Rankin Studio is launching a new art fair next month celebrating the talent of photographers whose graduating shows were disrupted due to Covid-19.

VISUAL NOISE will showcase 40 of the UK’s 2020-2022 graduating class of photographers (both BA and MA) to showcase their work at Maryland Studio in East London, and is dubbed as the first art fair dedicated solely to the nation’s emerging photography talent.

Each exhibiting photographer/artist will have free reign over a 6ft x 6ft empty space to showcase their work - from performance, to collage, to editorial and film.

Applications were open to any graduate from a UK university, on a photography or photography-related course, on a simple remit to “be creative” and to show work never seen before. Having received an overwhelming response to this open call, the team at Rankin whittled down pitches from across incredibly diverse applicants to the group of artists who will be exhibiting their work.

Within the show Rankin will also being doing print and t-shirt sales, with all profits going to the Legacy of War foundation, which campaigns to end all wars and is actively supporting partner organisations in the Ukraine. You can find out more here.

VISUAL NOISE takes place at Maryland Studio on April 9th and 10th, 2022. Early bird tickets are available here.