From the 1840s, scientists were using photography to record and measure phenomena which lay beyond human vision. The beauty of these early images and the revolutionary techniques developed for scientific study, shaped the history of photography and heavily influenced modern and contemporary art photographers. More →
Exhibitions
We regret to announce that after 26 years of supporting photographers and championing photography throughout the UK, Redeye, the Photography Network will wind down on 31 July 2024 due to a number of factors, including lack of funding. Read our full statement here. We are no listing exhibitions. The archive of past exhibitions is available below.
11 July 2015 to 24 January 2016
This exhibition asks: what does ‘the market’ look like? What does money really stand for? How can the abstractions of high finance be made visible? Who is finance for? The exhibition charts how the financial world has been imagined in art, illustration, photography and other visual media over the last three centuries in Britain and the United States. The project asks how artists have grappled with the increasingly intangible and self-referential nature of money and finance, from the South Sea Bubble of the 18th century to the global financial crisis of 2008. The exhibition includes an More →
2 October 2015 to 10 January 2016
London
This exhibition presents the artist’s first major solo show in London, and consists of entirely new and previously unseen works.
It continues Noémie Goudal’s interest in manmade interventions into the natural world, through photographs which portray complex and ambiguous constructions created by the artist within the landscape. More →
19 September 2015 to 13 November 2015
On Reserve, World of Glass, St. Helens
An exhibition of photographic, video and sound pieces, which documents a number of Army Reserve barracks based in the North-West of England. The project explores and examines the opinions and views of active reservist soldiers, who are based within the barracks that were documented. More →
18 August 2015 to 8 November 2015
Merseyside
Featuring work by North West artists that reflects on social and political change, particularly since the 1960s. This is the second of three exhibitions of North West based artists taking place across the region in 2015. Initiated by the Contemporary Visual Arts Network North West and guest curated by Lynda Morris the three exhibitions aim to raise the profile of artists both inside and outside the region. More →
2 October 2015 to 9 October 2015
An exhibition of work by art, design, media and architecture postgraduates at Manchester School of Art More →
16 July 2015 to 3 October 2015
Exquisite Corpse explores female form, self-image and stereotypes from the perspective of eleven female artists. Through video, painting, performance and illustration, the exhibition also considers the potential of contemporary technology as a tool to examine female self identity and evaluates the impact that it has upon constructs of 'femininity'. More →
1 September 2015 to 30 September 2015
Welcome to Manchester (Make Your Own) a photographic exhibition by Christelle Vaillant, at the Nexus Art cafe in Manchester.
From 1st September to 30th September 2015, opened Mon – Sat 11am-6:30pm | Sun 12-5:30pm | Free entry
The Mancunian photographer Christelle Vaillant presents a set of photographs offers some varied perspectives of Manchester through culture, architecture and time. More →
19 September 2015 to 21 September 2015
United Kingdom
The final of three exhibitions featuring new commissions and existing works by leading national and international contemporary artists based in the North West.
Guest curated by Lynda Morris, the exhibitions offer alternative perspectives on cultural, social, and political change, from different generations of artists who reflect on local and global issues, post 1969 to present day.
Modern History Vol. II opens at The Atkinson, Southport on 18 August and continues until 8 November. More →
27 June 2015 to 19 September 2015
Opening up an extraordinary documentary narrative, this exhibition is the first major account of the AmberSide Collection started by a group of like-minded students at Regent Street Polytechnic in London in 1968. With a resolve to collect documents of working class culture, Amber Collective moved to the North East of England the following year in 1969 and in 1977 opened Side Gallery where it remains today. More →