Lovers on Film will take over Photobook Cáfe, London, for its first-ever exhibition across Valentine’s weekend.

Lovers on Film (2020 – ongoing) is a curated photographic project by photographer Jack Gunn, presenting thousands of photographs submitted by couples from over 100 countries worldwide. The exhibition explores intimacy, tenderness, and the quiet, often unseen moments of romantic relationships. Photographed primarily in private or domestic spaces, the images focus on closeness, vulnerability, and the small gestures that define being in love.

Lovers on Film was created in London during the summer of 2020's Covid Lockdown. The project operates through an open submission model, inviting couples to submit their own photographs. This approach creates a collective, global portrait of love that is both deeply personal and quietly universal. Rather than idealising romance, Lovers on Film is interested in honesty, presence, and attention – existing somewhere between documentary and portraiture. Analogue photography is fundamental to the project. Working with film introduces slowness, limitation, and uncertainty into the process – qualities that closely mirror the emotional landscape of intimate relationships themselves. Each photograph exists as a physical object, shaped by time, chance, and care, resisting the immediacy and disposability of digital imagery. In an era increasingly shaped by AI and image simulation, Lovers on Film feels even more important. These images exist as records of something that genuinely happened, preserving love as lived rather than imagined.

Opening Hours:

14 February, 3pm – 10pm

15 February, 10am – 4pm

16 – 20 February, 8am – 10pm

21 February, 10am – 10pm

22 February, 10am – 4pm

For press enquiries, please contact: contact@jackgunn.co.uk

@jackgxnn

All are welcome no rsvp required