Alex Leith is Chair of the Critics’ Circle Visual Arts section, and in 2024 will be President of the Circle. An author and journalist with some thirty years’ experience under his belt, he is currently the editor for the Review of Sussex Arts and British Art News. Specialising in modern and contemporary British art, he has authored several books and contributed articles to national press titles such as the Observer, the Guardian and The Times. He lives in East Sussex.
"""Aren’t we fortunate that Syd Shelton’s humane lens has captured the recent history that needs to be visible, that we shouldn’t forget? And these faces young and old, from streets around the corner and around the world become those we feel we’ve encountered before. They inspire empathy - a root into others’ lives and in turn our shared lives, our society."" -- Clare Freestone * Curator of Photography at the National Portrait Gallery *"