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Stills

Stills is a registered charity and a centre for photography based in the heart of Edinburgh. Stills is a centre for photography based in the heart of Edinburgh.

We offer exhibitions and production facilities as well as a range of engagement opportunities for anyone to discover, enjoy and understand photography. Stills was established in 1977. Since that time it has become a champion for the important and powerful role that the medium of photography plays in the world today.

07/10/2026

We’re delighted to announce that Jillian Edelstein - Among People will now be on view until 31 October.

If you haven’t already visited, there still’s time! 💫

📍We are here Tuesday - Saturday 11am -5pm

06/10/2026

Upcoming… Project Day: Product Photography

📆 Sunday 25 October 2026 | 11am - 5pm

📸 There are just a few spaces left on our upcoming Project Day: Product Photography course. This one-day workshop will introduce you to the history and development of product photography, and its use in commerce and fine art.

The day will include a simple product photography and lighting session, exploring camera techniques and equipment that you can use to create your own images.

Spaces are filling up quickly, so make sure you don’t miss out!

🔗 To book your place or to find out more about all our upcoming courses, visit the link in our bio.

03/10/2026

There are only a few more weeks left to catch Jillian Edelstein’s ‘Among People’.

All our exhibitions are free and open to all!

We have loved reading your comments and seeing such a great response to the show. ‘Among People’ was also part of the Edinburgh Art Festival 2026 (Edinburgh Art Festival), the UK’s largest annual festival for visual art.

From intimate portraits to moments documenting life and community ‘Among People’ brings together Jillian Edelstein’s distinctive approach to photography across decades of work.

📆 Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the exhibition before it closes on Saturday 24 October.

We are open Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 5pm.

📸 Jillian Edelstein, Mother and Daughter - Vala Listopad and Victoria Marochka, Outside Dnipro on the Dnieper River, 2018.

01/10/2026

Production Facilities User Spotlight… 🔦 Cameron

Cameron Stein is a photographer and designer whose work explores the tactility of our environment and our engagement with our surroundings, working primarily with film.

📆 Cameron will be holding a solo exhibition, ‘Bealach’, at Custom Lane from 3 October - 10 October.

🎞️ Made across Scotland, New Zealand & Europe, this work focuses on our interactions with the outdoors, and how we are shaped by them. Cameron works across 35mm & 120mm film in some of the most demanding environments across Scotland, New Zealand and Europe, capturing the landscapes that mould and shape our pursuits in the outdoors.

🥂 There will be a private view of the show on 2 October, 6-9pm, at Custom Lane

📸 Cameron Stein

29/09/2026

Upcoming Event… Curator & Artist Tour: Jillian Edelstein

📆 Friday 23 October 2026, 1pm - 2.30pm

Join curator Tracy Marshall-Grant and artist Jillian Edelstein for a special tour of Jillian Edelstein’s ‘Among People’, offering unique insights into the works on display and the stories behind them.

This is the final opportunity to experience the exhibition through the perspectives of both its curator and artist.

There are a limited number of spaces available for this event. Tickets are free, but registration is essential.

🔗 To book your place or to find out more about this event, follow the link in our bio.

📸 Jillian’s Edelstein, Local fisherman at Kalk Bay harbour, from Edelstein’s earliest project on the fishing community of the area, 1980-83.

28/09/2026

JOIN OUR TEAM!

Our vision is to be one of the world’s leading centres of photography. We are recruiting for a new team of on-site Duty Managers who will play a key role in the smooth day-to-day running of our core activities at Stills, helping us to achieve high levels of customer experience and to foster a vibrant photography community. 🎞️

📍 Duty Manager: Gallery & Operations (Part-Time, 21 hours per week) will ensure the successful running of our exhibition space, shop and library by delivering the highest levels of visitor engagement and customer service. The role also has responsibility for managing customer experience for Stills Automat - our popular analogue photobooth.

📍 Duty Manager: Photography Production Facilities (Full-Time, 35 hours per week) will manage public access to our photography production facilities and equipment. These facilities include photography darkrooms, a RA4 colour print processor, a digital suite with the latest Adobe software, professional printers and scanners. The Duty Manager will also support the running of our year round programme of courses covering subjects from beginners darkroom photography to mobile photography and masterclasses with internationally-renowned practitioners. Maintenance of the Stills Automat photobooth will also be the responsibility of the Duty Manager with darkroom expertise.

📆 Application deadline: Monday 19 October, 9am

🔗 Follow the link in bio for full role details and how to apply.

📸 Jillian Edelstein - Among People (installation detail) Stills, 2026

26/09/2026

Upcoming… Project Day: Natural Light Portraiture 📸

📆 Sunday 4 October 2026 | 11am - 5pm

We still have a few spaces left on our Project Day: Natural Light Portraiture course.

This workshop is a great opportunity to learn the techniques for creating beautiful, naturally lit portraits with minimal equipment. 🎞️

The workshop will focus on indoor portrait photography and the use of natural and available light, exploring ways to work effectively with sitters and light to further develop your existing photographic practice.

There are a limited number of spaces available on this course, so don’t miss out!

🔗 To book your place or find out more about all our upcoming courses, visit the link in our bio.

📸 Laura Hynd Laura Hynd ✨ photographer | mentor | transformational coach

24/09/2026

Production Facilities User Spotlight… 🔦Miriam Morris

Miriam Morris is an Irish photographer and writer based in Edinburgh, working across analogue and digital photography, as well as mixed media. Miriam was also the recipient of the Stills Salon Award in 2024.

Her solo exhibition, ‘Composed of Nows’ will open next month The Hoxton, with a PV and opening gathering on Thursday 8 October 🥂

The exhibition will feature new work across 35mm photography, darkroom and giclée prints, Polaroid, and writing.

📆 ‘Composed of Nows’ opens 9 October 2026 - 4 January 2027 🥂 Preview: Thursday 8 October, 7-9pm.

🔗 Learn all things B&W film processing on our upcoming Intro to B&W Course. Follow the link in our bio for more information!

📸 Miriam Morris, Mannequin Legs, 35mm (2023) *Not Included in ‘Composed of Nows’

23/09/2026

📍Jillian Edelstein - ‘Among People’ is here until 24 October.

‘The Water Rats’ (2022) is one of several projects exhibited in ‘Among People’. Created during the COVID-19 lockdowns, ‘The Water Rats’ documents a community of swimmers who gather regularly at the ponds of Hampstead Heath in London.

Drawn together by a shared commitment to daily cold-water swimming, the group became what Edelstein describes as a “motley crew of outlaws” - people of different ages, professions, backgrounds and ethnicities who found freedom, companionship and connection in London’s wild waters during a period of isolation and uncertainty.

Unlike many of the communities Edelstein has photographed throughout her career, this is one she has become part of herself.

🎥 A documentary film, ‘The Water Rats’ (2022), also grew out of this project.

📸 Jillian Edelstein, Water Rats, Hampstead Heath, London, 2020 - 2022

22/09/2026

Upcoming Event… Becoming Archived with the Le***an Snapshot Collective

📆 Sunday 18 October 2026, 2pm - 4pm

Archives have often excluded le***an lives or represented them on someone else’s terms. The Le***an Snapshot Collective asks how our photographs and stories might enter the record on our own terms.

📸 In this two-hour workshop, you are invited to bring a personal snapshot of yourself, share its story with the group and reflect on what it means to archive le***an life now. Scanners, index cards and consent forms will be available for those who wish to donate their photograph to the Le***an Snapshot Collective, deciding how it may be archived and displayed.

We’ll explore what our photographs show, what lies beyond the frame and what we remember beyond the image. With contributors’ consent, photographs and stories may also become future collective public artworks - collages or mosaics that make le***an lives visible on our own terms.

There is no expectation or pressure to lend or donate for those who prefer to keep their snapshot private.

🎞️ Bring a photograph. Share it’s story. Help build a living archive of le***an lives.

🔗 Follow the link in our bio to grab yourself a ticket or find out more!

📸 Lesley Turnbull, Self Portrait, circa 1988, Lesley Turnbull

Address

23 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh
EH11BP

Opening Hours

Tuesday	11am - 5pm
Wednesday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
Friday	11am - 5pm
Saturday	11am - 5pm

Website

http://www.stills.org/

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