“Monument”, from Chernobyl Series, has been selected by The Guardian as one of the standout images from Photoworks Festival 2026 in Brighton. The photograph was taken in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in 2019, inside the unfinished cooling tower of Chernobyl Reactor 5. A tree has taken root inside the enormous concrete structure — nature slowly reclaiming a place built by humans. The Guardian describes it as “a monument to life.” Monument is currently part of ECO – Open, an out

I’m very pleased to announce that “Monument”, one of the photographs from Chernobyl Series, has been selected for ECO – Open, part of Photo Fringe 2026 in Brighton, UK. The exhibition brings together 20 photographs by international photographers and will be presented as an outdoor exhibition at Seafront Gallery in Brighton from 5 October to 15 November 2026. From Chernobyl to Brighton I photographed Monument in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in 2019, during my visit to the are