Photoworks

19/06/2026

Earth Photo 2026 - Award Evening

Join us at Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) to celebrate the power of photography at the Earth Photo Awards ceremony 2026, taking place 2 July.

Earth Photo celebrates the power of image-making to inspire reflection, conversation and change. The exhibition of shortlisted works will be open to view from 6pm, offering the opportunity to view this year’s works ahead of the ceremony at 7pm.

We are delighted to announce Chris Packham will deliver a keynote and present the winner of this year’s Earth Photo Award.

Get your ticket for free: https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/earth-photo-award-ceremony-2026

Image by Rebecca Wickham.

18/06/2026

Open Call - 25 Funded Artist Venturing Labs

We are looking for UK-based artists interested in spending a week in Crete, Greece, working collaboratively with climate researchers, artists and entrepreneurs, publicly and across disciplines!

This is not a residency in the conventional sense - it is a sustained experiment in how art and science can think together about climate, landscape and time.

Selected artists receive:
- A £1,000 stipend for the week on site (in addition to return air travel from UK airports , accommodation, meals and on-the-ground costs, which are covered by the project)
- Full access to the scientific team, site partners, local hosts and fellow artists for the duration of the lab
- Much more!

This opportunity is a partnership between Photoworks, EASE (Entrepreneurship, Art & Science for Environmental Sustainability) and .

Apply for free by 29 June 2026 via our website. Link in bio!

Images by

02/06/2026

We're pleased to announce has been selected as the recipient of the Hidden Narratives Residency, where she will spend a year immersing herself in the historic Collections of the Royal Geographical Society and engaging with materials in relation to the environment and the humanitarian. Erdiola will give a talk to share work and research in progress at Summit Photo 2026 (17-19 July), with the final presentations taking place during Summit Photo 2027.

Erdiola Kanda Mustafaj is an Albanian/Italian multi-disciplinary artist based in Paris, working across photography, video installation and sound. Her research lies at the intersection of memory, displacement and the politics of image-making.

The Hidden Narratives Residency is a partnership between Photoworks, and .

Read more:

The Italian Cultural Institute in London, Photoworks, and the Royal Geographical Society are pleased to announce that artist Erdiola Kanda Mustafaj has been selected as the recipient of the Hidden Narratives Residency, where she will spend a year immersing herself in the historic Collections of the....

13/05/2026

We’re delighted to announce that the two latest volumes in our P5 photo-poetry pamphlet series are now available in our online shop!

Giving Notice by is a reluctant love letter to the decisions we make and the often monotonous nature of life.

Promise to be Tender by & explores love, care and crip interdependence forged through illness, precarity and devotion.

If you’re in London this Saturday, you can hear all three artists perform readings of this new work at . Link in bio to book your free ticket.

You can also find us at A Bigger Book Fair all weekend at , where volumes 1 & 2 of P5, End scape by and Persona Digitalia by , will be available to buy alongside the new releases.

P5 is a photography and poetry pamphlet series directed by Photoworks in partnership with , and designed by . The series was created to support artists exploring how text, image and page can come together in meaningful, experimental and unexpected ways.

https://photoworks.org.uk/whats-on/p5-all-pamphlets-available-now/

07/05/2026

What’s Outside? Photography Club

Free. Starting 20th May at Phoenix Art Space, Brighton

Join Photoworks for What’s Outside? a free programme of photographic workshops for young people aged 12 – 15 led by photographers Sutirtha Chatterjee and Phoebe Wingrove.

This workshop programme invites young people to creatively visualise sense of place through Tarner Park – a community led outdoor space. Together we’ll explore new photographic techniques taking inspiration from the relationship between the rural landscape and community amongst Brighton.

We'll use Photography as a tool to be curious, visualising how young people see and interact with the outdoors.

Register here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=0UdfPWg72kSq7r8nKxXfAXwCtzJe3ZFOr_ZQJqsoDWtUNFNJV0ZVMUtTUThDOTE1Wlc3UTUwTzBGOS4u&route=shorturl

Join Photoworks for What’s Outside? a free programme of photographic workshops for young people aged 12 – 15 led by photographers Sutirtha Chatterjee and Phoebe Wingrove.

05/05/2026

Living Pictures with Ella Sadie Guthrie, Phyllipa Scammell & Tom Lovelace

Living Pictures is an evening of poetry, music and dance that reimagines how we encounter the photographic image. Presented in collaboration with and aligned with our P5 Photo-Poetry Pamphlet Series, Living Pictures brings together Ella Sadie Guthrie, Phyllipa Scammell & Tom Lovelace. The artists will explore these intersections through spoken word, music and movement.

At its core, Living Pictures is an invitation to move beyond passive viewing and into a more dynamic encounter with images. Expect moments of interruption, resonance and surprise, where photographs are not simply seen, but experienced.

Find out more and get your tickets:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/post/2140113

21/04/2026

Paid opportunity for Arts undergraduates! Support Photoworks as we welcome school groups to the festival.

Photoworks is pleased to offer paid opportunities for the role of Student Artist Facilitator to a cohort of sixteen undergraduates (from any Arts course or background) to deliver creative workshops for secondary school groups visiting the Photoworks Festival in Brighton.

Successful applicants will receive (paid) training from award winning artist Annis Joslin and the highly experienced Photoworks team providing them with all skills and expertise required to successfully plan and deliver simple creative sessions in a gallery setting.

Find out more information and apply:

An exciting opportunity for Arts undergraduates to support Photoworks as we welcome school groups to the festival. Photoworks is pleased to offer paid opportunities for the role of Student Artist Facilitator to a cohort of sixteen undergraduates (from any Arts course or background) to deliver creati...

15/04/2026

Photoworks is delighted to be part of the advisory board for , which brings together artists, scientists, curators and researchers working at the intersection of creative practice and climate communication.

is backed by one of the most exciting interdisciplinary research grants in this space, and Photoworks is proud to be a project partner on EASE: Entrepreneurship, Art and Science for Environmental Sustainability.

If you're an artist or arts organisation working with climate science find out more .

Image by Mark Kasumovic

14/04/2026

Photoworks X POST – Photobook Club

Join our Photobook Club! This is an opportunity to discover new photographers, explore works together, learn about book editing and make new friends in the process. For the first session, will delve into Sorry I'm Not Sorry by

Taking place the third Tuesday of every month, we will explore a photo book together at POST's library. Each event will include an experienced facilitator leading an engaging discussion with a group of up to 12 participants. This event is only available to members and Photoworks Friends - it is free to join but you must book a place.

Become a Photoworks Friend by following the link on our bio.

10/04/2026

Final chance to apply to the Hidden Narratives Residency!

We are seeking Italian photographers with an interest in and focus on archives and archive research. In this residency, artists are invited to immerse themselves in the historic collections of and engage with materials in relation to the environment and the humanitarian. This is an opportunity from , in partnership with Photoworks and .

Apply by 13 April at 9am.

Find out more and apply for free:
https://photoworks.org.uk/opportunities/hidden-narratives-residency/

Image: A page from the 1936 Mount Everest album showing portraits of Sherpas who took part in the expedition © RGS

Seeking photographers and filmmakers to immerse themselves in the collections for this artist residency across 2026 and 2027.