A Summer of Hope Exhibition
@ Grady Neilan, On The Mountain, @grady_neilan
Cultivating hope is much like pulling manual focus: it requires conscious effort, practice, precision, and a clear sense of how far we are from our objective. Sometimes, the panorama blurs; it’s veiled in clouds of misfortune and precarity. Yet, even when we see nothing clearly, hope still lingers, quietly waiting at the threshold, ready to spark a chain of events that, in time, lead to change in ourselves and the world around us.
At their core, the photographs selected for LENSCRATCH’s 2025 summer exhibition, A Summer of Hope, remind us that it takes conscious effort and active action to make the world brighter, sharper, and actively in focus. At the end of the day, photography is not simply a tool for documenting the world around us, but also the generative act of reimagining it.
Congratulations to the selected artists!
© Léa Michaëlis, Sapphic Lovers, 2022, @michaelistudio
© Ryer Spann, Ryan and Quimby, 2025, @kingraat
© Angela Cappetta, Abuelita, @angelacappetta_
© Paula Chisari, To Feel a Thousand Years in the Air, 2020, @mashiclick
© Theresa Soares, Late August, 2023, @theresa_soares
© Maxwell James Harvey-Sampson, Zach, 2023, @maxwellharveysampson
© Cliff Maske, Stephen, 2025, @cliffmaske
© Inna Lisovskaya, No more fear, @innalisovskaya1
© Zoe Mariana Johnson, Jack & Cassie, 2022, @zoemarianajohnson
@Evgeniy Kurapin, Building, 2025
© Bienyl Huelgas, Untitled, 2024, @analogdiwata
© Brent Galen Adkins, An Embrace, 2025, @bremtgalem
© Julia Solomatin
© Damien Jackson, Crowned Motion, @damien.jackson06
© Doug Lowell, from Even Particles Aren’t Alone, 2025, @douglowellpdx
© Alexey Fokin
© Elena Borodina, The power is in silence, @Vladlenafoto_2009
© Jillian Guyette, Frankie and Robin in the Lilac, 2023, @jillianguyette
© Ashley Ford, Written in Soap, @ashleyalissas
© Anne Berry, Isobel and Annie with Scott and Barbara, @a_n_n_e_b_e_r_r_y
© Stefania Andrello, Blossoms 2023, @ste.and___
© Natalia Dzheruk, Fun weekend
© Robin Tryloff, Untitled, 2016, @robin_tryloff
© Анна Бабичева
© Troy Colby, Untitled
© Eleanor Oakes, Olivia and Noelle (1), 2023, @eleanoroakes
© Kod Zenger, Miracle, @kodyzenger
© Leon Syfrit, Baby Book, @artsismartsi
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