Various venues

Framework

27 January 2020, 11:00 to 24 March 2020, 17:00

A professional development programme in Manchester for artists, makers and photographers. Collaboratively developed and delivered by a-n, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester Craft & Design Centre and Redeye, the Photography Network. Four full-day sessions will be led by arts sector experts, focusing on core business skills: writing, pitching, project management and promotion.

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Not Quite Light Weekend 2019

28 March 2019, 18:00 to 31 March 2019, 22:30

Not Quite Light Festival returns to Salford (28-31 March) reflecting on cities, regeneration, art, music and performance in a weekend of events.

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Framework

27 February 2019, 11:00 to 12 March 2019, 17:00

Various venues,

A new professional development programme in Manchester for artists, makers and photographers. Collaboratively developed and delivered by a-n, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester Craft & Design Centre and Redeye, the Photography Network.

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Photo: Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti

Rencontres d'Arles

6 July 2015, 10:00 to 20 September 2015, 18:00

The Rencontres d'Arles takes place annually in Arles in the South of France. It's one of the best known and longest-established photography festivals in Europe. If you only visit one festival, it should probably be this one. Much of the city is taken over by photography. The 2015 edition, the 46th, is the first under its new director Sam Stourdzé. We recommend you visit in the opening week, 6 to 12 July, and if you are a professional, book a professional pass which costs €65 and gives you entry to almost all exhibitions and public events.

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Konstantinos Kartelias, Young Greeks under the economic crisis

Athens Photo Festival

3 June 2015, 18:00 to 26 July 2015, 18:00

Athens Photo Festival is the leading international festival of photography in Southeastern Europe. Exploring issues relevant to our times, the programme features work internationally, nationally and locally, encompassing a variety of activities that aim at fostering a critical understanding of contemporary culture and society through photography and related media. The 2015 theme, under the title “Reframe Memory”, explores the relationship between past and present, both experimental and mainstream, bringing together a wide range of international artistic positions.

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Carlisle Photo Festival 2014

1 November 2014, 10:00 to 15 November 2014, 17:00

Now in its third year, Carlisle Photo Festival 2014 includes exhibitions and events across the city. It aims to challenge ideas about the way contemporary photography can interact with both its surroundings and audience. In using unusual venues it aims to attract a wider range of the viewing public and create a buzz in the community.

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The Social: Encountering Photography

18 October 2013, 15:00 to 20 October 2013, 17:00

North East Photography Network is developing the first international celebration of photography in the North East, with events taking place over a month from 18 October – 15 November 2013. The opening weekend is scheduled for Friday 18 – Sunday 20 October.

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Unseen

26 September 2013, 09:00 to 29 September 2013, 16:00

The second edition of the Amsterdam photo fair will take place in September 2013.

There is a series of exhibitions and events taking place alongside the fair, including a book fair and FOAM talents. See the website for full listings and all ticket prices. Unseen is the international photography fair focused on undiscovered photography talent (and unseen work by established photographers).

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Seeing Photographically Workshop with Paul Hill & Maria Falconer in Lauzerte, France

18 September 2013, 16:00 to 21 September 2013, 18:00

Paul Hill MBE and Maria Falconer FRPS will use their skills and experience during this workshop to help you improve your photographic vision and technique.

Based in Lauzerte, a medieval hilltop town in the Quercy region of the Midi Pyrenées, SW France, this workshop is not about making conventional pictures, it is about how to further develop your photographic seeing.

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Diffusion

1 May 2013 to 31 May 2013

The Cardiff photography festival, Diffusion, takes place in May 2013.

A month long festival of exhibitions, discussions, screenings, performances, events and celebrations in venues across Cardiff and online.

Including:

Friday 3 May 2013: Symposium at Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum Cardiff
Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 May 2013: Exhibition openings and gallery events
Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 May 2013: Book Fair and Symposium

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Liverpool Biennial

15 September 2012 to 25 November 2012

Liverpool Biennial is the UK Biennial of Contemporary Art. For ten weeks every two years it commissions artists from around the world, attracting over 600,000 visitors in 2010 and contributing £27m to Liverpool’s economy.

Participating organisations and venues include:The Cunard Building, The Bluecoat, Everton Park, FACT, Liverpool ONE, Metal, The Monro, Open Eye Gallery, Tate Liverpool, Mitchell’s Bakery, LJMU Copperas Hill Building, the Walker Art Gallery, Victoria Gallery and Museum and The Royal Standard.

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Brighton Photo Biennial: Agents Of Change: Photography and the Politics of Space

6 October 2012 to 4 November 2012

Urban explorers, drone pilots, squatters and activists will take centre stage for the fifth edition of the Brighton Photo Biennial.

BPB12 is concerned with photography as both a tool and a process - a means of understanding the world and an active force in shaping it.

There's a range of events, talks and workshops at the festival.

See http://www.bpb.org.uk/2012/

The festival fringe rus in parallel, with information on a separate website:

http://www.photofringe.org/

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FotoDoks Festival 2012

17 October 2012, 18:00 to 21 October 2012, 17:00

The fifth FotoDoks Festival for contemporary documentary photography takes place in Munich, Germany in October 2012, and includes lectures, discussions, workshops, exhibitions and tours. This year the partner country is the UK.

The theme for 2012 is ACHTUNG?! – respect, control, change. The festival opens at 19:00 on 17 October at Munich City Museum and features photographers and speakers including Simon Norfolk, Christoph Bangert, Anastasia Taylor Lind, Jacob Holdt, Thomas Seelig, Jocelyn Bain Hogg and many others, as well as the ZEITmagazin Photo Award 2012.

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Margate Photo Fest 3

10 August 2012, 23:00 to 11 August 2012, 23:00

Margate Photo Fest promotes socially engaged photography and is building a community of artists/curators/educators/ activists to explore photography's role as an active force for change within contemporary society.

The aim of Margate Photo Fest is to showcase exciting and innovative approaches to social art and develop programs with a real impact.

To this end projects selected for the festival deal with social/political issues affecting contemporary society, work with communities, social projects (and audience participation) or some mix thereof.

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London Festival of Photography 2012

1 June 2012, 09:00 to 30 June 2012, 16:00

The festival returns for its second year in June 2012.

Expanding to encompass street, documentary and conceptual photography, the festival will include 18 exhibitions and 40 satellite events including workshops, talks and screenings.

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Museums at Night 2012

18 May 2012, 15:00 to 20 May 2012, 16:00

Vote for one of ten contemporary artists to connect with museums, galleries and heritage venues for Museums at Night events during May 2012.

The project includes photographers Martin Parr, Simon Roberts and Terry O'Neill. Vote here: http://www.culture24.org.uk/places%20to%20go/museums%20at%20night/connect10/

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Britain's First Photo Album events

15 March 2012, 00:00 to 27 April 2012, 19:00

The BBC celebrates the legacy of Francis Frith, the man who set out to capture images of Great Britain, with dozens of events and activities from mid March 2012.

Alongside the TV series hosted by John Sergeant, there's a range of events across the UK exploring archives and albums, with a wide range of practical sessions, talks and presentations.

Follow the link and click Things to Do to find your nearest event.

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Open weekends for Salford creative businesses

25 November 2011, 18:00 to 4 December 2011, 17:00

From Friday 25 November 2011, several of Salford's creative businesses are holding open days under the banner of Sights from the Other City. The venues include a range of studios and publishers.

Participants include:

Islington Mill
Hotbed Press
Slaughterhouse Studios
The Modernist Magazine
Printomania
Cow Lane Studios
Suite Studios

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Hereford Photography Festival 2011

28 October 2011, 17:00 to 26 November 2011, 17:00

The UK's longest-running photo festival this year features Simon Bainbridge of BJP as guest curator.

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Special Event

Look 07

12 April 2007, 09:00 to 28 April 2007, 18:00

Various venues,

Look 07 was a large-scale season of events, effectively a festival, set up by Redeye and taking place in spring 2007. It explored the broadening use of photography and the role of the professional within the new landscape.

It included:

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