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AOP MEMBERS AT BOP BRISTOL
GABRIELLE MOTOLA, SOULLA PETROU & KATE PETERS
Three AOP Members will be showcasing new work at BOP – Books on Photography, the annual photobook festival
organised by the Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol (11–12 October 2025). They are all part of the Photobook Club
Collective (tpbcc.org), a group of over 80 photographers committed to self-publishing and collaborative photobook
practice. Gabrielle Motola. Soulla petrous & Kate Peters.
They will be joined at BOP by nine other TPBCC members: Matt Writtle, George Georgiou, Janine Wiedel, John Walmsley, Mandy
Williams, Mark Phillips, Roland Ramanan, Paul Treacy, Molly Macindoe
Held across the Paintworks Event Space and a new venue within the Paintworks complex, BOP brings together a wide-ranging
community of publishers, photographers, and booksellers from the UK, Europe, and beyond. Alongside the book fair, the festival hosts
artist talks, exhibitions, book signings, and events, with street food, coffee, and beer on hand throughout the weekend.
GABRIELLE MOTOLA –
ELŪL (2025)
A hand-bound first edition of
100 copies. Centred on a
past relationship, Elūl is not
simply a record of two lives
together but a personal
reckoning exploring
projection, selfabandonment, and the ways
photography can become a
survival tool: at once a
shield, a window and a
bridge. Through words and
images, the book invites
reflection on love, loss, and
self-responsibility.
gabriellemotola.com
© Gabrielle Motola
@gmotophotos
SOULLA PETROU –
REWIND: JOURNEY OF A
MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHER
(2023)
Spanning her first 15 years in
the music industry, this body
of work documents some of
the most ground-breaking
musicians and DJs of the
1990s and 2000s.
Commissioned by titles
including The Face, Mixmag,
and The Saturday Times, it
includes portraits of Geri
Halliwell pre-Spice Girls, Blur
in Sweden (1997), and
Frankie Knuckles,
