Socially Engaged Photography – talk and Q&A by Dr Gil Mualem-Doron & Photo Fringe producer Ricardo Reverón Blanco

Artist Talk: Socially Engaged Photography

In this artist talk, Dr Gil Mualem-Doron reflects on a decade of socially engaged photography through his mini-retrospective at The Vault Gallery, Brighton. Bringing together projects developed in the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Sri Lanka and Israel-Palestine, the exhibition explores migration, queer identities, displacement, belonging, environmental justice and contested histories. Mualem-Doron will discuss how collaboration, participation and what he calls the 'feedback loop' shape his approach to portraiture, challenging conventional relationships between photographer and subject. He will also consider photography as a space for encounter, dialogue and collective storytelling. The talk will be followed by a Q&A led by curator Ricardo Reverón Blanco.

Dr Gil Mualem-Doron

Dr Gil Mualem-Doron is a British Arab-Jewish artist, photographer and researcher whose socially engaged practice explores migration, queer identities, belonging, colonial histories and environmental justice. His collaborative photography and installations have been exhibited internationally and at Tate Modern, Turner Contemporary, Southbank Centre, People’s History Museum, Worthing Museum and P21 Gallery.

Ricardo Reverón Blanco

Ricardo Reverón Blanco has been involved in contemporary exhibitions and artistic programmes with organisations including Aspex Portsmouth, Photoworks, Fabrica Gallery, Brighton CCA, Peckham24, and Diep-Haven. Recent projects include Where We Touch the Archive (2026), presented across Devonshire Collective, Aspex Portsmouth, Photoworks, and Backlit; Labours of Love (UK Pride, 2025), co-curated with Gemma Rolls-Bentley; Traces of the Non-Existent (2025); and CLASSifications (Aspex Portsmouth, 2024), among many others.