Lagosphoto: Stories of Movement and Belonging

Lagosphoto: Stories of Movement and Belonging is on at Lakeside Arts from 19 September 2026 to 10 January 2027, with the main exhibition held in the Djanogly Gallery. It's a long run, so you've got plenty of time to fit it in over the autumn and winter.

The show brings together photographers from across the African continent and the diaspora, alongside international practitioners from the LagosPhoto network. It's curated by Maria Pia Bernardoni and Courage Kpodo, and the work circles back to a few recurring themes: borders, memory, belonging, and the unseen forces that shape how people move. It's presented in collaboration with the Sustainable Travel and Tourism Advanced Research Centre (STTAR Centre), and that partnership informs the whole thing — it asks you to rethink travel and tourism against socio-cultural, economic, environmental and political inequalities, and to push past the simplified narratives that usually surround migration.

To get where this comes from, it helps to know what LagosPhoto is. It was founded in Nigeria in 2010 by the African Artists' Foundation and has grown into one of Africa's most significant international contemporary arts festivals. It's a month-long event held biennially that celebrates emerging and established photographers through installations, large-scale outdoor prints, exhibitions, workshops and talks. This exhibition takes that spirit and brings it to Nottingham, pulling from the festival's network of artists.

One thing to keep in mind is that the show doesn't stop at the gallery walls. Beyond the Djanogly, there are outdoor works to find around Lakeside and across the University Park campus, so it's worth taking a proper wander around the grounds rather than just popping in and out. Entry is free, and it runs until 10 January 2027.