Exhibitions

SALFORD 77 is a documentary photography project focusing on everyday life in a changing urban environment in 1977. It aims to bring back memories of these parts of Salford and to show younger people the times their parents and grandparents grew up in.

black and white photo of a brick wall leading to a very high risen river with leaves around it

Martyn Pearson: Sheffield Great Flood Landscape at St Nicholas' Church

9 March 2024 to 7 May 2024

To commemorate the Sheffield great Flood of 1864, The Photographer, Martyn Pearson has created two exhibitions of contemporary photography. The ‘Landscape’ exhibition follows the path of the flood from Dale Dyke Dam to the Wicker Arches in the Centre of Sheffield.

black and white photo of a tree against a high rising river

Martyn Pearson: Sheffield Great Flood Still-Life at Sheffield Central Library

2 March 2024 to 27 April 2024

To commemorate the Sheffield great Flood of 1864, The Photographer, Martyn Pearson has created two exhibitions of contemporary photography. The ‘Still-Life’ exhibition depicts artefacts relating to the flood. These exhibitions are part of the 160th year anniversary flood events across the city of Sheffield.

a tent next to a hut in the rural countryside

Kalpesh Lathigra: Lost in the Wilderness presented by SixBySix at Ropes and Twines

11 March 2024 to 30 April 2024

SixBySix presents: Lost in the Wilderness by Kalpesh Lathigra, exhibition currently showing at Ropes and Twines until 30 April, 2024.

black and white pixelated portrait of a man paired with black text on a white background reading 'we were just school boys it was very hard in the beginning'

Andy Barnham and Sara de Jong: We Are Here, Because You Were There: Afghan Interpreters in the UK at Impressions Gallery

16 February 2024 to 4 May 2024

We Are Here, Because You Were There: Afghan Interpreters in the UK is a collaborative project by photographer Andy Barnham and researcher Sara de Jong, which documents the experiences of Afghan interpreters who were employed by the British Army in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2021, and resettled to the UK in 2021. This exhibition is on at Impressions Gallery until 4 May.

Woman photographed close-up against a bright pink backdrop

Casey Orr: Saturday Town at Open Eye Gallery

11 April 2024 to 18 May 2024

Saturday Town is a photography series by the award-winning photographer Casey Orr. Since 2013 Casey has travelled throughout the UK with her pop-up portrait studio photographing young people on Saturday afternoons. The project explores fashion, identity and the self-expression of young people on Saturday afternoons on the high streets and public spaces of towns across the country.
This is the largest show of Saturday Town and Casey Orr’s first retrospective show - on at Open Eye Gallery intil 18 May.

A blue background of a wall and white hands around a hoop and rope in foreground and graffiti paint, a collage of images

FORMAT: Future Tense – Living the future now at QUAD

16 March 2024 to 30 June 2024

Future Tense is an open ended conversational, visual environment, composed of still and moving imagery. Viewed through a multifaceted lens of different life experiences, the exhibition features artists from diverse cultures & backgrounds. Future Tense engages audiences in a space of frequencies that collectively communicate different channels of contemplation, considering new understandings of time, but also how image surface can be interpreted as communal space to be questioned and dissected. This group exhibition runs until 30 June.

A young boy laid on the sofa looking down and sad in an evening light

Maria Reaney presents: Little Faces Big Feelings at the Library of Birmingham

18 April 2024 to 29 June 2024

"Little Faces Big Feelings" is a poignant photographic collection documenting and highlighting the profound impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children and young people worldwide. The project, spearheaded by documentary photographer Maria Reaney, brings together 16 artists from internationally diverse backgrounds to shed light on the social and emotional challenges faced by children during lockdowns and thereafter. On at the Library of Birmingham 18 April - 29 June 2024.

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February 2020

Cherish

January 2020

Zanjir

Luke Saxon: Bags for Life

Mandy Barker: Our Plastic Ocean

December 2019

West Coast Photo, Signal Film and Media

October 2019

Berlin: After the Wall

Indeterminate Land

Common Ground

September 2019

Exhibition: NOT PHOTOGRAPHY

August 2019

Exhibition: A Portrait Of..., Open Eye Gallery

Phil Portus: SALFORD 77 at Langworthy Cornerstone Community Centre