of the print.
Make buying easy
Offer card payments, have info cards visitors can take home, and consider delivery for framed prints. A smooth process means more sales. You can take card payments on your phone with an app. Let me know if you want details.
Add short captions
A location, a brief note, or a line of context helps people connect emotionally with the image.
Collect email sign-ups
A simple sign-up sheet lets you stay in touch and promote future exhibitions or print releases.
Thanks for reading, and good luck with your next show.
Chris Lewis
Chris Lewis is a documentary filmmaker and photographer whose work explores health, humanity, and the stories that connect us. His projects often take him to diverse and fascinating places, where he meets people from all walks of life. Driven by a passion for capturing those he encounters, Chris shares their stories through honest, compassionate portraits that reveal the strength and beauty in everyday experience.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrislewisfilm
