{"id":712,"date":"2026-10-14T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/galleries\/?p=712"},"modified":"2026-10-19T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:58:18","slug":"the-necessity-of-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/galleries\/2026\/10\/14\/the-necessity-of-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"TOM PILSTON\/STEFANIA DISTANTE: the necessity of photography | 15 April &#8211; 27 April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Elwes Gallery: Tom Pilston &#8211; <em>The Longest Siege: Sarajevo 1993<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Elwes Lawn: Stefania Distante &#8211; <em>Growing Together<\/em> (2025)<\/strong><br>15 April &#8211; 27 April 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><br><strong>Talk and Q&amp;A: Monday 20 April, 5.00pm-6.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Elwes Gallery presents two exhibitions of photographs. Both photographers are concerned with portraits of people but in very different contexts: Stefania Distante has spent time with a group tending a community garden in Gloucester, and Tom Pilston documented citizens affected by the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War in 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On <strong>Monday 20 April, 5.00pm-6.30pm<\/strong> Stefania Distante and Tom Pilston will each give a short presentation on their photographic practices and will take part in a Q&amp;A chaired by Elwes Gallery curator, Sarah Bowden, where we will explore time, co-creation, and ethics amongst other subjects. Gather in Elwes Gallery at 5.00pm. The discussion will take place in lecture theatre TC014. The event is free-of-charge but ticketed \u2013 please book your place <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-necessity-of-photography-tickets-1985997199084\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>Stefania Distante is an Italian-born social documentary photographer who studied MA Photography at the University of Gloucestershire. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>Tom Pilston is a photographer and lecturer in Photojournalism at the University of Gloucestershire.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/457\/2026\/10\/IMG_7238-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/457\/2026\/10\/IMG_7238-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/457\/2026\/10\/IMG_7238-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/457\/2026\/10\/IMG_7238-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/457\/2026\/10\/IMG_7238-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/457\/2026\/10\/IMG_7238-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Image: Stefania Distante&#8217;s photographs of Growing Together participants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elwes Gallery presents two exhibitions of photographs. 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