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Janette Beckman, Joy Gregory and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Work-in-progress images for Terminal 4 commission © Joy Gregory. If you happen to pass through Heathrow Terminal 4’s London Underground station over the next few months, take a moment to pause in the ticketing hall. Look around and you’ll see work by Joy Gregory, the latest artist to undertake an Art on the Underground commission in the space, drawn from prints she made with asylum seekers awaiting immigration decisions in nearby Hillingdon. Gregory brought her wealth of photographic experience and community skills to the task (she used to work in the education team of a women’s prison), resulting in lumen and nivea-based prints inspired by the mini-gardens Transport for London staff maintain around the Tube network. Art-making is social and can heal, Gregory tells BJP in an interview from our 2024 Ones to Watch issue, now available to read online. “It’s about creating an environment where everybody feels safe,” she says. “When you don’t know what your future is going to be, doing something new or with your hands can open up conversations.” © Kirsty Mackay Elsewhere we’re looking forward to working on an upcoming book for Bluecoat Press, Kirsty Mackay’s The Magic Money Tree. Mackay has been researching the cost-of-living crisis long before before it hit the headlines, and in this project humanises people who, for many in policy and party politics, seem to have become invisible behind the statistics of decline – the families, communities and children who have lived through the consequences of 14 years of welfare erosion. The book will feature a brilliant essay by Jem Bartholomew, who wrote recently on the impact of the [two-child benefit cap]( in the UK. You can support the Kickstarter for Mackay’s book [here]( and explore the project in the flesh in Bristol in October at BOP [Books on Photography], where there will be a show and an in-conversation with the artist. New York hip-hop, Sade and André 3000 – before the Paparazzi descended A new retrospective showcases the career of Janette Beckman, who documented youth subcultures from punk to hip-hop through to today’s street activism [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( Joy Gregory on crafting migrant solidarity: ‘Home is about where you feel most comfortable’ In a time of deep toxicity around immigration, the south London artist uses cameraless photography to foster care and conversations [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( From the Archive: Stefan Dotter documents the ancient tradition of Japan’s female pearl-divers Dotter’s project focuses on the details within the everyday rituals of the ama: female free divers preserving the ancient art of sea foraging [Read more]( Female in Focus X Nikon Entries opening in October [Build the way you want]( © Julia Gunther, Female in Focus 2022 single image winner Miss July, part of Julia Gunther's Calendar Girls series, shines as one of the winning single images for Female in Focus 2022. In 2015, the Miss Calendar Girl Beauty Pageant, founded by Chedino - a transgender woman whose journey has been documented by Gunther since 2012 - provides a vital platform for South African trans girls fostering a sense of community. Gunther's photoshoot in a salt pan just outside Cape Town captures participants' unique styles. Female in Focus X Nikon 2024 invites global submissions celebrating diverse photographic perspectives. Winners will exhibit internationally and online. Prepare your submissions and consider becoming a Member to access exclusive benefits and free entry to Female in Focus and all our awards. [Learn more]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [1854 Media Ltd, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London, E2 9DA, United Kingdom Click here to update your email preferences]( [Click here to unsubscribe from all emails](