After five exhilarating days at Hungry Eye Fair, surrounded by so many talented artists, it is now time to reflect on the past, the present and the future. It is nearly 200 years since Nicéphore Niépce captured what is considered the first surviving photograph, View from the Window at Le Gras. Since then, we have been blessed with a wealth of great photographers, working across every imaginable genre, and we are now witnessing the emergence of AI in almost everything we do, including photography. Hungry Eye Fair, under the auspices of Master Roy Kahmann, brings together an amazing wealth of established and emerging photographers, while also offering glimpses of the jewels of photography’s more recent history. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ed van der Elsken and Ata Kandó, among others, are displayed on the walls for our great pleasure and reflection. Yet what strikes me most, when I look at the diversity of talent, the energy and the passion of all these people assembled by Roy, is that I cannot help but feel confident about the future. Photography, as an art form, is very much alive and has a bright future ahead of it.
