TPG Takeovers

Supported by MPB

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TPG Takeovers

Supported by MPB

Every weekend we hand over our Instagram grid (@thephotographersgallery) to a different photographer or practitioner as part of our TPG Takeovers programme. Platforming a range of unique bodies of work and perspectives from around the world gives photographers a chance to share the fundamentals of their creative practice, to expand upon current conversations in photography and showcase work or projects which align with what’s on at the Gallery now.

Each month we look back and re-share highlights from our takeovers. To see all the latest takeovers follow us at @thephotographersgallery 

TPG Takeovers are supported by MPB (@mpbcom), the world’s largest global platform for used camera gear.

Current #TPGTakeover Artists

 
In April 2025 we featured:

Evan Purdy (@evan.a.purdy) is a Manchester-born, London-based photographer who sees the camera as meditative tool for introspection to understand the self and the collective. Shooting exclusively analogue and handprinting in the darkroom, he aims to stretch out the process of making an image, rejecting today’s fast-paced image culture. For him, photography is a way to create new intimacies and critical dialogues around ways of being, to understand the self and the collective.⁠

Tshepiso Mazibuko (@intombazane_ethatha_izithombe) is a photographer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mazibuko was born 1995, in Thokoza South Africa. She uses the medium of photography as a vessel to self-position herself and create links between the political, society, landscape and history. ⁠

Haneem Christian (@haneemchristian) is an archivist and filmmaker from Cape Town, South Africa exploring Pan African history through the lens of Queerness. Working through lens-based media, their practice centres African narratives, histories and storytelling – holding community as sacred, divine and critical to their photographic ethics. Christian understands their practice as a critical narrative justice tool.⁠

Oli Kellett (@oli_kellett) is a British artist based in Hastings, UK, who studied at Central Saint Martins in London. For #TPGTakeovers, he will be sharing work from his latest project, Fountains which is currently on show at @hackelburyfineart until 17th May.⁠ While Kellett is strongly influenced by painting and the compositional techniques used, he loves the chance moment which one can capture with a photograph and is intrigued by moments of human contemplation. ⁠

An black and white photograph that captures a woman crouched in dance in a sweep of motion that blurs the background and centres her. A blurred colour photograph of a person wearing a backpack walking down a road in an urban setting. A black and white photograph of a man looking directly at the camera sat on a bed. the wallpaper on the walls is old and flaking. A black and white photograph of a dark space and two poeple captured in motion holding one another and weeping. A colour image of a building with a winding external iron staircase. Two women who are twins and dressed in the same blue jumper and jeans are sat on the steps. A man on an upper level looks down to street level. A colour image inside a large red, rocky canyon in a desert landscape. A person wrapped in a red cloak stands tall on a rock looking out. A colour image of two men dressed in identical outfits of long black thobes and a red fez, hold hands and look out into an ocean. A colour image of two women sat on the edge of a fountain - they are partially obscured by water droplets raining down in the foreground of the shot. An abstract colour image of branches and lights in the dark obscured by a shower of droplets. The image is reminiscent of Van Gogh's Starry Night.

#TPGTakeover Artists 2025

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March
We featured works by The #RethinkingEasternEurope project, Diana Markosian, Rob Ball, Tyler Woodford and Juliet Klottrup.

February
We featured work by Anne Rearick, Harry George Hall and Lee Shulman.

January
We featured work by Timon Benson, Khashayar Javanmardi and a special submission with TPGLab showcasing submissions from the 'Summer on Film' call out. Thank you to all our submitters!

#TPGTakeover Artists 2024

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December
We featured work by Kevin Anaafi-Brown, Ragnar Axelsson, and Karla Hiraldo Voleau.

November 
We featured work by Siân Davey, James Clifford Kent, Anthony Luvera and Hanna Moon.

October
We featured work by Tolu Elusade, Jai Toor, Myah Asha Jeffers, Ngadi Smart and Georgia Metaxas.

 

Note: This timeline reflects each of our #TPGTakeover artists who were featured during our partnership with MPB on the project.

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