British artist working with expanded forms of evidence, simulation, and representation in the post-photography / post-truth era. Encompassing these interconnected themes, he has a diverse practice and works with a range of media, including photography, generative AI, text, and sourced, online material.
His works have been exhibited nationally and internationally at galleries, festivals and museums, including Copenhagen Photo Festival in Denmark (2023/24), Currents Art and Technology Festival in the USA (2023), Thessaloniki Photobiennale in Greece (2023/24), Noorderlicht in the Netherland (2024/25); Landskrona Foto in Sweden (2023/24), and Lishui Photography Festival in China (2023). Collections are held at Victoria and Albert Museum, MOMus Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, and Huis Marseille, Museum of Photography. Ames is also Senior Lecturer in Photography at the Northern Centre of Photography, University of Sunderland.