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Island communities celebrated in new photography exhibition

Island communities celebrated in new photography exhibition

Friday 03 February 2023

Island communities celebrated in new photography exhibition

Friday 03 February 2023


From beekeepers to fishermen... A new photography exhibition opening this evening will aim to showcase the vibrance and diversity of Jersey's communities.

Held in the Link Gallery adjoining Jersey Museum, 'Our Island Communities' will bring together a small collective of local contemporary photographers.

This group of up-and-coming photographic talents have set about documenting, engaging with and immortalising the lived experiences of local communities. 

The photographers involved in the exhibition include Will Lakeman, Max Burnett, Anar Noonan, Max Le Feuvre, Max Baudains and Shan O’Donnell.

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Pictured: The Exhibition poster featuring a photograph by Max Burnett.

Shan O'Donnell, the Curator of the exhibition, said: “It’s always exciting to see photographers make projects about their home and local communities.

"It’s important for our islands history to document ourselves and others as we are now so future generations see how vast our islanders experiences were in 2023.

"I wanted to bring these photographers together to form a collective of individuals who can inspire, support and collaborate with one another.”

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Pictured: One of the photographs that will be displayed in the exhibition by Will Lakeman. 

Our Island Communities exhibition will be launching this evening (Friday 3 February) at 18:00 in the Link Gallery in the Jersey Museum and will run until Sunday 26 February.

Who are the photographers?

Max Burnett is a commercial photographer working in Jersey, Channel Islands. His personal work is predominantly focused on portraiture, documenting small local community groups including; beekeepers, bridge players and local businesses.

Max Baudains is primarily focused on maritime culture and Will Lakeman is a photographic artist chiefly exploring human interventions to the landscape, having attended the University of East Anglia (UEA), the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Sussex. 

Max Le Feuvre is a Jersey based photographer who holds a BA Hons Degree in Photography with Video from Ulster University in Belfast and works professionally as a freelance photographer.

Anar Noonan is a book artist working predominantly with photography and Shan O’Donnell studied BA Documentary Photography at USW Cardiff, previously holding the title of Digitisation and Outreach Coordinator at the Societe Jersiaise Photographic Archive.

Pictured top - left to right: Photographs by Shan O'Donnell and Max Le Feuvre. 

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