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Photo London plus Adib Chowdhury, Lishui New Centre and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Out of Breath © M. Palani Kumar Happy bank holiday weekend to those of you in the UK. Before we turn our attention to [Photo London]( and [Peckham 24]( in a fortnight, there’s the faraway (but no less exciting) matter of PHOTO 2024 in Victoria, which has an extended programme throughout May and beyond. Melbourne’s thriving photography community was clear to see when we visited in April. The festival spanned 100 exhibitions and stretched into regional Victoria too, including at the Museum of Australian Photography and the Art Gallery of Ballarat (catch [Nan Goldin’s]( legendary The Ballad of Sexual Dependency there until 02 June). We especially loved ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಣೆ nireekshane, an exhibition of mystical and multi-layered work made in South Asia, at Arts House. Vishal Kumaraswamy curated works by Jaisingh Nageswaran, Krithika Sriram and others with great care – especially Arun Vijai Mathavan’s Millennia of Oppression series, which explores the unsung, often unregulated role Dalit people play preparing the dead in India’s state hospitals, and M. Palani Kumar’s work on a similar caste-based theme. Outside of the city, Gareth Phillips’ Interstates of Becoming is at Latrobe Regional Gallery until 23 June. You might remember that Phillips featured in our [Spatial Awareness]( print issue, discussing his expanded photobooks and giving us some insight into the Interstates project, where he travelled along NH5, one of India’s most dangerous roads. “It was originally a trunk road built by the British to syphon trade away from Kashmir. Today it’s a very important route for the hydroelectric industry and for the Indian military, because it services the border region with China. The mountain is continually eroding, with landslides every other day,” Phillips explained to BJP. You can read more about the Himalayan project [here](. Also worth seeing is Only the future revisits the past at Melbourne’s Centre for Contemporary Photography. Tace Stevens’ We Were Just Little Boys, which focuses on the forced removal of Indigenous children into state-run boys homes (where they were subject to racist ‘re-education’) is a shocking and profound piece of work. Her images of the boys – now adults confronting their past with the help of a community wellbeing group – are testament to the humanistic power of documentary portraiture. With this year’s Peckham 24 theme just announced as Back to the Future, there is definitely a trend for new temporal interpretations in photography at the moment: the idea that reaching into history – to excavate and even correct the past – can illuminate futures which seem increasingly uncertain and intimidating. Overlooked artists to get their dues at Photo London 2024 Curated by Charlotte Jansen, the Discovery section is the destination for more experimental and emerging artists [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( © Benjamin. Madgwick, Portrait of Britain Vol. 6 winner Portrait of Britain Vol. 7 opens for entries This award invites photographers to capture the spirit of a changing nation. From the Cairngorms to the Cornish coast, British Journal of Photography is calling for entries that celebrate the diversity that defines the UK today. [Digital Access and Full Access Members]( are entitled to free entry to Portrait of Britain and all of our awards. [Learn more]( [Build the way you want]( How Shah Jalal inspired a journey to the heart of Bangladeshi identity The story of the 13th-century Sufi saint led Adib Chowdhury around South Asia – and to the heart of today’s economic strife [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( Lishui: the ‘small’ Chinese city with big photo ambitions Investment in a vast new photography centre illustrates the scope of the city’s cultural reach, adding to China’s stature as a global photo destination [Read more]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [1854 Media Ltd, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London, E2 9DA, United Kingdom Click here to update your email preferences]( [Click here to unsubscribe from all emails](