CRUX is a international network of photographic artists, researchers, educators, and theorists who work in a range of genres. Supported by Arts University Bournemouth (AUB), CRUX projects and its members will explore key challenges of our time such as climate change, social deprivation, inequality, racism and other forms of discrimination.

CRUX members believe that theory and practice should have a meaningful impact on individuals, communities and society at large so cultural value and significance to humanity underscores all CRUX work.  Public engagement is at the heart of all CRUX projects, so CRUX will disseminate its findings online, in print, and with public programming such as public exhibitions, panels and events.

Research can give new insights, identify new knowledge and create new ways of working and communicating but most importantly it can make a real difference. This may be within the field of photography and the visual arts, but for CRUX public engagement is vital, so that we can work in partnership with communities, professions and industry, aiming to disseminate our findings to wide audiences and generate a meaningful impact. 

Unconstrained by specific genres, CRUX encourages experimental methods, emerging technologies as well as traditional approaches to image making with the underlying goal of making work that makes a difference. CRUX will always seek to disseminate its findings, bring its work to the public as exhibitions, panels and events, because public engagement is vital to generate meaningful impact.