Commonplace

Photographs from Commonplace magazine

Celebrating the beauty of the everyday, one modernist place at a time.

Commonplace is a photographic magazine celebrating modernist buildings and places across Britain and Ireland.

Private View & Magazine Launch - Thursday 5th March 6pm-8pm all welcome

06.03.26-28.03.26

at the modernist
58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ
open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday

Born from a collaboration between the modernist and Uhm! Publishing, Commonplace explores the in-between places and small sites that lie beyond the mainstream modernist canon—those commonplaces that deserve a second look.

Published six times a year, Commonplace is a 32-page A5 magazine with an ambition to bring together diverse photographic content united by a shared fascination with uncelebrated modernist spaces

This exhibition features a selection of photographs featured in the first five issues of Commonplace, published between October 2025 and June 2026.

Issue 1: Brighton by Stefano Samà

Issue 2: Blackpool Fronts by Stephen Marland

Issue 3: High Street Banks by Lisa Brown

Issue 4: Flat Roofs and Frothy Pints by Matt Dransfield

Issue 5: Brutalist Playgrounds by Jo Underhill

at the modernist
58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ
open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday

If you would like us to consider your photographs for inclusion in future issues of Commonplace - take a look at our submission guidelines here.

Images shown,

Banner: Matthew Dransfield; top Stephen Marland; middle Stefano Samà; Lisa Brown; bottom Jo Underhill.