Void is an independent art-house publisher of photography books, established in 2016 and driven by its founders Myrto Stierou and João Linneu. Based in Athens, Void produces uncompromising and often market-defying titles, always artist oriented and often the kind of books that might not find a place elsewhere. Across their work as a publisher, Void stick to their mission of fostering young photographic blood, revealing so many artists and launching career-defining titles of many photographers making their first steps in the photobook world.
Join Void to celebrate their 10th birthday with a very special first event in London. Hosted by the the publisher, the evening will bring artists from their 2026 list into dialogue through a series of short talks, conversations, and book signings by Elena Helfrecht, Milan Gies, Francesco Gioia and Rory King. Come hear the artists discuss their new releases and discover the many ways photobooks really are a labour of love, with emphasis on the labour...
The conversation will be followed by a book signing by the artists for their respective books.
Biographies
Elena Helfrecht (b. 1992) is a German visual artist known for her dreamlike and surreal photographic works. After three years in London, where she studied photography at the Royal College of Art, she now lives and works in the forests of Bavaria. Her practice revolves around phenomena of consciousness,combining individual experiences with collective history. Her work has been exhibited at South London Gallery (UK), Galleria Civica Cavour (IT), The Benaki Museum (GR), Peckham 24 (UK), Villa Kebbel (DE), and Photo Vogue Festival (IT), among others. She is a recipient of the BJP International Photo Award, a Sony World Photo Award, the Camera Work Award, and the AOP Student Award. She was also named one of the Bloomberg New Contemporaries and nominated for the FOAM Paul Huf Award. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, Granta, Die ZEIT, the Financial Times, the Guardian, and the British Journal of Photography.
Milan Gies (b.1977) is a photographer and visual artist based in Amsterdam and teaches at his own academy, Studio 307. A former professional show jumper with a background in theatre, he explores the ‘narrative body’: how experiences, pain and complexity leave physical marks. Rooted in his own experiences of ‘falling’ in life, his portrait studies capture men in states of tension, vulnerability and resilience. Working closely with his subjects over extended periods, he explores gestures of balance, falling and rising again, questioning what moves us through life.
Francesco Gioia is an artist working with photography and collage based in London, United Kingdom. His collages are crafted from newspapers and magazines dating from the 1920s–60s, sourced worldwide, alongside a broader range of printed materials including illustrations, periodicals, catalogues, and scientific journals. A recipient of numerous international awards, his work has been published in The Guardian, The Washington Post, La Repubblica, Vanity Fair, NZZ am Sonntag Magazine and other major publications. His photograph Woman in Red was used as the cover image for the 2025 reissue of Les Grandes Blondes by Jean Echenoz, published by Les Éditions de Minuit. He is a contributing photographer for Zeit Magazine. He has exhibited across the UK, USA, Africa, and Europe and has published a monograph, 57, with Parallel Editions. Selected clients include Charles Blunier, Xiaomi, Leica. His photography is represented for licensing by Stills.
Rory King work sits in the hybrid space between documentary practice and personal histories. Working mainly in black and white, King explores unseen personalities on society’s fringes and the relationship between nostalgia, melancholia and the sublime. He received the National Gallery of Australia Summer Art Scholarship in 2011 and the Pool Development Grant, and was named an up-and-coming artist of 2018 by Vogue Australia. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Harper’s, BLIND and Polka.