In contrast to this, a photographer whose work will be shown demonstrates the economic landscape of the UK. The work of Simon Roberts in his exhibition Let This Be A Sign explores the physical, political and social effects of economic change. The self-taught photographer says that he's not much interested in the aesthetic, but more in a meaningful insight. "I am currently interested in the changing economic landscape of Britain... being able to mine a rich seam of social commentary that motivates me, so that I can look in detail at how we live now, and how our environment informs our actions and vice versa. I suppose the thought of leaving a legacy, however humble, of who we were, in 2012 or whenever, is an inspiring one because it's about having a voice.

Places, events and ideas are continually reframed, redrawn and renegotiated depending on the artistic viewpoint of the photographer."Another photographer featured demonstrates a slightly different angle on the festival's theme turning the inside out; Wasma Mansour's photographs in her show Single Saudi Women encourage a dialogue about the representation of the self as a public or private figure. Global mass media have not exactly helped the stereotypes of Saudi women. In fact they seem to have suppressed their efforts in trying to reconcile their identities and assert their individualism. Mansour's work argues against this suppression, and it's her curiosity that drives her work.