Photography group Fab Collective tell Laura Davis about their inaugural exhibition at St Luke’s Church

Sticking with showbusiness, 32-year-old Zaki Grant, from Toxteth, spontaneously snapped local band Big City Mist while they were in a lift.

“It was the women in the background I liked,” he explains. “The band are the sweetest guys I’ve ever met in my life but the women looked horrified by them.”

Zaki, who works in the civil service, tracked the band down after a photograph he took of its lead singer busking was included in a book of images taken from the Daily Post’s Flickr group.

“I was looking for him for months to say thank you and then I saw him with his group and they asked me to take more pictures of them.”

Mourners at this year’s Hillsborough Memorial at Anfield are the focus of Pete Carr’s image, based on the well-known song title “You'll never walk alone.” The men’s faces are crumpled with grief and one has a single tear on his face. What is most striking about the photograph is that, as it is in black and white, there is not a sign of Liverpool FC red.

“They don’t have to be football fans, just anyone who lost friends or family at Hillsborough,” explains the 30-year-old professional photographer, who lives in the city centre. “It really was a day when everyone came together.”

While Pete’s picture is moving, some of the images encapsulate the famous Liverpool sense of humour.

Dave Brownlee, from Waterloo, was compelled to capture the scene he spotted while walking down a city centre backstreet.

On his photograph, a homeless man sleeps in the doorway of a lap dancing club. Its name – Dreamers.

“As soon as I saw it, I had to take a picture of it,” says the 40-year-old car valeter. “The important thing isn’t the building – it’s the blue sign and the man sleeping.

“I took eight or nine shots, various speeds and apertures just to make him stand out rather than the club.”

Watching visitors view their work in the ruined church is a big step away from people anonymously checking it out on the photosharing website Flickr.

“It’s an interesting way to share your work,” says Andy. “I can take a photo now and within the hour it can be on the web.

“But it’s great to meet up face to face and putting on this exhibition is something we always wanted to do.”

The Fab Collective’s exhibition Up to Something is at St Luke’s Church, Leece Street, Liverpool from August 1-30. For information on the Daily Post’s Flickr group visit www.flickr.com/groups/liverpooldailypost08/