Gignouxphotos

28/07/2026

We will be here with our books.

The meeting point for photobook lovers. The only festival in Spain specializing in photobooks.

28/07/2026

The Saharawi, Photography Alan Gignoux I have a massive archive made over many years since 2005.
Over the next few weeks I’m going to share work from the , Alan ( thank you for following what we do )

Over 25 years after the ceasefire between the Polisario Front and Morocco, the Western Sahara still awaits the referendum that will determine its fate – independence, or unification with Morocco. Alan Gignoux looks at how the traditionally nomadic Saharawi have adapted to settled life in refugee camps in the harsh desert of southwest Algeria.

The Saharawi are a Sunni Muslim, Hassaniya Arabic speaking tribal people of Arab-Berber heritage. They have historically lived a nomadic existence in the westernmost Sahara.

In 1975, Morocco invaded the mineral-rich Western Sahara – in a move not recognised as legal by the international community. The invasion was militarily disputed by the Polisario Front – a Saharawi nationalist movement claiming independence for the territory.

In 1991, after fifteen years of military conflict, Morocco and the Polisario Front agreed to a ceasefire. The plan called for a referendum on the future of the region. But disagreements about eligibility to vote mean that the referendum has yet to occur. As a result of the invasion of the Western Sahara, many Saharawi people are now living under occupation in their homeland. Others live as exiles in Spain, and as refugees in camps in Algeria.

Estimates set the number of Saharawi refugees in camps in Algeria at 160,000, about half the total Saharawi population. Since his first visit in 2005, Alan has travelled to the refugee camps in Algeria eight times. Over the years he has established close relationships with individuals in the camps, giving him intimate access to the daily lives of the Saharawi in their desert homes.

www.gignouxphotos.com

28/07/2026

New Feature on PHOTOGRAPHY CHRONICLE!

Alan Gignoux's project exploring how the asylum process leaves people visible yet unseen, eroding identity through years of uncertainty and exclusion.

27/07/2026

The Saharawi, Photography Alan Gignoux
Over the next few weeks I am going to share work from the , Alan ( thank you for following what we do )

Over 25 years after the ceasefire between the Polisario Front and Morocco, the Western Sahara still awaits the referendum that will determine its fate – independence, or unification with Morocco. Alan Gignoux looks at how the traditionally nomadic Saharawi have adapted to settled life in refugee camps in the harsh desert of southwest Algeria.

The Saharawi are a Sunni Muslim, Hassaniya Arabic speaking tribal people of Arab-Berber heritage. They have historically lived a nomadic existence in the westernmost Sahara.

In 1975, Morocco invaded the mineral-rich Western Sahara – in a move not recognised as legal by the international community. The invasion was militarily disputed by the Polisario Front – a Saharawi nationalist movement claiming independence for the territory.

In 1991, after fifteen years of military conflict, Morocco and the Polisario Front agreed to a ceasefire. The plan called for a referendum on the future of the region. But disagreements about eligibility to vote mean that the referendum has yet to occur. As a result of the invasion of the Western Sahara, many Saharawi people are now living under occupation in their homeland. Others live as exiles in Spain, and as refugees in camps in Algeria.

Estimates set the number of Saharawi refugees in camps in Algeria at 160,000, about half the total Saharawi population. Since his first visit in 2005, Alan has travelled to the refugee camps in Algeria eight times. Over the years he has established close relationships with individuals in the camps, giving him intimate access to the daily lives of the Saharawi in their desert homes.

www.gignouxphotos.com

24/07/2026

'The Powers That Be' will be at Landskrona Foto. We were so very pleased to hear that this project, made whilst in Poland at Sala752 will be exhibited outdoors September 4–20, 2026
https://konstguiden.com/utstallningar/2026/6/alan-gignoux-chloe-juno-the-powers-that-be/ The Powers That Be explores two parallel developments in Poland during the 2023 parliamentary elections: the decline of the coal industry and a closely contested political moment. Across towns and mining regions, campaign posters filled the streets—some intact, others torn or altered—reflecting a society navigating questions of authority, trust, and political change. https://gignouxphotos.com/product/the-powers-that-be-photobook/

The Powers That Be belyser två parallella utvecklingar i Polen under parlamentsvalet 2023: kolindustrins nedgång och en politiskt jämn och omstridd valrörels...

10/07/2026

Ahmad al-Bazz, Milana and Alan Gignoux. After Ahmad Al-Bazz | أحمد البظ talk on Documenting the Ruined Villages of Palestine. Thank you to all who came to listen. It was great to see a full room and the conversations flowed within the talk and long after.

Ahmad Al-Bazz | أحمد البظ book published by MuseumsEtc

P21 Gallery P21 Gallery
21-27 Chalton Street
London NW1 1JD

You are invited to explore Alan Gignoux’s photography exhibition Homeland Lost at P21 Gallery and attend a presentation by Ahmad al-Bazz   Ahmad Al-Bazz | أحمد البظ  of his recently published book, The Erasure of Palestine. The presentation will be followed by an in-conversation between the two photographers, moderated by Milena.
Homeland Lost is an exhibition of works by award-winning documentary photographer Alan Gignoux created between 2004 and 2005. The project juxtaposes portraits of Palestinian refugees displaced in 1948 and their descendants with photographs of their former homes and villages inside Israel.

Published in 2025, twenty years after the creation of Homeland Lost, Ahmad al-Bazz’s The Erasure of Palestine is the culmination of a three-year journey to document what remains of the hundreds of Palestinian villages and towns depopulated and destroyed during the creation and expansion of Israel from 1948 to the present.
Bringing these two projects into dialogue, the conversation will explore the photographers’ motivations and experiences of making the work, as well as the enduring significance of Palestine’s depopulated villages as places of memory, loss, and continuing presence. Reflecting on two decades of change, the discussion will consider what these landscapes reveal about history, identity, and the ongoing struggle against erasure.
To book your ticket, go to the link in bio.

Sound Design  and 

Alan Gignoux
 Ahmad Al-Bazz | أحمد البظ 

 
Jenny Christensson
Mosaic Rooms
Na'amod
MuseumsEtc
London Irish Centre
Photofusion.

The Photographers' Gallery




     theerasureofpalestine

04/07/2026

Join us - Talk: Ahmad al-Bazz, Documenting the Ruined Villages of Palestine. Remains of the depopulated village of Qira, near Haifa, are seen in front of the Israeli settlement of Yokne’am Illit (Palestine 2022) by Ahmad Al-Bazz | أحمد البظ

6:30 pm, 7 July
P21 Gallery P21 Gallery
21-27 Chalton Street
London NW1 1JD

You are invited to explore Alan Gignoux’s photography exhibition Homeland Lost at P21 Gallery and attend a presentation by Ahmad al-Bazz   Ahmad Al-Bazz | أحمد البظ  of his recently published book, The Erasure of Palestine. The presentation will be followed by an in-conversation between the two photographers, moderated by Milena.
Homeland Lost is an exhibition of works by award-winning documentary photographer Alan Gignoux created between 2004 and 2005. The project juxtaposes portraits of Palestinian refugees displaced in 1948 and their descendants with photographs of their former homes and villages inside Israel.
Published in 2025, twenty years after the creation of Homeland Lost, Ahmad al-Bazz’s The Erasure of Palestine is the culmination of a three-year journey to document what remains of the hundreds of Palestinian villages and towns depopulated and destroyed during the creation and expansion of Israel from 1948 to the present.
Bringing these two projects into dialogue, the conversation will explore the photographers’ motivations and experiences of making the work, as well as the enduring significance of Palestine’s depopulated villages as places of memory, loss, and continuing presence. Reflecting on two decades of change, the discussion will consider what these landscapes reveal about history, identity, and the ongoing struggle against erasure.
To book your ticket, go to the link in bio.

Sound Design  and 

Alan Gignoux
 Ahmad Al-Bazz | أحمد البظ 

 
Jenny Christensson
Mosaic Rooms
Na'amod
MuseumsEtc
London Irish Centre
Photofusion.

The Photographers' Gallery




    theerasureofpalestine

03/07/2026

‘HOMELAND LOST’ When documentary photo work gets into national press it’s a very good feeling. Thank you Charlotte Jansen for spending some time reviewing.

‘These places were once filled with conversation, smells of cooking, laughter, comfort. Now I’m staring into a silent, rubble-strewn abyss. Eyewitness accounts that accompany documentary photographer Alan Gignoux’s black and white portraits of Palestinian refugees and the homes they were forced to leave refer repeatedly to the abundance that once came from these razed fields – olives, grains, figs, carob and grapes. Where there was life, now there is nothing.’ Charlotte Jansen The Guardian.

Photography Alan Gignoux
Curated by Jenny Christensson.
Exhibition Runs 2 - 10 July 2026
P21 Gallery
21 – 27 Chalton Street
London NW1 1JD

Homeland Lost pairs portraits of Palestinian refugees displaced in 1948 and their descendants with photographs of their former homes and villages inside Israel. Created between 2004 and 2005 and toured internationally, this is the first time that works from Homeland Lost have been shown in the UK since their exhibition at the Barbican as part of the Palestine Film Festival in 2008. For further information about the exhibition, please visit the P21 Gallery website prints by Robin Bell

Originally sponsored by the British Council in East Jerusalem and toured with support from the A.M. Qattan Foundation. Qattan Foundation British Council A series of events accompany the exhibition. For details, please visit the P21 P21 Gallery

“A Knock on the Roof,” play written and performed by Khawla Ibraheem

“Writing Homelands,” creative writing workshop led by Laila Sumpton Laila Nadia
from 2.30-4 pm, 4th July

“Documenting the Ruined Villages of Palestine,” book presentation and 7th July 6.30 pm
in conversation with Alan Gignoux and Ahmad al-Bazz Ahmad Al-Bazz | أحمد البظ

Sound Design and


Alan Gignoux
Safwat Kahlout
Jenny Christensson
Mosaic Rooms
Na'amod
Palestine House 🇵🇸
London Irish Centre
Arab British Centre
Counterpoints Arts
The Guardian
Salma




p21gallery

03/07/2026

Tomorrow we have a brilliant workshop ‘Writing Homelands’ with Laila Nadia join us link in bio
‘A place is not only a geographical area; it’s also a state of mind. And trees are not just trees, they are the ribs of childhood.’Lament for a lost land, Journal of an Ordinary Grief. Mahmoud Darwish 

Join a writing workshop with poet Laila Sumpton on the 4th of July 14:30 - 16:00 at P21 Gallery which will thoughtfully explore Alan Gignoux’s photography exhibition ‘Homeland Lost’ which pairs portraits of Palestinian refugees with landscapes of their villages in former Palestine.  

What makes a homeland and what does it mean to leave and lose it? 
  
We’ll write thoughtfully in response to ‘Homeland Lost’through writing activities in the gallery, facilitated conversations and the optional sharing of written work. We’ll create a group written piece out of the questions that photos elicit and create visual more lyrical pieces inspired by the themes that you find in the exhibition.   

Prose and poetry writers over 18 of all abilities are welcome, and you can write in whatever language feels most comfortable.
The workshop will be delivered by Laila Sumpton.
 
To book your ticket go to link in bio.
Homeland Lost will be showing at:
P21 Gallery , 21-27 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD
2-10 July.
 
Laila Sumpton is a poet and educator whose writing projects investigate history, memory and human rights. She co-founded arts education CIC Poetry Vs Colonialism and has edited numerous anthologies including ‘’Where We Find Ourselves’ an anthology from Global Majority writers published by Arachne Press. She has worked with Alan Gignoux andJesuit Refugee Services on their ‘You can see me, but I do not exist’ photography and poetry project, as well as leading workshops for the British Library, Keats House, Chisenhale Gallery and Gallery Showrooms.
 

Prints Robin Bell

Sound Design and

Alan Gignoux


Jenny Christensson
Mosaic Rooms
Na'amod
Palestine House 🇵🇸
London Irish Centre
Photofusion.

02/07/2026

We are open A board up! P21 Gallery 2 -10th tonight we have a brilliant performance by Khawla Ibraheem ‘ The Knock On The Roof’ tickets in bio or walk in. Link . Do join us if you can it’s an utterly brilliant performance by khawla!

Photography Alan Gignoux

Homeland Lost juxtaposes portraits of Palestinian refugees displaced in 1948 and their descendants, shown alongside images of their former homes and villages inside Israel. Taken between 2004 and 2005, Homeland Lost is a poignant and sobering reminder of the human toll of an ongoing conflict which has displaced an estimated 8 million Palestinians and their descendants since 1948. The original exhibition toured extensively across the region and Europe between 2006 and 2011. In preparing this new presentation, Gignoux and curator Jenny Christensson reconnected with as many participants and families as possible. Several contributed updated testimonies, which appear alongside texts recorded twenty years ago. 

Sound Design

Photography Alan Gignoux
Curator Jenny Christensson
Exhibition Development CHLOE JUNO
Exhibition Design
Prints Robin Bell
Photo Assistant Safwat Kahlout
Photo Assistant
Writing Workshop Laila Nadia
Performance Khawla Ibraheem
Translation Salma
Photography Talk Ahmad Al-Bazz | أحمد البظ
Prints One Digital
Exhibition Installation David Micheaud
Mosaic Rooms
Palestine House 🇵🇸
London Irish Centre

Photofusion.
The Photographers' Gallery


P21 Gallery