Mass Mentorship 2025/26: End of Programme Exhibition
28th May–1st June, 11am–6pm
Art Forward Gallery, W1T 2RF
We are delighted to invite you to the End of Programme Exhibition for the 2025/26 Mass Mentorship, our flagship education programme which supports emerging talent from underrepresented backgrounds, and champions bold new voices in architectural photography.
Join us at Art Forward Gallery in central London to celebrate the work of this year’s mentees, and see through their lenses a new narrative for how we can represent architecture and the places where we live.
28th May–1st June
11am–6pm
Art Forward Gallery
12–14 Whitfield Street
London, W1T 2RF
Opening Celebration: Thursday 28th May, 6-8 pm, RSVP essential:
Celebrating new voices in architectural photography
Get to know the mentees
Learn more about each mentee’s project through their video profiles, made in collaboration with filmmaker Richard Rothmore
Buy the zine of the four mentees’ projects, available for pre-order now
All proceeds go directly towards the Mass Mentorship programme, covering our exhibition costs and supporting our mission to create a more diverse and accessible industry. Pre-order now to secure your copy, for collection at the exhibition or UK postal delivery.
The Mass Mentorship is our flagship education programme for young people aged 20–30 in London, supporting emerging talent from underrepresented backgrounds and championing new voices in architectural photography.
To mark the end of the 2025/26 programme, we are publishing a zine showcasing the mentees’ project work developed throughout the year. The zine features projects by each of the four mentees:
Thirty-One Stories High, by Iman Dagnoko
Enjoy Suffolk, While You Can?, by Justine Sauri White
The Shape of Prayer, by Mark Woulfe
The Spirit of Pink, by Takenya K. Holness
The zine is now available for pre-order, with all proceeds going directly towards the production of the final exhibition. The exhibition will be on display from 28th May until 1st June at Art Forward Gallery in central London (more info here).
Print Specification:
60 printed pages, 115 gsm silk paper
Cover 190 gsm uncoated paper
Size A5 (148 x 210 mm)
Staple bound
* The zine will be available for collection at Art Forward Gallery during the exhibition opening times (28th of May–1st of June, 11am–6pm) or it can be shipped at the beginning of June. Content may vary in the final published product.
Work Featured
The exhibition will by made up of four projects, each by one of our 2025/26 mentees:
Thirty-One Stories High
A neighbour-led photographic study of West London’s Trellick Tower that shifts the focus from its iconic concrete form to the everyday interiors, objects, and lives that quietly sustain it.
by Iman Dagnoko
Enjoy Suffolk, While You Can?
This is an archive of Suffolk’s nuclear age — including the fishermen, caravan vacationers, and second home owners who coexist with two, soon to be three, nuclear sites.
by Justine Sauri White
The Shape of Prayer
An exploration of the relationship between theology and architecture, examining how different interpretations of faith have led to the design of distinct spatial languages.
by Mark Woulfe
The Spirit of Pink
A documentation of the decay of a once-vibrant Lewisham home belonging to Windrush generation resident Mr. Pink, using its abandonment as a stark lens to expose the fragility of cultural memory, the weight of inheritance, and the erasure of diasporic spaces under gentrification.
Support our mission by donating today
We established the Mass Mentorship based on the belief that everyone deserves equal access to the creative industries, and the chance to tell stories about the places where we live through their own artistic voice.
We lead the programme on a volunteer basis, and rely upon our supporters to keep it running. If you would like to support our mission and help make the exhibition possible, then please consider making a donation today, no matter how big or small.
Additional Info
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The exhibition is kindly being hosted by Art Forward Gallery, which is located at Kirkman House, 12–14 Whitfield St, London W1T 2RF.
The exhibition will be open 11am–6pm each day from Thursday 28th May until Monday 1st June.
Upon arrival, please press the buzzer for Art Forward at the main entrance, the gallery space can be found downstairs.
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More details to follow soon about our events programming.
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The gallery is downstairs and can be accessed by a lift which is 69 cm wide. There are four small steps at the main entrance to the building, and two steps to get to the gallery itself from the lift. If you have any specific accessibility enquiries, please get in touch ahead of your visit at info@mass-collective.com and we will assist you as best as we can.
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For any press enquiries, or to attend our press preview on the morning of Thursday 28th May, please get in touch at info@mass-collective.com
Our press pack is available here.
Supporters
The Mass Mentorship has been made possible thanks to our supporters. If you would be interested in hearing more about sponsorship opportunities or any other way to support the programme, please get in touch.
Programme Supporters
Exhibition Partner
Video Partner
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