© Jola Sopek

Desert Island Pics

Photoworks / Desert Island Pics

Our regular touring talk series asks photographers, writers and curators about their eight favourite photographs and how they reflect their life and career. Enjoy recordings of past Desert Island Pics events below.

© Vanessa Winship, Untitled, from the series Black Sea: Between Chronicle and Fiction, 2002-6

Desert Island Pics: Vanessa Winship

Thursday 12 July 2018
7-8.30pm
Barbican Centre, London

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Watch: Desert Island Pics with Alec Soth

Discover the eight photographs Alec Soth would take to a desert island.

Alec Soth. From 'Broken Manual, The Arkansas Cajun’s Backup Bunker', 2007 © Alec Soth/Magnum Photos

Desert Island Pics: Alec Soth

Barbican Centre, London
Thursday 3 May 2018, 7pm – 8.30pm

(priority booking for Photoworks Members
opens Wednesday 28 March)

© Susan Meiselas / Magnum Photos, Returning backstage, Essex Junction, Vermont, 1973

Desert Island Pics – Susan Meiselas

Photo London Screening Room
Somerset House, WC2R
1.30pm Sunday 21 May 2017
£12

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Watch: BPB16 Desert Island Pics with Brett Rogers

The Photographers’ Gallery Director, Brett Rogers O.B.E. reveals her choices to our regular host Stephen Bull.

BPB16 Desert Island Pics – Derek Ridgers

Celebrated club and street-style photographer, Derek Ridgers reveals his choices to our regular host Stephen Bull.

Desert Island Pics – Brett Rogers

The Photographers’ Gallery Director, Brett Rogers O.B.E. reveals her choices to our regular host Stephen Bull.

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Watch: Desert Island Pics with Olivia Arthur

Olivia Arthur discusses which eight photographs she would take to a desert island with host, Stephen Bull.

From the Archive: Five Desert Island Pics not to miss

At the beginning of 2016, we decided to take a look back at five of our previous talks from the archive.

Desert Island Pics: Olivia Arthur – London Art Fair, Saturday 23 January 2016

Which eight photographs would you take to a desert island?

Desert Island Pics

Loosely following the format of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, our touring photography talks series invites artists, writers and curators to select which eight images they’d take with them to a desert island.

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Listen: Photoworks Desert Island Pics with Jeremy Deller

Continuing our Desert Island Pics talks series with audio from 2014, Jeremy Deller discussed the eight photographs he’d take with him to a desert island. Loosely following the format of Radio 4′s Desert Island Discs, our regular host, Stephen Bull discussed Jeremy’s selections with him and discover how they reflect his life and career.

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Listen: Desert Island Pics with Martin Barnes

Which eight photos would you take with you to a desert island? Martin Barnes, Senior Curator of Photographs, Victoria & Albert Museum, reveals his choices to our regular host Stephen Bull and discusses how they reflect his life and career.

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Watch: Desert Island Pics with Nick Waplington

Photographer Nick Waplington, chooses eight photographs to take with him to an imaginary desert island. Interviewed by our regular host Stephen Bull, Nick discusses his choices and how they reflect his life and career.

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Listen: Desert Island Pics with Simon Roberts

Which eight photographs would Simon Roberts take with him to a desert island?

Mike Mandel, woman, colour

Event: Desert Island Pics with Mike Mandel

Photoworks presents Desert Island Pics with Mike Mandel in partnership with Format International Photography Festival

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Photoworks at FORMAT15 – Evidence

Once again Photoworks will be heading to Derby for the FORMAT International photography festival.

Simon Roberts, sitting, chair

Desert Island Pics with Simon Roberts

Which eight photographs would Simon Roberts take with him to a desert island?

Nick Waplington, FotoDocument

Nick Waplington: Desert Island Pics at Brighton Photo Biennial 2014

Renowned photographer, Nick Waplington commissioned for One Planet City chooses eight photographs to take with him to an imaginary desert island.

Photobook - Joachim Schmid - Photoworks 1982-2007

Desert Island Photobooks with Joachim Schmid

Our castaways are usually asked to choose the eight photographs they would take with them to a desert island. But we’re marking Photobook Bristol 2014 with a slight change to our customary format.

Young boy on bouncy castle replica of Stonehenge, Sacrilege, at the Olympic Park for London 2012

Desert Island Pics with Jeremy Deller

Continuing our Desert Island Pics talks series, Jeremy Deller discusses the eight photographs he’d take with him to a desert island. Loosely following the format of Radio 4′s Desert Island Discs, our regular host, Stephen Bull will discuss Jeremy’s selections with him and discover how they reflect his life and career.

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Listen: Desert Island Pics with Alison Jackson

Loosely following the format of Desert Island Discs, this talk took place in January at London Art Fair 2014 and saw Alison choose the eight photographs she’d take with her to a desert island. She discussed the thoughts behind her choices with Stephen Bull.

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Listen: Desert Island Pics with Simon Baker

Curator of Photography and International Art at Tate, Simon Baker revealed his Desert Island Pics to an audience at Jerwood Visual Arts, Jerwood Space, London in December 2013.

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Listen: Desert Island Pics with Mishka Henner

Mishka Henner became a Photoworks Desert Island Pics castaway in September 2013.

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