Overview

For the Brighton Photo Biennial 2010 exhibition Strange and Familiar: Three Views of Brighton, curator Martin Parr commissioned three acclaimed photographers to create new work in response to the city.

British photographer Stephen Gill allowed himself to be steered and guided by the physical place itself, literally scooping up bits of Brighton and dropping parts of it into his camera. Gill used such finds as seaweed, local plant life, a false eyelash, a jelly bear, and fish tails, discovered on his travels or near where his photographs are made.

This has created strange and unpredictable images, with the inserted items  sometimes in harmony and sometimes in conflict with the subjects.