Photoworks

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Photoworks
PredecessorCross Channel Photographic Mission (CCPM)
Formation1995
FoundersAnne McNeill, Liz Kent
Founded at St Leonards-on-Sea
Location
Shoair Mavlian
Staff
Louise Fedotov-Clements (Director), Jonathan May (Deputy Director), Juliette Buss (Education Consultant), Julia Bunnemann (Curator), Danit Ariel (Assistant Curator), Flavia Cahn (Learning and Engagement Assistant), Diane Smyth (Editor), Josie Saunders (Programme Producer), Natalia González Acosta (Digital Marketing Officer) [1]
Website photoworks.org.uk

Photoworks is a UK development agency dedicated to photography, based in Brighton, England and founded in 1995. [2] It commissions and publishes new photography and writing on photography; publishes the Photoworks Annual, a journal on photography and visual culture, tours Photoworks Presents, a live talks and events programme, and produces the Brighton Photo Biennial, the UK's largest international photography festival Brighton Photo Biennial,. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] It fosters new talent through the organisation of the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards in collaboration with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.

Contents

It has published photography books by Daniel Meadows, Mark Power, Stephen Gill, Rinko Kawauchi and Joachim Schmid, and published books written or edited by Val Williams.

Photoworks is a registered charity, funded by Arts Council England [3] and one of Arts Council England's National Portfolio Organisations. Photoworks in collaboration with local, national and international partners, connect artists with diverse audiences. Its internationally recognised programme includes commissions, exhibitions, publishing, learning and large-scale public events.

History

Photoworks formed out of the Cross Channel Photographic Mission (CCPM) arts project in St Leonards-on-Sea in 1995. It initially consisted of founding director and curator Anne McNeill [8] [9] and projects manager Liz Kent. In 1997, the organisation moved to Maidstone and then in 2003 to Brighton.

In 2011, Photoworks merged with Brighton Photo Biennial. [10]

Directors

Jerwood/Photoworks Awards

The Jerwood/Photoworks Awards is a biennial award given to emerging photographers in the UK who make their own photography, or those who use photographs, archives or found photography. [14] [15] It is a collaboration between the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Photoworks, supported by Arts Council England, that launched in 2014. [16]

The winners, announced early in the year, receive a financial award (£10,000 as of 2018) plus a £5,000 production fund, and mentoring programme for the duration of that year. The resulting work is shown in a group exhibition at Jerwood Space in London from November and tours to other venues in the UK (Impressions Gallery in Bradford and Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool in 2015 to 2016). [16] [17] [18]

Winners

Publications

Magazine

  • Photoworks issue 1. Brighton: Photoworks, 2003.
  • Photoworks issue 2. Brighton: Photoworks, 2004.
  • Photoworks issue 3. Brighton: Photoworks, 2004.
  • Photoworks issue 4. Brighton: Photoworks, 2005.
  • Photoworks issue 5. Brighton: Photoworks, 2005.
  • Photoworks issue 6. Brighton: Photoworks, 2006.
  • Photoworks issue 7. Brighton: Photoworks, 2006.
  • Photoworks issue 8. Brighton: Photoworks, 2007.
  • Photoworks issue 9. Brighton: Photoworks, 2007.
  • Photoworks issue 10. Brighton: Photoworks, 2008.
  • Photoworks issue 11. Brighton: Photoworks, 2008.
  • Photoworks issue 12. Brighton: Photoworks, 2009.
  • Photoworks issue 13. Brighton: Photoworks, 2009. ISBN   978-1-903796-30-6.
  • Photoworks issue 14. Brighton: Photoworks, 2010.
  • Photoworks issue 15. Brighton: Photoworks, 2010. ISBN   978-1-903796-32-0.
  • Photoworks issue 16. Brighton: Photoworks, 2011. ISBN   978-1-903796-33-7.
  • Photoworks issue 17. Brighton: Photoworks, 2011. ISBN   978-1-903796-34-4.
  • Photoworks issue 18. Brighton: Photoworks, 2012. ISBN   978-1-903796-35-1.
  • Photoworks issue 19: Agents of change: photography and the politics of space. Brighton: Photoworks, 2012. ISBN   9781903796368.
  • Photoworks Annual Issue 20: Family Politics. Brighton: Photoworks, 2013. ISBN   978-1-903796-37-5.
  • Photoworks Annual Issue 21: Collaboration. Brighton: Photoworks, 2014. ISBN   9781903796504. Edited by Mariama Attah.
  • Photoworks Annual Issue 22: Women. Brighton: Photoworks, 2015.

Notes

  1. ↑ Not Going Shopping can be viewed here within the Photoworks site.

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