Peckham’s independent photography festival returns this May with its most reflective edition yet. Marking a decade since its founding, Peckham 24 takes over Copeland Park once again, bringing together emerging and established artists in a programme that continues to prioritise experimentation and community.
Founded in 2016 by artist-curator duo Jo Dennis and Vivienne Gamble, Peckham 24 began as a 24-hour pop-up on the fringes of Photo London. What started as a grassroots platform has since grown into a key moment in London’s photography calendar, supporting more than 200 artists and offering many their first exposure to international audiences.
For its 10th anniversary, The Eras Edition turns its attention to time—its contradictions, its pressures, and its traces. Across the programme, artists explore time as both structure and illusion: something that shapes lived experience while remaining intangible. Works address ecological change, memory, nostalgia and the persistence of the past within the present, creating a layered picture of how photography captures—and constructs—time.
“The 10th anniversary provides a special moment to look back and reflect on what’s made Peckham 24 survive and grow,”
says co-founder Vivienne Gamble.
“In the beginning we set out to shine a spotlight on our artistic community and without them we would not continue to exist. It is thanks to the hundreds of artists, curators, producers and collaborators who have worked with us that we have become the festival we are today. Over the course of our first decade we’ve learnt how a photography festival has the unique power to galvanise a creative community. The festival has become a collective mode of artistic expression as well as an essential space to come together, meet peers and exchange ideas. We hope Peckham 24 will continue to bring the photography community together for many more years to come.”
Highlights include Vinca Petersen’s HULALA, an intimate exploration of community and belonging shaped by four years living on the Isle of Skye, and Cian Oba-Smith’s Among Flowers, Tears and Rain, which confronts knife violence in London through portraits and testimonies that blend personal memory with wider social critique. Max Ferguson documents the impending disappearance of the London College of Communication’s tower block, capturing the end of a formative space for generations of students, while Maen Hammad’s Landing positions skateboarding in Palestine as both resistance and release within controlled environments.
This year also sees the launch of the P24 Photo x Hahnemühle Spotlight Series, a new initiative supporting emerging artists to present new bodies of work for the first time. The programme extends Peckham 24’s founding ethos—creating opportunities for artists at pivotal early stages of their careers.
Beyond exhibitions, the festival continues to operate as a meeting point for the photography community. A Bigger Book Fair returns with over 90 independent publishers and artist-led projects, while The Messy Truth Live, hosted by Gem Fletcher, brings together voices including Charlotte Cotton and Bernice Mulenga to reflect on photography’s shifting landscape.
Ten years on, Peckham 24 feels less like a fringe event and more like a self-sustaining ecosystem—one built on exchange, risk-taking and the collective energy of a scene still evolving.
Artists will include:
Alexander Mourant, Chad Alexander, Cian Oba-Smith, Emily Graham, Eugenie Shinkle, Hashim Nasr, Jack Moyse, Julie F Hill, Kristina Yenza, MacDonald Strand, Maen Hammad, Mark Duffy, Max Ferguson, Vinca Petersen.
Peckham 24 10th anniversary The Eras Edition, 15th–17th May, Copeland Park & Bussey Building @peckham24photo
Late Friday opening night, 15th May, 6PM–Midnight
A BIGGER BOOK FAIR AT PECKHAM 24– Friday 15th May to Sunday 17th May 2026
About
Peckham 24 is a not-for-profit photography festival established in 2016 by curator Vivienne Gamble and artist Jo Dennis.
With a focus on supporting new talent and experimental artists working with photography, the festival creates a vibrant takeover of a number of warehouse and gallery spaces across Copeland Park and Bussey Building in the heart of Peckham’s artistic scene. @peckham24photo
