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🇺🇦 The Kyiv Independent is coming to London

For the first time in the UK, the award-winning Ukrainian newsroom The Kyiv Independent is bringing its journalists to London for an evening of first-hand reporting, conversation and insight from those c

Queues out of the door for the launch of Jillian Edelstein: Among People at Stills Gallery, Edinburgh.

Remarkable work. Well worth a visit.

Good to catch up with @jillianedelstein and curator @tracymarshallgrant1
@stillsedinburgh @edartfest
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Looking for something inspiring this weekend?

Head to Creative Earth Eco Fest on Saturday 1 August, 11am–5pm at Cliffe Castle, Keighley – a FREE family-friendly festival celebrating creativity, photography and sustainability.

Expect:
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Here’s a post about POST Creatives in Brighton.
@post_creatives
A warm and welcoming hub for photographers and artists.

And here’s the welcoming and warm @simoncroberts Good to have a natter!

Check out their website for events and mem

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🎉 WINNER! Congratulations to Mr T from Deal, one of last week's winners! 💥

You could be next while supporting Photo North Festival. 📸✨

A chance to win £25,000 for just £1 a ticket, 40p goes directly to Photo North to help fund exhi

Exciting news!

The Leeds International African Arts Festival @liaaf._ begins on 4 June, and Photo North Festival is proud to be part of this year’s programme with a digital exhibition from selected artists featured in our 2026 festival theme,

We’ve been proud to support @johnfbulmer and @scirebroc Hill’s The North Revisited journey over the past two years by exhibiting the work and hosting talks at Photo North Festival.

We’re now proud to support the project further by

In just a few weeks, Photo North Festival and @liaaf._ present *EARTHWISE*.

A powerful photography exhibition exploring memory, renewal, land, community, and humanity’s connection with nature through the work of Arteh Odjidja, Tobi Dosumu, Joh

Now showing at the Photo North Pop-Up at Kirkgate Market:

The @alumnogram Photo North Student Photography Competition 2026 Winners

Each year, Photo North invites photography students from across the UK to exhibit alongside internationally renowned

Now showing at the Photo North Pop-Up at Kirkgate Market:

A Portrait of Cricket by Tom Shaw

@tomshawphoto photographs document grassroots cricket across the UK, moving beyond the traditional image of the village green to celebrate the players, spec

Now showing at the Photo North Pop-Up at Kirkgate Market:

Young Skins by Anne Worthington

@anneworthington1 photographs document youth, community and belonging with honesty and intimacy, capturing the spirit and resilience of young people and the p

It’s been great to see people recognising familiar faces and communities in Peter Dench’s photographs during the installation.

Now showing at the Photo North Pop-Up at Kirkgate Market:

MANY VOICES, ONE CITY by @denchphoto

This photo es

It was lovely during installation to have a passer by immediately recognise Mike Abrahams’ photographs from their connection to North Wales.

Now showing at the Photo North Pop-Up at Kirkgate Market:

Where the Carneddau Meets the Sea by @abrah

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Now showing at the Photo North Pop-Up at Kirkgate Market:

Rewind by @soullapetrouphotography Petrou

Award-winning photographer Soulla Petrou presents work from Rewind, her acclaimed photobook documenting 15 years of British music culture from 1994&

OPEN CALL

The Science and Industry Museum is currently running an open call for a Mancunian photographer to create a series of portrait photographs for its upcoming exhibition Manchester, Cotton and Transatlantic Slavery (working title).

The oppor

Now showing at the Photo North Pop-Up at Kirkgate Market:

Jaywick Sands Happy Club by @davidjshawphoto

Made in close collaboration with the people of Jaywick, Essex, this body of work challenges the damaging narratives often imposed on the village

Now showing at the Photo North Pop-Up at Kirkgate Market @leedsmarket

Greenvoe and the Anti-Idyll by @joannecoates_

Drawing from the poetic vision of George Mackay Brown’s Greenvoe, Joanne Coates explores the tensions between progress and p

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