Loose Joints

Publisher and design studio collaborating with artists on contemporary approaches to photography.

05/18/2026

FROM THE ARCHIVES: ’s PÉRIPHÉRIQUE was staged in the banlieues of Paris between 2005 and 2008, in the context of unprecedented riots against social inequality — using the codes of historical painting to turn back the gaze on how its marginalised inhabitants were being (mis)represented in the tumultuous media climate of the time.

Published in 2021, our book presented the series in full for the first time, looking back on its original context in light of social, economic and political questions that remain as prescient today as they were twenty years ago.

PÉRIPHÉRIQUE was the winner of PhotoBook of the Year at the Paris Photo–Aperture Awards 2022, and a small handful of final rare archive copies are available at loosejoints.biz — don’t miss your chance!

05/15/2026

LONDON: We are back at Offprint this weekend at its new home @180.studios! Find us there all weekend for the chance to get your hands on the full breadth of our current catalogue.

signs WET GROUND on Saturday at 2pm for those who can’t make it down south to at 5.30pm for a special conversation with Lewis Chaplin and Ukrainian folk performance with .

See you there! Offprint is open 12-8pm Sat and 11-6pm Sunday. Free and open to all

05/13/2026

LONDON: Join us this Saturday 5.30pm at for an special conversation between and Loose Joints co-founder Lewis Chaplin about the process and collaboration behind WET GROUND — Shahrokhshahi’s debut monograph exploring Ukrainian identity from inside Russia’s full-scale invasion. Afterwards, we have a real treat: a sunset performance of Ukrainian folk song by , a London-based Ukrainian folk singing collective.

Presented in collaboration with

📍Saturday 16 May 5.30pm, Sunset Studios, 33 Copeland Road, London SE15 3SN.

We are also at London all weekend, see you there!

05/10/2026

DEDICATED TO MOTHERS: this Mother’s Day we are thinking about NEW GENESIS, Abdulhamid Kircher’s unflinching portrait of one young mother in Los Angeles fighting to build a loving and stable home for her children against a background of homelessness, domestic abuse, addiction and the slow violence of a system built to fail them.

Kircher leans in close to show Sierra’s world in all its complexity, as a friend and witness, with her experience voiced throughout the book in her own words gathered from years of Instagram Stories.

Discover NEW GENESIS now at loosejoints.biz, shipping worldwide alongside an accompanying fundraising print edition.

05/04/2026

LOS ANGELES: This weekend we are headed west for the LA Art Book Fair in Pasadena — find us at ArtCenter College of Design, 950 S. Raymond Ave, Thursday through Sunday.

Saturday signings:
15:00 signing WET GROUND
16:00 signing LIKE A RIVER

Thursday 7 May 18:00–21:00 (Opening Night)
Friday 8 May 11:00–19:00
Saturday 9 May 11:00–19:00
Sunday 10 May 11:00–18:00

Come to say hello!

04/30/2026

Testing for BLINDED BY YOUR GRACE, ’s forthcoming critical research project about the privilege of risk told through the lens of female storm chasers.

BLINDED BY YOUR GRACE is an oversized hardcover printed on raw newspaper, harmonising a diversity of contributions from her collaborators through grainy, oblique reproductions that signal instability and the sustained presence of a female gaze.

Preorder the book now and save 10% off! Out in May.

04/29/2026

In the today! Births, Deaths and a First Kiss: Life Near the Frontline in Ukraine.

speaks to the Guardian about the web of stories and experiences behind his breakthrough debut WET GROUND – from nightclubs on the frontline and ancient solstice rituals to a newborn baby on the day of an unprecedented ballistic missile attack on Kyiv.

The full photo essay is online now – Discover Shahrokhshahi’s WET GROUND now at loosejoints.biz

04/24/2026

NYC We’re at AIPAD! Find us today at Booth P03 at the Park Avenue Armory as part of New York’s busiest photography fair – our immersive booth is filled with new books and print editions across the full breadth of our current catalogue.

Today at 5pm signs SLIP ME THE MASTER KEY, and at 6pm we have signing YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO.

Tomorrow Katherine Hubbard signs THE GREAT ROOM at 1pm, signs RUDE IN THE GOOD WAY and IN THE BEGINNING at 2pm, and closes the day signing WET GROUND at 4pm.

And tonight, find us at the WET GROUND exhibition launch with at , Rectangle Room, 113 Eldridge St, 6–9pm.

See you there!

04/22/2026

NEW YORK: launches WET GROUND on the Lower East Side this Friday 24 April in an exhibition curated by opening at Rectangle Room at running through 9 May.

Shahrokhshahi’s seven-year study of Ukrainian society examines the continuities and fragments of everyday life under the full-scale Russian invasion, unmasking the spectacle and theatre of war in favour of something more intimate and engaged.

Celebrate this remarkable series with Aria and ourselves from 6–9pm, 113 Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002 or find him at our booth at The Photography Show by signing Saturday at 4pm!

Discover WET GROUND now at loosejoints.biz, shipping worldwide.

04/20/2026

NEW YORK: This week will be our first presentation at The Photography Show by AIPAD from Thurs–Sun at the Park Avenue Armory and we couldn’t be more pleased with the company we’re keeping!

On Friday at 5pm, signs SLIP ME THE MASTER KEY, his two-decade survey of the American uncanny, followed at 6pm by signing YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO, fifteen years of raw, tragicomic street portraiture in New York.

On Saturday, Katherine Hubbard opens at 1pm with THE GREAT ROOM, her profound collaboration with her mother navigating memory loss and dementia, before takes over at 2pm signing RUDE IN THE GOOD WAY and IN THE BEGINNING, his sharp, playful inquiries into desire and the American everyday. The day closes at 4pm with signing WET GROUND, his seven-year activist portrait of Ukrainian identity made from inside Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Also on Friday, join for a separate exhibition and launch of WET GROUND at in New York from 6–9pm.

643 Park Avenue, New York NY 10065
Thurs 23 Apr 12.00–20.00
Fri–Sat 24–25 Apr 12.00–19.00
Sun 26 Apr 11.00–17.00

04/16/2026

Discover the Fundraising Print Edition of NEW GENESIS by , a four-year exploration of lived trauma impacted by the intersecting violences of capitalism and domestic insecurity.

At the heart of NEW GENESIS is the courage of Sierra Kiss, the book’s protagonist, to share her world with Kircher and with us, in an unfiltered view of how abuse and precarity erode the ability to provide care and safety. Part of proceeds from this edition is donated to organisations supporting victims of domestic violence – the R**e, Abuse & In**st National Network and the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

The Print Edition comprises a signed first edition alongside an archival silver gelatin print, signed by the artist in an edition of 200 and is available now at loosejoints.biz

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