Features

Photoworks features include new writing and audio content from our programme, including talks, events and commissions.

Our favourites include Desert Island Pics online, Instagram Takeovers, online showcase and Ideas Series, all exploring new takes on photography.

© Lua Ribeira, Untitled, from the series 'Subida al Cielo', originally commissioned through the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards, 2017

WATCH: Jerwood/Photoworks Awards Virtual exhibition tour

Enjoy audio and still images from the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards exhibition at Jerwood Space, London, narrated by the three Awardees.

Instagram takeover: Melanie King

Exploring the intrinsic connection between humans, materials and phenomena existing beyond the Earths’ atmosphere, Melanie King shares new works and ideas as part of our Instagram takeover, April 2018.

Instagram Takeover: Haley Morris-Cafiero

Photographer and performer, Haley Morris-Cafiero, shares her practice and process during her Instagram Takeover, April 2018.

Showcase: Giovanna Petrocchi

With this showcase we look at the series ‘Lanzarote’ by Giovanna Petrocchi – a constructed world encouraging reflections on the meaning of landscape.

Watch: Natasha Caruana in conversation with Celia Davies

Former Photoworks Director and HOUSE Biennial Curator, Celia Davies, talks with photographic artist Natasha Caruana about her 2017 HOUSE/Photoworks co-commission, ‘Timely Tale’, plus her wider practice.

Instagram Takeover: Thom Bridge

British based Swedish photographer Thom Bridge shares insights into his practice as our next guest editor for our Instagram Takeover, April 2018.

Offspring Photo Meet: Interview with Mimi Mollica

Mimi Mollica, founder of Offspring Photo Meet and a photographer in his own right, talks to us about the portfolio reviews, giving advice to photographers looking to get involved.

Watch: Early Steps

Max Houghton, writer, curator, editor and lecturer talks to four undergraduates about their work and their first professional commission.

Showcase: Annabel Elgar

‘Noon in the Desert’, the photographic series by Annabel Elgar, examines nuclear weapons test sites from the 1950s, drawing on the test procedures for inspiration.

Instagram Takeover: Steve Macleod

We welcome Metro Creative Director and award-winning photographer, Steve Macleod, as our next guest editor for our Instagram account, March 2018.

Ideas Series Interview: Bruno V. Roels

Belgian based photographer, Bruno V. Roels shares his analogue photography ahead of his show opening at Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 2018.

Showcase: Peter Spurgeon

Bristol based photographer, Peter Spurgeon shares his work exploring former decoy locations related to a secret British Air Ministry project that took place during the Second World War.

Showcase: Tamara Stoffers

Dutch visual artist, Tamara Stoffers shares her collage and painting experiments based on propaganda from the Soviet Union.

Ideas on Talent: Viacheslav Poliakov

Ukrainian photographer Viacheslav Poliakov, talks to us ahead of the opening of Circulations Festival 2018, where his series ‘Lviv – God’s Will’ is on show.

Instagram takeover: Photobookshow

Photobookshow is a Brighton-based arts organisation, set up in 2011 to raise the profile of artist-led photobooks.

Showcase: Oded Balilty

Photographer, Oded Balilty shares his series ‘Glass Mountains’ looking at the junkyard of Israel’s only glass container factory in the heart of Israel’s desert.

Instagram Takeover: Rafal Milach

Finalist of the prestigious Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2018, we welcome Rafal Milach to our Instagram takeover, March, 2018.

Showcase: Kristina Varaksina

Kristina Varaksina uses photography and storytelling to recreate day to day experiences of women in contemporary life.

Showcase: Krasimira Butseva

Recent Portsmouth University graduate, Krasimira Butseva’s series ‘Slices of Red’ features on our showcase.

Instagram Takeover: Mimi Mollica

Photographer, and founder of Photo Meet, Mimi Mollica, takes over our Instagram account, February, 2018.

Ideas Series Interview: Mark Dorf

We spoke to 2017 Foam Talent Winner, Mark Dorf about his series ‘Transposition’, the differences between nature and our urban landscapes and how he views his practice.

Instagram Takeover: Mathieu Asselin

Recent Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize shortlisted artist, Mathieu Asselin, takes over our Instagram account, February 2018.

Showcase: Clare West

Derbyshire based Photographer, Clare West, shares her black and white series ‘Lineage’ on our showcase, February 2018.

Instagram Takeover: Andrew Mroczek

Recent Photoworks Annual Issue 24 contributor, Andrew Mroczek becomes our next guest editor for our Instagram takeover, February 2018.

Ideas on Talent: Ester Vonplon

Arles Photo Festival 2017 New Discovery Awardee Ester Vonplon shares her works as part of our Ideas on Talent, aimed at emerging photographers.

Jerwood/Photoworks Awards: Alejandra Carles Tolra, Sam Laughlin, Lua Ribeira – Resource pack for teachers

Our Learning and Engagement team have produced a great resource pack for teachers who want to explore themes raised by our three Awardees’ projects in the classroom, or with a visit to the second Jerwood/Photoworks Awards exhibition.

Showcase: Suzie Howell

Photographer, Suzie Howell, is our latest showcase with her series ‘Inside the Spider’.

Instagram takeover: Bruno V. Roels

Taking over our Instagram account February 2018 is Ghent based photographer, Bruno V. Roels.