OUR ORGANISATION

Hello and welcome, As well as hosting our main annual photography festival, and delivering pop ups across the UK, the Photo North curators offer a bespoke service sourcing, curating, installing and touring artwork by the most acclaimed established and emerging artists & photographers in public, corporate and private spaces. let's create unforgettable visual experiences together. we would love to hear from you. pete & sharon

Championing the artistic cause. Pioneering. Accessible. Inclusive. Artistic. Thought provoking. Community focused. Socially responsible. Charitable.

Bit of feedback from #4

“It feels like this festival has worked hard to create a warm, considered, inspiring and safe environment. I loved the diversity and quality of the exhibitions. I loved to see the established photographers work, the lesser known breaking talents, the students photographs and the public gaze via #365in2023  I especially enjoyed the contributions made by guest artist photographers who talked candidly about their practice, experiences and journeys. I made new friends, forged new contacts, built new networks and learnt so much.

There is something magical about Photo North Festival - this may sound like a cliche but it's different to most other photography festivals I have attended. There is an atmosphere of equality, informality and mutual support for each other. There is a genuine audience engagement with the guest artists. A strong community is forming around the festival.  Everyone who attended seemed to morph into a participant rather than an observer.

Photo North Festival is fresh and very much needed in todays creative landscape.” - Simon Peter Green, Photographer & Filmmaker

“Photo North 4 was an incredibly inspiring, collaborative and heart warming experience for Channel 4 to be a part of, offering portfolio reviews to photographers young and old alike was a fantastic experience, meeting and discussing photographic work with an incredible bredth of talented photographers based outside of the M25 was a real pleasure. Empowering people to push their creative visions, explore their career progression and continue to explore a personal and professional interest in photographic art was nothing short of magical.

Being a judge for the student photography awards was a real pleasure, meeting and hearing the stories behind the creative vision of the next generation of photographers was a joy to behold. Not only that, but the festival allowed us to bring a couple of our own apprentices who hadn’t been through the route of higher education to meet and inspire a few of the students and to promote the incredible scheme’s that C4 offer for creative people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Long live PhotoNorthFest!” - Carl Palmer, Senior Picture Commissioner, Channel 4.

“For RRB Photobooks the benefits of Photo North were many. Firstly, the community aspect. We have found connecting with the photographic community fairly difficult with the legacy of lockdown and so having a festival that was accessible in terms of cost of table and location was a great opportunity for us. While we are Bristol based, a lot of the work we publish is made in North England and having this festival allowed us to connect with photographers and photography fans from this region in a way we have not managed previously. We feel we’ve made some valuable contacts and developed a better sense of how to engage with this area of the photo-community.

Secondly, the opportunity to learn. Photo North brought together a range of professionals from across the creative industries, all dealing with photography but in varying ways. From attendees such as BIPP & Channel 4, the festival really broadened my knowledge about our industry and the variety of professional roles within.

Thirdly, the festival was also successful for us from a sales point of view. The weekend was financially worthwhile for us, even considering travel and accommodation costs. I am sure too that it will continue to be beneficial as the majority of our year-round business comes from repeat customers, and through the festival I have now met face to face a number of these customers, which will allow me to more easily cultivate personalised customer service and ongoing customer relationships. The opportunity to speak to customers and get feedback had given us ideas about new products and ways to present our work in future. Overall a fantastic experience, the venue was fab, everyone was so friendly and welcoming, Sharon and Pete should be very proud of what was achieved.” Josie, RRB Photobooks


Photo North Festival for me has been fantastic. Entering last year I was a runner up in the student competition. This year I was a guest speaker and had part of my recent project 'Return, O Backsliding Children' exhibited. This event has enabled me to branch out further with networking opportunities and I even received a portfolio review from Channel 4 Leeds which could benefit my future career. I feel the whole experience is invaluable and the support from Sharon and Peter, sponsors Alumno and visitors has been amazing.” Sofia Conti, Photographer