Photoworks is a UK development agency dedicated to

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...

, based in

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

, England and founded in 1995.Photoworks
, Fabrica. Accessed 24 July 2014. 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 Brighton Photo Biennial (BPB), now known as Photoworks Festival, is a month-long festival of photography in Brighton, England, produced by Photoworks. The festival began in 2003 and is often held in October. It plays host to curated exhibitions a ...

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Arts Council England Arts Council England is an arm's length non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is also a registered charity. It was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three s ...

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Prix Pictet The Prix Pictet (Pictet prize) is an international award in photography. It was founded in 2008 by the Geneva-based Pictet Group with the mandate to use the power of photography to communicate messages about sustainability to a global audience. Its ...

. Accessed 24 July 2014.Brighton Photo Biennial unveils its 2014 programme
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British Journal of Photography The ''British Journal of Photography'' (BJP) is a magazine about photography, published by 1854 Media. It includes in-depth articles, profiles of photographers, analyses, and technological reviews. History The magazine was established in Liverpo ...

. Accessed 23 July 2014.Brighton Photo Biennial
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The Argus (Brighton) ''The Argus'' is a local newspaper based in Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England, with editions serving the city of Brighton and Hove and the other parts of both East Sussex and West Sussex. The paper covers local news, politics and spor ...

. Accessed 24 July 2014.Contemporary Photography Artist Talks: Ori Gersht (Theatre)
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University of Brighton The University of Brighton is a public university based on four campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne on the south coast of England. Its roots can be traced back to 1858 when the Brighton School of Art was opened in the Royal Pavilion. It achieve ...

. Accessed 24 July 2014. It fosters new talent through the organisation of the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards in collaboration with the

Jerwood Charitable Foundation The Jerwood Foundation is an independent grant-making foundation in the United Kingdom. In 1999 the Jerwood Foundation established the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, a registered charity under English law. History The Jerwood Foundation was establi ...

. It has published photography books by

Daniel Meadows Daniel Meadows (born 1952) is an English photographer turned maker of digital stories, and a teacher of photography turned teacher of participatory media. Life and career as photographer Meadows was born in Great Washbourne, Gloucestershire, " ...

, Mark Power, Stephen Gill,

Rinko Kawauchi Rinko Kawauchi Royal Photographic Society#Distinctions and qualifications, HonFRPS (川内倫子, ''Kawauchi Rinko,'' born 1972) is a Japanese photographer. Her work is characterized by a serene, poetic style, depicting the ordinary moments in l ...

and

Joachim Schmid Joachim Schmid is a Berlin-based artist who has worked with found photography since the early 1980s. Life and career Schmid studied Visual Communication at Fachhochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd and Berlin University of the Arts fro ...

, and published books written or edited by

Val Williams Val Williams is a British curator and author who has become an authority on British photography. She is the Professor of the History and Culture of Photography at the London College of Communication, part of the University of the Arts London, and ...

. Photoworks is a

registered charity A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a ch ...

, funded by

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 St Leonards-on-Sea (commonly known as St Leonards) is a town and seaside resort in the Borough of Hastings in East Sussex, England. It has been part of the borough since the late 19th century and lies to the west of central Hastings. The origina ...

in 1995. It initially consisted of founding director and curator Anne McNeillAnne McNeill: Director, Impressions Gallery
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Royal Photographic Society The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, commonly known as the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), is one of the world's oldest photographic societies. It was founded in London, England, in 1853 as the Photographic Society of London with ...

. Accessed 24 July 2014. and projects manager Liz Kent. In 1997, the organisation moved to

Maidstone Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the c ...

and then in 2003 to Brighton. In 2011, Photoworks merged with

.Brighton Photo Biennial Unveils Key Themes
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. Accessed 24 July 2014.

Directors

*1995–1997: Anne McNeillAbout
, Photoworks. Accessed 24 July 2014. *1997–2010: David Chandler *2010–2013: Emma Morris *2013–2017: Celia Davies *2018–present: Shoair MavlianDiane Smyth,
Shoair Mavlian leaves Tate to become Photoworks director
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, 8 January 2018. Accessed 28 January 2018.

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. It is a collaboration between the

and Photoworks, supported by Arts Council England, that launched in 2014. 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 Jerwood Space is an arts venue at Bankside on Union Street, Southwark, London. The facilities include rehearsal studios, gallery/exhibition space, meeting rooms, a café, etc. Exhibits include contemporary art and photography throughout the bui ...

in London from November and tours to other venues in the UK (

Impressions Gallery Impressions Gallery is an independent contemporary photography gallery in Bradford, England. It was established in 1972 and located in York until moving to Bradford in 2007. Impressions Gallery also runs a photography bookshop, publishes its own ...

in Bradford and Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool in 2015 to 2016).

Winners

*2015: Matthew Finn,

Joanna Piotrowska Joanna Piotrowska (born 1985) is a Polish photographer based in London. She works primarily with black and white photography, focusing on themes of history, memory, and repetition. Education Piotrowska earned an MFA from the Royal College of Ar ...

and Tereza Zelenkova. Their mentors were

Gillian Wearing Gillian Wearing CBE, RA (born 10 December 1963) is an English conceptual artist, one of the Young British Artists, and winner of the 1997 Turner Prize. In 2007 Wearing was elected as lifetime member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Her ...

, Simon Roberts, Broomberg & Chanarin,

Alec Soth Alec Soth (born 1969) is an American photographer, based in Minneapolis. Soth makes "large-scale American projects" featuring the midwestern United States. ''New York Times'' art critic Hilarie M. Sheets wrote that he has made a "photographic care ...

Michael Mack Michael Mack (born December 21, 1978) is a German entrepreneur. Life Mack was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany. He is the son of Roland Mack and his wife Marianne. He has two siblings, Thomas (born January 4, 1981) and Ann-Kathrin ( ...

, curator and art historian Rodrigo Orrantia and ''

Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nik ...

'' photography critic Francis Hodgson. *2017: Alejandra Carles-Tolra, Sam Laughlin and Lua Ribeira. *2018: Silvia Rosi and Theo Simpson *2021:

Heather Agyepong Heather Akosua Agyepong is a British photographer, visual artist, performer and actor, living in London. Her work is held in the collection of Mead Art Museum. Early life and education Agyepong was born and raised in London and is of Ghanaian he ...

and Joanne Coates

Publications

*''Noblesse Oblige.'' By Chris Harrison.

ent Ents are a species of beings in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world Middle-earth who closely resemble trees; their leader is Treebeard of Fangorn forest. Their name is derived from an Old English word for giant. The Ents appear in ''The Lord of ...

Photoworks, 1996. . Essay by Peter Jerrome. This is the first of ''The Country Life'' series of commissions curated by

, where artists respond to the George Garland Collection. *''Numbered Portraits.'' Maidstone: Photoworks, 1996. . Photographs by George Garland, photographed and edited by Val Williams from the George Garland archive. Essay by Colin Bennett. *''Toeing the Line.'' By Magali Nougarède. Maidstone: Photoworks; Antwerp:

Fotomuseum Antwerp Fotomuseum Antwerp, also known as FOMU, is a museum of photography in Antwerp, Belgium. History and programme The museum opened in 1986. The Fotomuseum in Antwerp has a historical and contemporary collection of photography that is given a new p ...

, 2000. . Essay by Liz Kent. Edition of 1,000. *''The Whole Story.'' By Helen Sear. Maidstone: Photoworks, 2000. . Published to accompany the exhibition ''The Whole Story'', November–December 2000, Maidstone Library Gallery. Includes an interview between Helen Sear and the curator Liz Kent. Edition of 1,000 copies. *''The Front.'' By Effie Paleologou. Maidstone: Photoworks, 2000. . Essay by Liz Kent. Published to accompany the exhibition ''The Front'', September–November 2000,

Hastings Museum and Art Gallery Hastings Museum & Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery located in, Hastings, East Sussex, England. Established in 1892, it originally resided in the Brassey Institute (now the town's library), but moved to its current location in 1927. it ...

. Edition of 1,000 copies. *''Kingswood''. Maidstone, Kent: Photoworks, 2000. . By Susan Derges *''Tracing Light.'' Maidstone, Kent: Photoworks, 2001. . By

David Alan Mellor David Alan Mellor is a British curator, professor and writer. He has been awarded the Royal Photographic Society's J. Dudley Johnston Award and Education Award. Life and career David Mellor — as he was called before he wanted to avoid con ...

. With

Garry Fabian Miller Garry Fabian Miller HonFRPS (born 1957) is a British photographic artist. Since the 1986, he has specialised in camera-less photography. His work was exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in 2005, at the Rencontres d'Arles in th ...

. * ''The Treasury Project''. By

Mark Power Mark Power (born 1959) is a British photographer. He is a member of Magnum Photos and Professor of Photography in The Faculty of Arts and Architecture at the University of Brighton.Gordon MacDonald. Brighton: Photoworks, 2004. . Photographs by Danny Treacy,

Paul Reas Paul Reas (born 1955) is a British social documentary photographer and university lecturer. He is best known for photographing consumerism in Britain in the 1980s and 1990s. Reas has produced the books ''I Can Help'' (1988), ''Flogging a Dead ...

, John Kippin,

Richard Billingham Richard Billingham (born 25 September 1970) is an English photographer and artist, film maker and art teacher. His work has mostly concerned his family, the place he grew up in the West Midlands, but also landscapes elsewhere. Billingham is bes ...

, Jo Broughton, Dirk Wackerfuss,

Anne Hardy Anne Hardy (born 1970) is a British artist. Her art practice spans photography, sculptural installation and audio. She completed an MA in photography at the Royal College of Art in 2000, having graduated from Cheltenham School of Art in 1993 w ...

, John Paul Bichard, The

Design Council The Design Council, formerly the Council of Industrial Design, is a United Kingdom charity incorporated by Royal Charter. Its stated mission is "to champion great design that improves lives and makes things better". It was instrumental in the prom ...

Archive, the BBC Picture Library, the Collection of Chris Mullen,

Protect and Survive ''Protect and Survive'' was a public information campaign on civil defence. Produced by the British government between 1974 and 1980, it intended to advise the public on how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack. The campaign compris ...

and the Los Alamos National Library. Text by Althea Greenan. "Published to coincide with a Photoworks exhibition at the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, in 2004." Edition of 1,000 copies. *''Monograph - Nigel Shafran.'' Brighton: Photoworks; Göttingen:

Steidl Steidl is a German-language publisher, an international publisher of photobooks, and a printing company, based in Göttingen, Germany. It was started in 1968 by Gerhard Steidl and is still run by him. Overview The company was started by Gerha ...

, 2004. . Photographs by

Nigel Shafran Nigel Shafran (born 1964) is a photographerLiz Jobey,Photographer Nigel Shafran: domestic harmony" The Guardian, 23 October 2008. and artist. His work has been exhibited at Tate and the Victoria and Albert Museum. In the 1980s Shafran worked as a ...

. Edited by Celia Davies, with essays by Val Williams and Paul Elliman, and an interview with Shafran by Charlotte Cotton. *''Nature Studies.'' By Neeta Madhar. Brighton: Photoworks, 2005. . "Published by Photoworks to coincide with the first complete showing of Falling at Fabrica in Brighton during October 2005." Essays by David Chandler and Carlo McCormick. Includes a DVD of the film ''Falling''. Edition of 500 copies. *'' Bettina von Zwehl''. Monograph, with an essay by Darian Leader and an interview with Charlotte Cotton. Göttingen: Steidl; Brighton: Photoworks, 2007. . *''Fig.'' By

Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin Adam Broomberg (born 1970) and Oliver Chanarin (born 1971) are artists living and working in London. Together they have had numerous international exhibitions. Their work is represented in major public and private collections. They were awarded th ...

. Göttingen: Steidl; Brighton: Photoworks, 2007. . * ''26 Different Endings''. By Mark Power. Brighton: Photoworks, 2007. . Edition of 1,000 copies. *''Photoworks 1982 - 2007.'' By

. Brighton: Photoworks; Göttingen: Steidl; New York: Tang Museum & Art Gallery, 2007. . Texts by Stephen Bull, Frits Giertsberg,

Joan Fontcuberta Joan Fontcuberta (born 24 February 1955)Joan Fontcuberta - biography.
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, Jan-Erik Lundstrom, Val Williams and John S. Weber. *''Theatres of the Real.'' Edited by Joanna Lowry and David Green. With work by Sarah Dobai, Annabel Elgar,

Tom Hunter Sir Thomas Blane Hunter (born 6 May 1961) is a Scottish businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Sports Division Tom set up his first business after graduating from the University of Strathclyde as he was, in his own words, "unemployab ...

, Sarah Pickering, Nigel Shafran, Clare Strand, Mitra Tabrizian, Danny Treacy. Essays by Jan Baetens, David Green and Joanna Lowry. Brighton: Photoworks, 2009. . "Published to accompany the exhibition Theatres of the Real, curated by Joanna Lowry and David Green for Fotomuseum Provincie Antwerpen." Edition of 1,000 copies. * ''The Sound of Two Songs''. By Mark Power. Brighton: Photoworks, 2010. . Edition of 2000 copies. *''Brighton Picture Hunt.'' Photographs by Carmen Soth, edited by

. Brighton: Photoworks, 2010. *''Outside In.'' By Stephen Gill. Brighton: Photoworks; London:

Archive of Modern Conflict Archive of Modern Conflict (AMC) is an organisation and independent publisher based in Holland Park, London, England. AMC was established in the early 1990s and maintains an archive of vernacular material relating to the history of war, primarily ...

, 2010. . Produced as part of Gill's commission to make a series of photographs for the 2010

. *''Murmuration.'' By

. Brighton: Photoworks, 2010. . *''Daniel Meadows: Edited Photographs from the 70s and 80s.'' By Val Williams. Photographs by

. Brighton: Photoworks, 2011. . *''The Myth of the Airborne Warrior.'' By Stuart Griffiths. Brighton: Photoworks, 2011. . Edited by Gordon MacDonald. Edition of 500 copies. *''Memory of Fire.'' By Julian Stallabrass. Brighton: Photoworks, 2013. . *''Not Going Shopping.'' By

Anthony Luvera Anthony Luvera (born 1974) is an Australian artist, writer and educator, living in London. He is a socially engaged artist who works with photography on collaborative projects, which have included working with those who have experienced homelessne ...

. Brighton: Photoworks, 2014. Newspaper format.''Not Going Shopping'' can be viewe
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Notes

References

External links

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