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.
  
  
• Tickets £5, advance booking on Eventbrite only. *Last few available, selling fast*
  
  
• 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 with Zoe Childerley about their works

followed by a drinks reception.

Join Arpita Shah and growers from Black Rootz and Go Grow With Love to celebrate the launch of this new Photo Fringe commission, with poetry by Hot Poet Zena Edwards. Part of the We feed The UK story, a nationwide storytelling campaign by The Gaia Foundation, on show at ONCA until 6 October.

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

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 at Mid-Street Lab for a nocturnal viewing of Revealing Horizons: Unseen Connections by Fama Diouf, with drinks, music, and quizzes offering a chance to win up to £120 in art works.

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 Saturday 12th October from 9:30-10:30am, followed by a short walk to Guru World Foods and Spices to see the exhibit.

Book your free ticket here

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

Meet the artist behind Peripheral Visions

The exhibition shows images from the free party rave scene in Sussex Downs, Coney Island’s iconic freak show, the Burning Man festival’s revellers and late-night street dwellers of Philadelphia. Plus colour infrared photographs of global locations - a psychedelic vision of the world filled with the idealism of a global traveler.

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.

No need to book, just turn up.

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.

A talk at Phoenix Art Space Project Space on Saturday 12 October as part of Photo Fringe 2024.

Fergus Heron will discuss how the current exhibition Phoenix Place developed.

The talk is due to begin at 3pm and is scheduled for an hour including time for questions.

Join Pompey Darkroom for an afternoon of phototalks at Aspex Portsmouth with photographers Kirsty Mackay and Kelly O’Brien on Saturday 12th October between 4-6pm! This is an entirely free event and both talks will have a Q&A section after to ask the artists questions about their practice.

You can book a ticket here

About the speakers

Kirsty Mackay was born Glasgow and grew up in a working-class tenement block in the city. Her experience underpins her approach to photography, both in terms of the topics she chooses and her approaches to them. Shooting portraits and documentary images, Mackay tackles poverty without demonising or patronising the people who face it.

Visit Kirsty's website here

Kelly O’Brien is an artist, researcher, and educator, originally from Derby. She was raised on state benefits in a council house by her single mother and collaborator, within a vibrant Irish immigrant and poor working-class community. These formative experiences deeply underpin her work.

Visit Kelly's website here

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 +

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.

Book your ticket here

Come meet award-winning British photographer and multidisciplinary artist Antonina Mamzenko whose exhibition Bodies of Water, is on display for Photo Fringe at Sea Lanes, (inside Fika and Bison Beach Bar) throughout October.

Bodies of Water was born out of the frustration with the lack of visual representation and the perpetuation of societal stigmas surrounding people living in larger bodies, resulting in insidious messaging that those people are unhealthy, don't like to keep active, that their bodies are somehow wrong, and that they shouldn't be seen on a beach or at a pool.

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 Fergus Heron.

Fergus Heron was born in London and currently lives and works in Brighton, England and Nairn, Scotland, United Kingdom. He studied at the Royal College of Art and the University for the Creative Arts.

Exhibitions featuring his work have taken place internationally at venues including Tate Britain, Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Royal West of England Academy, Museum for Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark; K3 Project Space, Zurich, Switzerland.

His work is included in the anthology Emerging Landscapes (Abingdon: Routledge, 2014). He selected The Photographers’ Gallery Photography Culture: Photography and Landscape, edited Visible Economies (Brighton: Photoworks, 2012) and is a contributor to A Companion to Photography (Oxford: Blackwell, 2020). Heron is interviewed in Photoworks Ideas Series.

He is Course Leader for MA Photography and a research supervisor in the School of Art and Media at the University of Brighton, England.

Doors at 5pm / Start at 5.30pm
145-155 Edward Street (Room 309)

Please join us for the opening of Phoebe Wingrove's exhibition.

Open to everyone!

Come and celebrate the opening of Peripheral Visions at Gallery Lock In and meet the artist, Charles Holm a.k.a Homez, behind it.

The exhibition shows images from the free party rave scene in Sussex Downs, Coney Island’s iconic freak show, the Burning Man festival’s revellers and late-night street dwellers of Philadelphia. Plus colour infrared photographs of global locations - a psychedelic vision of the world filled with the idealism of a global traveler.

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

Exhibition Preview of WONDER – House of Juba's showcase as part of Photo Fringe 2024.

This exhibition brings together the diverse and captivating work of our talented photographers, offering a unique glimpse into their artistic perspectives and the world as seen through their lenses.

Please join us for the opening of Lynn Weddle's exhibition in the Project Space.

Heal is a photographic series celebrating the strength of women healing after life-changing trauma.

Come and celebrate the opening of Peripheral Visions at Gallery Lock Nexus at Tichborne Projects – Part two of our double showing for Photo Fringe.

This exhibition brings together three artists whose work explores the themes of family, memory, place, home and identity –Robin Crosby, John Williams, Daisy O'Neill.

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

Epic Everyday Worlds.

Make your own photographs inspired by Common Ground, the theme of this year’s Photo Fringe festival. Photographer Lynn Weddle will help you to create your own imagined mini scenes, turn your ideas into playful and fantastical worlds and give new meaning to everyday objects. Using mini photo studios, coloured lights and photographic techniques you will capture the scenes you have created. A small number of cameras will be available but please bring along your smart phone.

Phoenix Art Space family workshops are for children aged 5yrs+ to enjoy being creative together with their parents / carers. Artist-led and inspired by the themes of the Photo Fringe exhibition programme they are a great opportunity to have fun and explore different materials. All workshops are free and drop-in so there’s no need to book.

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 Saturday 19 October, 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/

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.

Come along to the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA) for the exhibition closing event for Until Daylight Comes, have a drink and meet the artist Matthew Paul Bruce.

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.

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 inside the library on Sunday, October 20th 11:30 am-12:30 pm. The event is free, and no registration is needed. For more info, please see: instagram.com/seas_uk

The event is designed to gather information to further the current project. If you rent then your 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.

This online webinar takes the film A Difficult Place - discovering the cost of living crisis in Brighton - as a starting point to explore and highlight the practices of artists and arts organisations intersecting with community projects supporting housing and food activism.

Hear from speakers that are part of different collaborations happening across the UK as they discuss their projects and approaches to creating common ground through culture and community.

Free, online – book your place here

Photoworks Weekender 2024
24 – 27 October

Exhibitions / Photobooks / Talks / Professional Practice / Photo Meet / Superlab / Premieres / Tours / Photosocials

The Photoworks Weekender brings together a dynamic four day programme across Brighton of new commissions, exhibitions, book launches and an unmissable professional practice opportunities.

[Image © Felicity Hammond, V3 - Model collapse]

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 3-4pm
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.

Join us for the launch of Alejandra Carles-Tolrá's exhibition, The Bears.

‘The Bears' is a series of photographs portraying womxn who were part of Brown University’s rugby team between 2013-2015. Carles-Tolra's exhibition invites us to question stereotypes associated to womxn who play rugby.

Alejandra Carles-Tolra is a photographer, facilitator and educator from Barcelona based in London. Questions regarding what defines our identities and the role the group plays in our search for belonging drives her work.

Her work is part of the Arts Council Collection of England and the Col·lecció Nacional de Fotografía of Catalunya. It has been published/ exhibited internationally, including The Guardian, El Pais, National Portrait Gallery, Jerwood Space, Finnish Museum of Photography, Photo Miyota Japan, PHotoEspaña, and Wuhan Art Museum.

Please Note: There will be a Book Presentation of The Bears at 3-4pm.

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 this Friday for the opening of Bathing Season by Tolly Robinson and Mother Daughter by Moose Azim at Brighton Art Space.

Related Exhibitions:

Bathing Season
Mother Daughter

Peckham 24 X Photoworks Weekender

Please join us for an artists in conversation event hosted by Peckham 24 which brings together Africa Barrero-Alexander and Åsa Johannesson to discuss the themes of their artistic practices within the framework of Johannesson’s recent publication, Queer Methodology for Photography.

Africa Barrero-Alexander is the winner of the Peckham 24 x Photo Fringe Open Call, and his image Seventh Day from the ongoing series This Body Was Carved from Stone, is on display in Fabrica’s In Between Gallery from 14 - 27th October. Åsa Johannesson is an artist working across photography, installation and writing. Her practice concerns the relationship between queerness, representation and material knowledge production.

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.

Please join us for the opening of Alison Lloyd: Contouring on Saturday between 4pm – 7pm.

The exhibition will feature photography, collage and work on paper across a forty five year period.

A free, live online masterclass on the roadblocks to creativity.

Are you feeling stuck? Do you feel that your photography doesn't light you up anymore? Do you feel you are not artistic enough?

Discover the number one killer of your photographic creativity.

Learn about the types of blocks that limit you from gaining the confidence and freedom to creative self-expression and personal development through your photography.

A holistic approach to photographic creation powered by The EVA Method.

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.

The exhibition is open:
1-14 November 2024 (Tuesday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm)

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

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.

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.

MacDonaldStrand will talk about their ongoing practice and their latest project, False Flags, 2024, which is on show at Gallery DODO in the Phoenix Art Space. The Gallery will be open from 10.30 for viewing before the talk. Free coffee and apple cake will be available in the White Room. This will be a hangover-friendly event.

Remembrance Sunday two minute silence will be observed

This event is hosted by Gallery DODO as part of Photo Fringe 2024

An informal talk by documentary photographer, Debby Besford about her project, Inside the Burlesque Boudoir.

Followed by a book signing where there will also be a small selection of limited edition photographs for sale.

Cultivating Change: Unseen Stories of Land, Identity, and Resilience

Join us for a packed afternoon of artists talks exploring the evolving relationship between land, labour, and identity.

Speakers include:

Arpita Shah, Murray Ballard, Joanne Coates, Bandia Ribeira and Krasimira Butseva
chaired by Prof. Benedict Burbridge.

[Read more about the event here]

Followed by the Danny Wilson Memorial Awards

Free entry. Donations welcome. Booking essential.
[Book your free place via Eventbrite here]