In 2020 The Essence Archive expanded to become a collective of thirteen artists whose photographic works reflect multiple levels of meaning.

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"What has emerged is a new arena within which photography not only reflects upon the real world and the lived experience within it, but also recognises difference, hope and possibility through an imagination that creatively redefines the relation between reality and representation."

TJ Demos, in "Vitamin Ph. New Perspectives in Photography" (2006).