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Upcoming Events and Exhibitions

Redeye Annual General Meeting 2021

28 September 2021, 18:00 to 20:00

AGM illustration by Brogesworld shows ideas, screens, lightbulb

All Redeye members are very welcome to Redeye's Annual General Meeting (AGM); it’s a key gathering each year to reflect on the last year, hear about future plans, ask questions, and get involved.

More info about Redeye Annual General Meeting 2021 →

Networking

Critique

Critique Surgery October 2021

4 October 2021, 16:00 to 19:00

Online,

Get informal advice on your projects and career during 1-1s with photographic specialists. Our regular Critique Surgeries are a supportive and welcoming space to share your work and get feedback and inspiration for continuing to improve the creative or business side of your photography.

More info about Critique Surgery October 2021 →

Past Events and Exhibitions

Virtual Exhibition: Wolf Suschitzky Photography Prize 2020

15 February 2021, 17:15 to 31 August 2021, 17:15

One of our Lightbox participant's Les Monaghan was shortlisted and is now being exhibited as part of Virtual Exhibition: Wolf Suschitzky Photography Prize 2020.

More info →

Talk

Special Event

Friday Live

9 July 2021, 17:00 to 27 August 2021, 17:00

Online,

Every Friday evening we go Live with working photographers on our Instagram! This new series aims to open up conversations about the state of the arts and those working within it.

Who has been on so far?

Niamh Donnelly

Michael Alberry

Becky Mursell

More info about Friday Live →

Graduate Takeover: Friday Lives

11 June 2021, 19:00 to 2 July 2021, 19:30

Online,

Graduate Takeover is a short season of events, advice and inspiration led by last year’s photography graduates, to help you hit the ground running. It’s free and open to all, especially new graduates and new starters, and co-delivered by Redeye, Fuse and Short Supply.

More info about Graduate Takeover: Friday Lives →

Special Event

Graduate Takeover

9 June 2021, 14:00 to 2 July 2021, 19:30

Online,

More info about Graduate Takeover →

Networking

Masterclass

Special Event

Lightbox Online

26 June 2021, 10:00 to 16:00

Online,

Lightbox Online is a six-month programme of talks, workshops and group critiques fostering a community of practice that will allow you to grow. There will be a focus on the skills required to sustain a career, from developing and managing standout projects, via marketing, fundraising and evaluation to collaborative working and ethical practice.

More info about Lightbox Online →

Talk

Seminar

Careers Clinic: Business Models

23 June 2021, 13:00 to 14:00

Online,

In this session Paul and Rosie from Redeye will talk through how to plan your business model, and use it strategically to monetise your practice and build your career.

More info about Careers Clinic: Business Models →

Talk

Seminar

Careers Clinic: Marketing your work

16 June 2021, 13:00 to 14:00

Online,

Our Careers Clinics are an open space for discussion, each week looking at a different element of running a successful creative practice. On Wednesday the 16th June we are thrilled to welcome Jaheed Hussain, founder of Fuse, and Hawwa Alam, co-founder of The Rice Bowl Collective, to talk about marketing yourself and your work.

More info about Careers Clinic: Marketing your work →

Networking

Talk

Graduate Takeover: Technology

9 June 2021, 19:00 to 20:30

Online,

We have invited three graduates to talk about their work and their year since graduating mid-pandemic. What can we all learn our adaptations to presenting work online, and what inspiration can we draw from new technologies?

More info about Graduate Takeover: Technology →

Workshop

Switching to Affinity Photo and Publisher

9 June 2021, 14:00 to 15:30

Online,

Many people have asked us if there are more affordable alternatives to the "industry standard" imaging and page layout software, Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, since Adobe moved to a subscription model.

This event will be an introduction to Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher, developed by Serif in Nottingham, England, and priced at a fraction of their Adobe counterparts.

More info about Switching to Affinity Photo and Publisher →

Talk

Special Event

Photo Histories: Colonialism and the Archive

1 June 2021, 19:00 to 20:15

Online,

We are delighted to welcome the award-winning director of African Apocalypse Rob Lemkin and the film’s narrator Femi Nylander for the next of our Photo Histories events.

The powerful new film tells the story of a young man’s journey across Africa in search of a colonial killer. The film’s protagonist, Femi Nylander, begins his journey exploring photographic archives that bear witness to the brutal violence visited on the people of Africa by Europeans.

More info about Photo Histories: Colonialism and the Archive →

Talk

Photo Histories: Apna Heritage Archive

26 May 2021, 19:00 to 20:30

Online,

Early migrants Sarwan and Amro Dass with Kanta Dass on Inkerman St. Wolverhampton' c1961 ©BCVA/Apna Heritage Archive

Redeye's Photo Histories is a new strand of events that looks at some of the many histories that photography can uncover. The strand features photographers, archivists, scholars and historians exploring some of the lesser-known and under represented histories of photography.

More info about Photo Histories: Apna Heritage Archive →

Seminar

Special Event

Open Space: Improving Accessibility

18 May 2021, 19:00 to 20:00

Online,

Photo by Becky Warnock of images printed on boxes

Our Open Space events are informal discussions focused around subjects important to the photography community.

This time we will look at the accessibility of our online events with the help of artist Anna Farley.

More info about Open Space: Improving Accessibility →

Networking

Critique

Critique Surgery May 2021

10 May 2021, 14:00 to 19:00

Online,

The Critique Surgeries are designed to be informal sessions for photographers who are looking for feedback and advice. Maybe you are struggling for inspiration, have hit a dead end with your latest project or you simply want advice on where, or who, to show your work to. In May we are joined by Lauren Maccabee, Lau Ching-Pig and Paul Herrmann.

More info about Critique Surgery May 2021 →

Workshop

Snapshot: Anthotypes

27 April 2021, 19:00 to 19:30

Online,

Image shows Tim in the process of making an Anthoype, we are looking over his shoulder at a painted sheet with leaves resting on top.

Redeye's Snapshots are a series of skill sharing workshops, offering quick introductions to new creative ideas and techniques. Join us for a 30 minute demonstration on Anthotypes from artist Tim Boddy!

More info about Snapshot: Anthotypes →

Talk

Symposium

Photo Ethics in Practice

23 March 2021, 19:00 to 20:30

Online,

Photography has a very complex relationship to ethics, and brings a unique set of challenges and considerations. In this event we will look at practical steps we can all take to interrogate our own working methods and ensure ethical best practice. Andrew will talk through his projects and how his own approach to ethics in photography has developed and evolved.

More info about Photo Ethics in Practice →

Networking

Critique

Critique Surgery March 2021

15 March 2021, 16:00 to 19:00

Online,

More info about Critique Surgery March 2021 →

Talk

Special Event

Craig McDean - Guest Speaker

9 March 2021, 14:00 to 15:00

Online,

The Greater Manchester Centre for Photography based at the University of Bolton have kindly offered Redeye members the opportunity to attend this talk with renouned fashion photographer Craig McDean.

More info about Craig McDean - Guest Speaker →

Talk

Roger Ballen - Guest Speaker

1 March 2021, 10:00 to 11:00

Online,

One of the most influential and important photographic artists of the 21st century, Roger Ballen’s photographs span over forty years. His strange and extreme works confront the viewer and challenge them to come with him on a journey into their own minds as he explores the deeper recesses of his own. The Greater Manchester Centre for Photography based at the University of Bolton has kindly offered Redeye members the opportunity to attend this talk, which is part of their ongoing series of guest speakers arranged to support their students.

More info about Roger Ballen - Guest Speaker →

Professor Tom Hunter - Guest Speaker

15 February 2021, 13:00 to 14:00

Online,

Talk

Full text available to Redeye members only.

More info about Professor Tom Hunter - Guest Speaker →

Networking

Talk

Special Event

Hothouse January 2021

30 January 2021, 12:00 to 16:00

Online,

Redeye is very pleased to be presenting our first digital Hothouse event in partnership with Fuse on Saturday the 30th January 2021. Join us for a day dedicated to spotlighting fresh, photographic content through a series of quick fire presentations from a variety of artists.

More info about Hothouse January 2021 →

Talk

Special Event

Collective Strategies

27 January 2021, 19:00 to 20:30

Online,

At a time when distance is advised, we present to you groups of artists working in synergy and getting the most out of collective working. Join us virtually to hear their experiences of the collective, and to answer your questions.

More info about Collective Strategies →

Networking

Critique

Critique Surgery January 2021

18 January 2021, 16:00 to 19:00

Online,

Get informal advice on your projects and career during 1-1s with specialists in photography. Our regular Critique Surgeries are a supportive and welcoming space to share your work and get feedback and inspiration for continuting to improve your photographic work.

More info about Critique Surgery January 2021 →

Networking

Special Event

Stay and Chat: Bring a Thing

15 December 2020, 19:00 to 20:00

Online,

For our last event of 2020 we wanted to get together with you all for one more Stay and Chat, with a twist. We want to celebrate photography with a chat about some of our favourite photographic projects and objects. A glass of wine or your favourite drink is encouraged but unfortunately not provided, and we will toast the end of 2020.

More info about Stay and Chat: Bring a Thing →

Peer to Peer: UK / HK online exhibition

11 November 2020 to 13 December 2020

Featuring over 30 artists based in UK and Hong Kong, Peer to Peer: UK / HK is a new online exhibition of new and existing digital artworks from some of the most innovative artists in the UK and Hong Kong, as part of a festival of cultural exchange between the two countries.

More info →

Workshop

Snapshot: Bookbinding

25 November 2020, 19:00 to 19:30

Online,

This introductory session will take you through the fundamental skills and tools of bookbinding, before demonstrating a simple pamphlet stitch. The techniques can be adapted to a range of materials to make your own notebooks, zines or photobooks.

More info about Snapshot: Bookbinding →

Workshop

Snapshot: Introduction to Self Publishing

24 November 2020, 19:00 to 19:30

Online,

This introduction to self publishing will talk through some of the different approaches to making your own edition of photobooks. Starting with the project as the focus, this talk will cover the basics of planning, designing, funding and producing your publication.

More info about Snapshot: Introduction to Self Publishing →

Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, I cant remember a time i didn't need you, 2020, interactive story

Peer to Peer: UK/HK

11 November 2020, 09:00 to 14 November 2020, 17:00

Peer to Peer: UK/HK is a programme designed to encourage meaningful cultural exchange and to forge enduring partnerships between the UK and Hong Kong's visual arts sectors. The programme launches publicly with an online festival of international exchange and collaboration on the 11-14 November, curated by independent curator Ying Kwok.

More info →

Talk

Seminar

Archiving Through Change

13 November 2020, 13:15 to 14:15

Online,

Originally envisaged as a physical exchange between UK and Hong Kong visual arts networks, Peer to Peer has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic to become an online space where meaningful exchange can happen and partnerships and relationships can be forged. This panel discusses the changing role of archives, comparing the approaches in Hong Kong and the UK, and considers what the archives and collections of the future might look like.

More info about Archiving Through Change →

Networking

Special Event

Lightbox Online: Is it for me?

27 October 2020, 19:00 to 20:00

Online,

Screen grab from Redeye Critique session

This event will be an opportunity to hear more about Lightbox Online and ask any questions about the course and how to get involved. Redeye’s director Paul Herrmann and Programme Coordinator Rachael Burns will be on hand to talk through the aims of the course and work out if it is the right fit for you.

More info about Lightbox Online: Is it for me? →

Talk

Masterclass

Workshop

Snapshot: Nilupa Yasmin

20 October 2020, 13:00 to 13:30

Online,

Nilupa Yasmin is an artist and educator known for her beautiful, intricately constructed artworks and large-scale installations. The weaving of photographs is core to her practice, and in this workshop she will talk through her use of the process and how it shaped her work, followed by a demonstration of the weaving technique.

More info about Snapshot: Nilupa Yasmin →

Networking

Critique

October Critique Surgery

5 October 2020, 16:00 to 19:00

Online,

This series, as with all our events, will be conducted online for the foreseeable future on one-to-one Zoom meetings.

More info about October Critique Surgery →

Networking

Special Event

Redeye Annual General Meeting 2020

30 September 2020, 18:30 to 20:00

Online,

The AGM is one of the key meetings for Redeye members each year. It's a chance to hear about and discuss plans for the future, reflect on the past year, and make some key decisions. You'll meet other Redeye members as well as staff and board members. It’s a great opportunity for any questions you have about our programme or other matters.

In 2020 for the first time it takes place virtually, on Zoom. Register below and you will be sent the Zoom link just before the event.

More info about Redeye Annual General Meeting 2020 →

Talk

Seminar

Open Space: Photographic ethics and the appetite for change

29 September 2020, 18:00 to 19:30

Online,

An overview and discussion concerning the ethical challenges and issues facing photography today, with Savannah Dodd, founding director of the Photography Ethics Centre. Free and all welcome.

More info about Open Space: Photographic ethics and the appetite for change →

Talk

Special Event

Redeye at The Photography Show

21 September 2020, 11:00 to 12:00

Online,

Student and graduation panel session: Where now?

Paul Herrmann and a group of mentors from across the image-making industry will come together to give quick-fire advice to those who have just graduated (or who are still studying) and are wondering what options there are to progress their careers in light of the recent global upheaval. The panellists will invite their audience to think creatively and adapt their mindset to a working environment that while challenging, could also offer some very different opportunities.

More info about Redeye at The Photography Show →

Talk

Masterclass

Getting Your Ducks in a Row

15 September 2020, 18:00 to 19:15

Online,

Getting the business side of your practice organised is one of those tasks that always seems to slip down the to-do list. But not doing so, and not following up when your work gets misused, can be costly. Has your work ever been reproduced without your permission? Or has a client ever made more of your work than was agreed? And why when challenged do so many people say 'But it's only a photo'? This event will give you the skills and knowledge to understand when and how to push back and demand fair payment for your images.

More info about Getting Your Ducks in a Row →

Networking

Special Event

Redeye Member Catch Up

19 August 2020, 18:00 to 19:15

Online,

Ahead of the start of our autumn activities we wanted to check in with our members. This will be an online member meet-up led by Redeye Director Paul Herrmann to discuss work and photography during and after the pandemic, strategies for coping and how Redeye can best support our members.

More info about Redeye Member Catch Up →

Member Led

Talk

Workshop

Snapshot: Introduction to Cyanotypes

16 July 2020, 18:00 to 18:30

Online,

Redeye's Snapshots are a series of skill sharing workshops, offering quick introductions to new creative ideas and techniques.

Join us for a 30 minute demonstration from fine-art photographer Scott Hunter, providing insight into exploring this traditional printing technique from your own home without the need for a darkroom. In this introduction to Cyanotype printing, you will gain understanding into mixing chemistry, coating papers, selecting objects, and exposing the prints.

More info about Snapshot: Introduction to Cyanotypes →

Special Event

Rethinking Digital Preservation in a Time of Crisis

7 July 2020, 09:00 to 8 July 2020, 17:00

Online,

During the Covid-19 lockdown we’ve all become acutely aware of one of the most essential values of digital preservation: remote access. Most physical collections, libraries, and archives have been closed down for several weeks. This two day event explores how we can best preserve and give access to our digital archives and collections.

More info about Rethinking Digital Preservation in a Time of Crisis →

Networking

Talk

Open Space: What's Next for Photography Graduates?

2 July 2020, 18:00 to 19:00

Online,

Our Open Space events are discussions on a particular subject. Open to all, and we particularly welcome anyone with experience or knowledge of the subject covered.

Open Space: What’s Next for Photography Graduates will allow graduating students to discuss their concerns and hear about some of the help available to graduates at this challenging time.

More info about Open Space: What's Next for Photography Graduates? →

Workshop

Snapshot: Jessa Fairbrother

18 June 2020, 18:00 to 18:30

Online,

Redeye's Snapshots are a series of skill sharing workshops, offering quick introductions to new creative ideas and techniques.

Jessa Fairbrother is a widely acclaimed photographic artist known for the intricate hand embellishments into her work. For this Snapshot she will be talking us through her current investigations and the use of embroidery that concentrates on knots.

More info about Snapshot: Jessa Fairbrother →

Workshop

Zine making with Shy Bairns

10 June 2020, 18:00 to 18:30

Online,

Redeye's Snapshots are a series of skill sharing workshops, offering quick introductions to new creative ideas and techniques.

Join us for the first Snapshot event on Wednesday 10th June with artist collective Shy Bairns. We will be making zines, simple self-published books with a historically used to celebrate fandom and for grassroots activism.

More info about Zine making with Shy Bairns →

Networking

Masterclass

The Rethink Sessions

8 April 2020, 17:00 to 9 June 2020, 19:30

Online,

Redeye's Rethink Sessions aim to help photographers and artists navigate the COVID-19 crisis; to reprioritise, and find new ideas and income during the pandemic and beyond.

More info about The Rethink Sessions →

Workshop

Critique

Rethink Session: Refreshing your artist statement

9 June 2020, 18:00 to 19:15

Online,

Redeye's Rethink Sessions aim to help photographers and artists navigate the COVID-19 crisis; to reprioritise, and find new ideas and income during the pandemic and beyond.

A good artist statement gives the audience an access point into your work, communicating clearly who you are. It is about finding your creative voice. For this Rethink Session we will take a focused look at writing about your work with writer, curator and academic Camilla Brown.

More info about Rethink Session: Refreshing your artist statement →

Redeye's programme during the coronavirus pandemic

1 June 2020, 13:15

Online,

Opening of Disparity Collective exhibition in Tapestry, Liverpool. The collective was formed at Redeye's Lightbox course. Photo: Paul Herrmann

Our top priority is always to support photographers, and never more so than through the current coronavirus pandemic. Although we have had to cancel most of our planned face to face events, we are planning the best way to bring all our programme online for remote delivery, while retaining the sense of community that is so important.

We’ve set up a survey for your thoughts and suggestions about how best to deliver this, if you have a few minutes to send any thoughts and comments.

More info about Redeye's programme during the coronavirus pandemic →

Networking

Stay and Chat

15 April 2020, 16:30 to 28 May 2020, 16:00

Online,

In these unsettling times we think that it is more important than ever that we stay connected. Redeye hosts regular ‘Stay and Chat’ sessions; remote meet-ups for anyone to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, strategies for coping and how best to support the photographic community.

More info about Stay and Chat →

Trace - The Covid-19 Portfolio online art sale

30 April 2020, 08:00 to 28 May 2020, 11:45

Artist Sian Bonnell, Artist/Printer Charlie Meecham, Producer Tracy Marshall and a number of members of arts collective Trace - have harnessed the energy, generosity and goodwill of their photography friends & colleagues to produce an online art fair offering affordable work by international photographers in aid of the charities Crisis and Refuge.

More info →

Networking

Talk

Rethink Session: Climate art and action in the time of the pandemic

26 May 2020, 18:00 to 19:15

Online,

Redeye's Rethink Sessions aim to help photographers and artists navigate and adapt to the COVID-19 crisis; to reprioritise, and find new ideas and income during the pandemic and beyond.

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed our daily lives. Moving forwards we know how effectively we can collectively adapt and reprioritise; should we and how we can apply this to the climate crisis?

For the next Rethink Session Phil Korbel, social entrepreneur and co-founder of The Carbon Literacy Project, will join the discussion. We will look at how artists can get more actively involved; make their own arts practice carbon neutral; and use visual communication skills to spread the message. Can we make a positive impact on the planet an integral part of this ‘new normal’?

More info about Rethink Session: Climate art and action in the time of the pandemic →

Networking

Talk

Rethink Session: Artists' response to the pandemic

19 May 2020, 18:00 to 19:15

Online,

John Dunstall; scenes from the Great Plague of 1665

Redeye's Rethink Sessions aim to help photographers and artists navigate and adapt to the COVID-19 crisis; to reprioritise, and find new ideas and income during the pandemic and beyond.

Photographers and artists have always created valuable historical records at times of crisis, including the current COVID-19 pandemic. Join us for a Rethink Session with Ian Hunter of Littoral Arts looking at the various works that photographers and artists are producing, and to talk through our collective response.

More info about Rethink Session: Artists' response to the pandemic →

Talk

Rethink Session: Culture and Care

6 May 2020, 18:00 to 19:15

Online,

Culture is “in the driving seat” of political change. For this Rethink Session we welcome two change leaders to discuss how care might be more centrally embedded after Covid-19, and the role of the arts and culture in accelerating that change.

More info about Rethink Session: Culture and Care →

Networking

SEPN Virtual Meet up

5 May 2020, 17:00 to 18:45

Online,

The Socially Engaged Photography Network is a national and inclusive network bringing organisations, photographers, community groups, academics and curators from across the country to discuss and accelerate the practice of socially engaged photography. North West cultural hosts Redeye Photography Network and Open Eye Gallery are delighted to host the next regional meet up on Tuesday 5th May, 5 - 6.40pm.

More info about SEPN Virtual Meet up →

Talk

Talk: DJ Clark, multimedia journalist

29 April 2020, 12:30 to 13:30

Online,

DJ Clark won the World Press Photo Interactive award in April 2020 with an extraordinary immersive film, Battleground PolyU, from the peak of the Hong Kong protests of November 2019. We are delighted to welcome him to a Zoom discussion for Redeye.

More info about Talk: DJ Clark, multimedia journalist →

Critique

Virtual Critique Surgeries: April 2020

27 April 2020, 16:30 to 28 April 2020, 19:00

Online,

Get informal advice on your projects and career during 1-1s with experts in the industry. Our regular Critique Surgeries will be conducted online for the foreseeable future, on one-to-one Zoom meetings.

More info about Virtual Critique Surgeries: April 2020 →

Talk

Rethink Session: a philosophical take?

21 April 2020, 18:00 to 19:15

Online,

Redeye's Rethink Sessions aim to help photographers and artists navigate and adapt to the COVID-19 crisis; to reprioritise, and find new ideas and income during the pandemic and beyond. Please join us for a Rethink Session with Dr Katrin Joost presenting a philosophical take on the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on our lives individually and collectively.

More info about Rethink Session: a philosophical take? →

Talk

Masterclass

Rethink Session: Business models

14 April 2020, 18:30 to 19:45

Online,

Redeye's Rethink Sessions aim to help photographers and artists navigate and adapt to the COVID-19 crisis; to reprioritise, and find new ideas and income during the pandemic and beyond.

Business Models: Can they help us in times of dramatic change?

More info about Rethink Session: Business models →

Networking

Talk

Rethink Session: Fundraising and responding to the pandemic

8 April 2020, 17:15 to 18:30

Online,

Redeye's Rethink Sessions aim to help photographers and artists navigate and adapt to the COVID-19 crisis; to reprioritise, and find new ideas and income during the pandemic and beyond. The first of The Rethink Sessions will aim to tackle a couple of the most common questions we have been asked; ‘How do I fund my practice through the pandemic?’ and ‘How can I respond artistically?’.

More info about Rethink Session: Fundraising and responding to the pandemic →

Networking

Special Event

Stay and Chat: New Ways of Working

24 March 2020, 14:00 to 15:30

Online,

In these unsettling times we think that it is more important than ever that we stay connected. This event is a starting point for ‘Stay and Chat’; a remote meet up for our members to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, strategies for coping and how Redeye can best support the photographic community.

More info about Stay and Chat: New Ways of Working →