‘Lives We Cannot Live’ is a ground-breaking new exhibition featuring photos and stories of people with ME/CFS by photographer Jeremy Jeffs, presented by the ME Association.
It brings identity and visibility to the ME community by highlighting people who suffer with the disease and the devastating impact it has on their lives.
Photographer Jeremy Jeffs himself suffers with ME, and sharing the lived experience with the people who sat for photographs enabled him to build relationships and gain access that may not be possible for other photographers – providing very emotive images and stories.
Event Information
Free to attend
Date: 24 September 2025 – 28 September 2025,
Wednesday to Sunday
Time: 11am-6pm
Venue: Oxo Gallery, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House St, London SE1 9PH
Jeremy Jeffs is a documentary film maker and photographer, with more than 40 broadcast films to his credit. He has been researching and photographing this collection for nearly three years and the series comprises of images of more than 30 people. Some people with ME are so severely affected that they are confined to bed, some are only able to work part time, and many others who are housebound struggle to undertake simple activities of daily living.
The ME Association is proud to present this exhibition, recognising how vitally important it is in raising awareness of ME/CFS. ME/CFS is multi-systemic disease and around 400,000 people in the UK have this debilitating illness. Symptoms include profound fatigue, sleep disturbance, post-exertional malaise, cognitive difficulties and a range of other symptoms like pain, headaches, nausea and intolerance to lights and noise.
Directions
Transport links
By Tube: Waterloo, Southwark, Blackfriars
By Bus: 1,4,26,59,68,76,168,171,172,176,188, 243, 341, 501, 521, X68 to Waterloo Bridge
45, 63, 100 to Blackfriars Bridge 381 to Stamford Street
By Train: Waterloo, Waterloo East, Blackfriars and Charing Cross
By Car: Car parks at Doon Street and Cornwall Road
Accessibility Info
The gallery is wheelchair accessible, more information can be found here.
If you need more help or information please contact Galleries: galleries@coinstreet.org who will be able to help.