Latest news and events
Adjoa Andoh
Adjoa Andoh, star of the global phenomenon “Bridgerton”, lent her support to our young photographers as she highlighted the generosity of celebrated artist, Jessica Zoob, who has donated a diptych of her work to support the charity.
We are delighted to announce that Adjoa will also joining the board The Wembley to Soweto Foundation as a trustee.
BirdSmith recording
Tom Van Can and his band BirdSmith have allowed our photographers access to the studio to document the recording of his Grammy Submission “Advocate“.
Tom is generously donating all profits from the sale of the album to W2S
Remarkably Tom also chose one of our students, Jenice, to feature on the album which can be heard here:
Tom Harrison
Incredible news from our student Tom Harrison from the London Olympics 2012 project as he wins the Portrait of Britain Award!
Tom Harrison
Photographer and Director, based in London.
Portrait of Britain Winner Vol. 7
“What a start to the year — I am a winner in the Portrait of Britain award! My winning image of Hackney Marshes referee Malkeet is now being displayed on billboards up and down the country.
“It’s been amazing see the shot, along with the other winning images, plastered EVERYWHERE, from train stations, shopping centres, and bus stops.
“A huge thank you to the judges, The British Journal of Photography, and the team at the FA who supported the project.
“Please keep and eye out and send me any pictures you get of my work out in the wild! 1854 Media JCDecaux
Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
“Krapp’s Last Tape” by Samuel Beckett directed by Academy Award nominee Stockard Channing is currently touring globally with all profits being donated to The Wembley to Soweto Foundation.
David Westhead as ‘Krapp’, directed by Stockard Channing
6 April 2025
6 April 2025
Students at East Sussex College in Lewes have helped with the PR for this production including designing posters and leaflets. They’ve also been responsible for all social media outreach! This follows their recent photography and art project to help prestigious film production company Enriched Media with storyboards and posters for an upcoming feature film.
IMEX event in Las Vegas
Following our successful exhibition with IMeX on Frankfurt, 2 of our young photographers, Heidi and Jake, and their community leaders from LA’s “From The Streets To The Set” were invited to the huge IMEX event in Las Vegas in November as official photographers! They worked alongside the IMEX Media Team and were granted access to all areas of the huge event. Here’s a selection of their wonderfully composed shots taken on their Leica cameras as we continue our US collaboration with the world-renowned camera company.
BA Degree Fine Art Project
Continuing our long-standing and hugely successful collaboration with East Sussex College in Lewes, UK, we are currently working with Art students on the Creative Enterprises BA degree course. Over the 10 week spring term, students will be working on their individual interpretations of photographs taken by W2S students. There is a celebrity component to this and the final artwork will be auctioned at a gala event to raise funds for The Foundation.
Senior Citizens’ Storytelling Initiative with BELTA Age Concern and Hydrocracker Theatre Company in Brighton, UK
W2S Director of Photography, John Cole, worked alongside 18 year-old student Kaddie to document this storytelling project led by Jem Wall. These images encapsulate the success of the project and the enjoyment it brought to participants from all walks of life.
IMEX Exhibition Frankfurt, LA exhibition
A beautiful selection of photographs from our 2023/24 East LA project run alongside Leica, From The Streets To The Set and Carnival Pictures, was exhibited in Frankfurt’s Messe Exhibition Halls in late May. Thanks to our partner IMEX the students’ work was seen by over 15,000 attendees at the largest trade fair of its type in the world.
Worldwide Galas
Further Large-scale exhibitions of photographs from across the world will take place in Europe and the US in 2024-25. Frankfurt, London, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles are the chosen cities in May, September, October, February and April respectively. Watch this space for venues and dates!
Celebrity shoots and auction
Further celebrity portraiture sessions will be undertaken by graduates and students alike, throughout 2024. The results will be exhibited both in galleries and online. The prints will be signed by the subjects and auctioned as unique, one-off, collectors’ items in order to raise funds for the charity. Watch this space!