Recovery In Focus is a therapeutic photography project working with people in early recovery from addiction to drink and drugs. Looking through the lens of a camera gives a new and creative way to tell stories of addiction and recovery. Participants are all in early recovery and new to photography. All photos are taken on phone cameras.

The project includes workshop sessions where we teach photography skills alongside tools to help move into long term, stable recovery from addiction. We combine this with photography shoot days when we put the new skills into action in places around North Wales and the North West. Locations have included Colwyn Bay, Chester, Liverpool, Wrexham, Llandudno and Salford Quays.

An important role of Recovery In Focus is creating a network, a community of like-minded people, to support a recovery process. This is an invaluable part of taking part in this project – building a community of creative people who seek recovery from their addiction.

This exhibition is a collection of final images selected by participants from the eight Recovery in Focus projects that have taken place from Spring 2020 to September 2025.

Recovery in Focus is run by Eternal Media. It is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

Oriel Bach opening times: Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm.