Photo Fringe 2024

Join the students and alumni from University of Portsmouth at the opening of their showcase exhibition.

The Photocopy Club IN TRANSIT is a traveling photobook library, workshop and gallery space. The IN TRANSIT project focuses on supporting photographers from rural and small town communities to create exhibitions and photographic zines and artist books in a short space of time. Showing people that you can create exciting new work, publish it and exhibit all in the space of a few hours.

Come be part of our exhibition! All you need is your phone!

Meet Paul Wright, Curator and Founder of British Culture Archive for an informal exhibition tour and discussion.

Friday 4 October
5pm - 5.30pm

Join us for Creative Convergence, a dynamic photography event where you can explore the studio, mingle with fellow enthusiasts, and enjoy a private view of striking works. Immerse yourself in the creative process, chat with like-minded people, and take part in a fun quiz. Don’t miss the chance to win some of our unique photographic artworks worth £200-£500 in our prize draw. It’s an evening of creativity, connection, and inspiration.

Join us to celebrate the launch of our eleventh, biennial, open-platform photography festival!

• 6-8pm
  We'll be kicking things off at our Collectives Hub at Phoenix Art Space, with pay bar and speeches.
  (All welcome, no booking required)
  
  
  
• 8-11pm
  We'll head over to The Rose Hill Tavern just a short walk away, for music, dancing and photography projections. Guest DJs include Tim Saul and legendary Photo Fringer, Stephen Bull. Meet our exhibitors, network with Brighton's photography community, learn more about this year's festival and help us raise funds for Photo Fringe.
  (All welcome, tickets £5)
  
  
  
• Book tickets via Eventbrite here

Meet artist and photographer Xavi Buendia and learn about his work exhibited during the festival.

Meet the artists featured in the exhibition "Indelible Impressions", navigating the intricate tapestry of societal issues.

Through our art, we delve into human realities from environmental, physical, and psychological perspectives. We strive to reveal varied perceptions of these shared realities while pushing the boundaries of conceptual and technical photography.

Artists Pippa Healy and Mandy Williams will talk about their works followed by a drinks reception.

Join the artist and growers from Black Rootz and Go Grow With Love to celebrate the launch of this We feed The UK story forming part of the nationwide storytelling campaign by The Gaia Foundation.

The artists will talk about the work on show in their exhibition A Place in Change and share how studying a Masters in Photography has changed their approach and practices.

Confirmed speakers: Immy Poole, Murray Ballard and Sam Laughlin

Post-match Party! After their first home game match, please help welcome the Burgess Hill Black Widows to the exhibition for the first time! Smack a tackle pad or just get dirty with us!

The slow pace and deliberate process of large format photography offers a quality of image unlike any other.

This small group workshop has a maximum of only 3 students so we can really delve deep into understanding and using large format field cameras.

You will learn how to load sheet film and the process of setting up and working with a 5x4 Horseman field camera.

There will be the option of shooting both film and direct to positive paper which can be developed in the darkroom at the end of the day. After the workshop you will receive hi-res scans of any negatives.

This workshop is suitable for photographers with prior knowledge of working in film.

All chemicals, film and paper are provided / £205.00

Come and see our wonderful varied photos as part of this year's exciting Photo Fringe exhibition in this beautiful sanctuary space. Refreshments provided

TUES 8th & 15th OCTOBER 9.30AM - 3.30PM

Join 71 Darkroom over two days to learn the fundamentals of working in black and white analogue photography.

Day One AM: Photography Walk. In our small group we will enjoy a photo walk around Lewes where you will shoot a roll of film whilst learning to feel confident using your camera. During this session you will gain an understanding of ISO’s, apertures, shutter speeds and metering. (Please note that for the evening classes this first session is run on the Saturday before the regular Wednesday classes)

Day One PM: Film Processing. Learn how to develop your film in the darkroom using photographic chemicals.

Day Two: Step into darkroom! In the final two weeks you will be working in the darkroom to make contact prints of your film and then final prints of your chosen negatives. You will learn how to use the De Vere enlargers and we will cover a range of printing techniques including test strips, dodging / burning, graded filters & paper types.

You are welcome to use your own film camera or borrow one, I have 35mm & medium format available, choice on a first come first served basis.

£240.00

A conversation with Anthony Luvera about his project Families Living in Temporary Accommodation and socially engaged photography practice.

The event will take place on World Homeless Day, October 10th, from 17:30 to 18:30, at The Ledward Centre, 14a Jubilee St, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 1GE. The meeting will be at 17:30 in the Jubilee Library foyer. The event is free, and no registration is needed. For more info, please see: https://www.instagram.com/seas_uk/

Visit the exhibition here

An evening for photobook and photography enthusiasts alike to enjoy 2 hours with a selection of photobooks on a variety of themes.

We encourage participants to bring their favourite book to share in the experience too. This is an informal social event, using photobooks as a tool to generate discussion around photography and to allow people to meet other photographers in the city.

The event will take place in Eldon foyer and visitors will also be able to see the Photography Showcase on display.

Join us for the launch of 'Wild Emotions' - a debut exhibition of new photography work by artist Daniel J.G.

In addition to Daniel's photography exhibition, other Photo Fringe exhibitions and WRAP’s bi-annual display of artworks from Brighton and London-based practitioners, 'Views in Transition' is also on display featuring some of Daniel's paintings.

Daniel will be present with an BSL/English interpreter.

FREE, booking required.

We are proud to present Views in Transition the fourth edition of WRAP’s bi-annual display of artworks from Brighton and London-based practitioners. This is a truly special occasion to meet and network with both established and emerging artists from all over the world in a relaxed and fun environment. Free, booking required on Eventbrite.

Root Down is a group exhibition by photographers Frankie Adams, Thaïs Verhasselt and Victor Anton, presented as part of the Photo Fringe Festival 2024 at LANO Yoga. This collaboration investigates the theme of grounding, using photography to delve into concepts of identity, connection and growth.

Root Down invites the viewers to embark on a grounding journey, much like the ones experienced on a yoga mat. To take their shoes off, feel the ground and connect with the space.

Namaste!

IT'S FREE

PLEASE NOTE: This venue requires visitors to remove their shoes when entering the space

Participants can join the photographers Gurnoor Singh and Kamal Badhey and engage in a conversation and workshop around family recipes, ingredients, and memories connected to their personal histories.

Each participant should bring a photograph, plus a family recipe or food memory. Join us in the morning at CasaAzul in the market for the workshop on October 12th from 9:30-10:30am, followed by a short walk to Guru World Foods and Spices to see the exhibit.

Meet artist and photographer Xavi Buendia and learn about his work exhibited during the festival.

Join us at the Repair Cafe for an inspiring session with Frankie Knight on processing film with seaweed and the creation of this important community project. Experience the captivating audio work that occompanies the photographs and enjoy a special performance by the Climate Choir.

Join Richard Boll for an engaging talk about the creative process behind the portraits, the collaborative nature of the project, and the broader themes of artistry and identity explored in the exhibition. This event offers a rare opportunity to hear firsthand from the photographer and some of the artists represented in the project. The event is hosted by Rachel K Gillies, senior lecturer at Brighton University. Refreshments will be available. Free entry, but booking is required.

Join us at our exhibition social viewing party, at our wonderful venue, Brighton Rocks Bar, in Kemptown.

Come for a drink, browse the art, and talk to photographer Rob Trendy. The evening will also feature an appearance from Brighton’s own Bananas... created by artists Wesley Power and Mandy Sweats.

Brighton Rocks are even providing some unique themed cocktails for the event!

It's not a night to miss!

Free entry - Reserve a ticket via the info link.

18 +

To accompany the exhibition The Heart of Darkness—Landscape Photography and Decolonial Photographic Practices at Colonnade House, Worthing, a conversation with the artist and curator Dr Gil Mualem-Doron. The conversation will also include a discussion about the connection between Gil's practice and the exhibition he curated with the BPOC Photographers Collective, Outlooks on the English Countryside, which will also be exhibited at Colonnade House Gallery.
The talk will take place at Colonnade House Gallery, 47 Warwick St, Worthing BN11 3DH, on Sunday, October 13th, 11:30-12:30

The event is free, and no registration is needed.

For more info please see: https://www.instagram.com/gil_mualem_doron/

María will invite participants to observe the gallery surroundings and use the collection of materials provided inspired by each of the artist on display (including images, words, or objects) to make a physical piece of work responding to the exhibition topic. María will introduce techniques like expanded collage to spark your creativity.

If you are cast away on a desert island and could take eight photographs, what would they be?

An invited guest is asked to imagine themselves castaway on a Desert Island. The castaway can choose eight significant photographs they would take with them. Stephen Bull and the castaway discuss the thoughts behind their choices.

Our cast away will be revealed closer to the event.

Check @uobphotography for updates.

An insightful and energetic panel talk that accompanies the exhibition, The River Cries With Its Mouth Full Of Mud.
Visitors are invited to preview the exhibition and attend the panel discussion. The theme of this exhibition deals with space and trauma, prompting all artists to tackle the concept in broadly different ways.
Exhibition viewing from 5:30pm
Panel talk at 6:30pm

This workshop covers the fundamentals of the darkroom and teaches you the skills to produce beautiful, exhibition quality black and white prints.

Tailored around your previous experience, we will cover topics including resin coated and fibre based papers, dodging and burning, and split grade printing.

All paper and chemistry are supplied. This workshop does not cover film processing and students are expected to arrive with black and white negatives ready to print. However, for an additional charge, film can be supplied / processed prior to the workshop.

This workshop is suitable for both beginners and those with experience.

Small class sizes - maximum of 3 students / £145.00

Artist Phoebe Wingrove invites you to hear about her creative process, the curation of 'In the Dark: Birth' and how she's using her work to tackle women's health issues by creating abstract photography to ethically visualise women and AFAB (assigned female at birth) peoples' health experiences in an aim to raise awareness and create safe spaces for reflective conversations to happen.

Join Artist Phoebe Wingrove for a workshop to discuss all experiences of birth and explore how transparent we should be when it comes to preparing parents for birth. Manifestos are a way for people to share and promote their shared values and beliefs, addressing issues, and outlining their visions for the future. We'll work together to collaborate and co-curate a manifesto to inspire birthing parents-to-be, to follow in their navigation of pregnancy and preparation for birth.

The exhibition will be travelling from Colonnade House, Worthing, to Jubilee Library, Brighton and to the BMECP Centre, Brighton. For the talks at each venue, please take a look at SEAS Instagram and website.

To celebrate Black History Month and the formation of the BPOC Photographer Collective, the collective members will give a talk and answer questions about their project, Outlooks on the English Countryside. The event will take place at the Jubilee Community Room on Sunday, October 20th 11:30 am-12:30 pm. The event is free, and no registration is needed. For more info, please see: https://www.instagram.com/seas_uk/

The event is designed to gather information to further the current project. If you rent then you're views are important. Please come along to discuss what you see as your own way forward for renting. Please note that photographs may be taken at this event.

Join photographers Phoebe Wingrove and Emily Damyan for an artist presentation and panel discussion that openly explores the topic of abortion. The talk will touch on current attitudes, knowledge about and access to abortion services and using art as a recovery process.

Emily Damyan’s exhibition for Photo Fringe, The Weight of Silence, explores the stigmatisation of abortion and the emotional difficulties arising from her own abortion. She describes the project as “having been cathartic in processing trauma”—helping her to reclaim her narrative, space, and autonomy. Drawing on this body of work, Emily will outline her approach to this project, and its personal and wider impact.

Following on from this, Phoebe Wingrove will lead a panel discussion that explores current attitudes to abortion, how these affect our access to information and services, and our reproductive choices.

The panellists include:

Emily Damyan, From Nottingham, Emily works with photography, sculpture and installation. The Weight of Silence is her most recent project.

Sandy Comber, PhD researcher and lecturer at the University of Chichester. Her current research focuses on the biopolitics of motherhood.

Ash Lipasek, has a background in healthcare. They currently work in Brighton, where they support local women's groups and charities through a trauma-informed approach to recovery.

Content warning: This event includes intimate and medical wording with imagery about abortion, which some may find triggering. There will be a quiet space available if audience members need to take a break.

Join us for an evening of informal conversations and inspiration on October 22nd focused on women in the creative industry, an opportunity to chat, connect and inspire each other.

In this short class you will learn how to process a black and white film that you have already shot. We will be using Paterson tanks which are suitable for 35mm, 120 & 5x4 sheet film.

You may process up to 2 of the same types of roll film or up to 6 sheets of 5x4. Approx 2 hours. Max class size of 2.

£50

Book presentation - The Bears at 3pm
Followed with an opening reception from 6-8pm

Join us for the launch of Alejandra Carles-Tolrá's photobook, The Bears. Created in direct response to the exhibition presented at the Phoenix Art Space, Carles-Tolra's latest publication invite us to question stereotypes associated to womxn who play rugby. Presented as a series of unbound diptychs within a folder, the book mirrors the dynamic and collaborative nature of the sport and the group. In this event, the author will talk about how she chose the design of the book to encourage readers to engage with the photographs in a playful and interactive manner, and to blur the lines between the individual and the collective.

The Dorset Place Gallery will host a preview of work by members of the UoB Photography Research Excellence Group (REG) including by Holly Birtles, Zoe Childerley, Fergus Heron, Åsa Johannesson and Martin Seeds.

6:30pm : panel discussion, hosted by Senior Lecturer Rachel Gillies with a selection of REG members.

The panel will give a brief overview of their practice followed by a conversation to reveal deeper insights into their work.

Check @uobphotography for event updates and details.

Join us for the joint launch of Lauren Joy Kennett's first photo book 'Sorry I'm Not Sorry' based on her recent Photoworks commission about her experience of living with undiagnosed autism, and Cole Flynn Quirke's newest book ‘House of the Stray Dog’ which explores the bittersweetness of self-realisation and the solitude of adulthood. Both books are designed and published by our partners at the Bookend, Jane & Jeremy.

This exhibition brings together three University of Brighton Photography PhD/MA alumni with a shared interest in theoretical study. Costanza Santilli's project explores the English rural landscape, aiming to investigate the dynamics that shape our relationship with place. Ryan J Smith continues to investigate the idea of the 'archaeological imagination’ where land is seen through the sum of its history and Tim Auty's work examines the ambiguities of visual language and the nature of photography.

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An event as part of the A Land Within exhibition which takes place from 1st - 14th November 2024. Participants will be invited to explore nature through collage, observation, printing or drawing into a provided concertina book with guidelines from publishers Jane & Jeremy and artist Véronique Rolland. You will take away your own nature book and instructions on how to make another one!

This is a free drop in event that takes please during the opening hours of A Land Within.

Almost Nothing But Blue Ground is a research project by artists Matthew Benington and Tom Pope. The performative lecture brings to life an archive of research on Anna Atkins, along with other artefacts in the form of storytelling, archival material, research and cyanotype prints. The archive was the result of a performative weeklong walk in 2021, from Ferox House where Atkins lived in Tonbridge to Ferring where her collaborator Anne Dixon lived.

Please join us at the opening of A Land Within and meet the artists involved.

The walk will lead participants to the site of the Itford Hill Bronze Age Settlement, a central theme in Martin’s work. Along the way, we will observe the flora, fauna and wildlife, and on arrival, we will connect with the space in front of a fire with warm drinks and folk songs sung by Isa Howie. We will be accompanied by archaeologist Lisa Fisher and local nature lover and birder Ali Walters.