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.

Showcase: John Paul Evans

Selected from the Photoworks Annual open call, John Paul Evans’ work presents a performative take on wedding portraiture by looking at changing notions of marriage and domesticity.

Instagram takeover: Dominic Hawgood

Commissioned artist for the Brighton Digital Festival, Dominic Hawgood becomes our latest guest editor of our Instagram takeover, September 2017.

Instagram takeover: Rhianne Clarke

Rhianne Clarke becomes our next guest editor for a week in September 2017.

Instagram takeover: Jack Carvosso

Photographer Jack Carvosso becomes our next guest editor on our Instagram takeover, September 2017.

Showcase: Angela Sairaf

Selected from the open call submission for Photoworks Annual Issue 24, Angela Sairaf’s series shares the story of Nahomy, who became a transgender advocate after a serious attack.

Showcase: Olga Lidia Saavedra

Selected from the recent open call for submissions for the upcoming Photoworks Annual Issue 24, Olga Lidia Saavedra’s series uses photography and storytelling to explore the relationship between the family unit and transgender individuals in Cuba.

Instagram takeover: Rut Blees Luxemburg

Jerwood/Photoworks Awards mentor, Rut Blees Luxemburg, takes over our Instagram account for a week in August, 2017.

Instagram takeover: Ester Vonplon

Recent Discovery Award Arles shortlisted photographer Ester Vonplon takes over our Instagram account, August 2017.

Ideas on Talent: Carlos Alba

We spoke to Carlos Alba about his career so far, the creative process behind ‘The Observation of Trifles’ from book-dummy to publication, applying for awards and his tips for emerging photographers.

Listen: Artist Talk with Esther Teichmann

Artist talk presented by Photoworks and University of Brighton Photography

Instagram takeover: Philippe Dudouit

Photographer Philippe Dudouit, becomes our next guest editor for our Instagram takeover, July, 2017.

Instagram takeover: Viacheslav Poliakov

Photographer Viacheslav Poliakov, takes over our Instagram account as our next guest editor, July 2017.

Ideas Series Interview: Dewi Lewis

In the lead up to the launch of Matthew Finn’s publication ‘Mother’ this week at Rencontres d’Arles, we spoke to publisher Dewi Lewis about this latest publication, his career and what for him makes a great photobook.

Ideas Series Interview: Roger Ballen

Roger Ballen’s latest exhibition, which sees an abandoned house transformed into ‘The House of the Ballenesque’, opens later this week at Les Rencontres d’Arles. We spoke to the artist in the lead up to it’s opening.

Showcase: Julien Martinez Leclerc

Selected as a Photoworks Award winner, London College of Communication BA Photography graduate Julien Martinez Leclerc explains his approach to researching and assembling images in the series Collecting and Staging.

Instagram takeover: Alexandra Polina

Alexandra Polina takes over our Instagram account, June 2017.

Showcase: Christopher Nunn

Chris Nunn’s ongoing series looks at the domestic and the everyday in face of long term and violent conflict.

Instagram Takeover: Carlos Alba

Photographer Carlos Alba, takes over our Instagram account June, 2017.

Interview: Lewis Khan

Selected as one of the winners of the recent Offspring Photo Meet portfolio reviews, we caught up with Lewis Khan to talk about his project Love Time.

Instagram takeover: Romain Mader

Swiss photographer, Romain Mader becomes our next Instagram takeover guest editor, June 2017.

Showcase: Pal Hansen

Pål Hansen’s series, One Day In Brooklyn, captures the sights and characters of New York.

Instagram takeover: Tom Hatton

Tom Hatton, a recent Royal College of Art graduate becomes our next Instagram guest editor, May 2017.

Interview: Mike Mandel

On the eve of Mike Mandel’s major exhibition at SFMOMA, we caught up to talk about his projects, approach and long term collaboration with Larry Sultan.

Interview: Maisie Cousins

In the run up to Photo London, we caught up with Maisie Cousins to talk about her selected works on show during the fair.

Interview: Thomas Albdorf

Coinciding with an exhibition at Photo London and a solo exhibition at Webber Represents, we caught up with Thomas Albdorf to learn more about his work which looks at how the internet influences our perceptions of the world.

Showcase: James Murray

James Murray’s debut solo exhibition ‘Desire Works’ shows at Project 78 Gallery from April 22 – May 13.

Watch: BPB16 Nigel Shafran in conversation with Francis Hodgson

Brighton Photo Biennial exhibitor and “photography royalty” Nigel Shafran, spoke with writer and critic, Francis Hodgson at an event during BPB16.

Instagram takeover: Tom Lovelace

In the lead up to the opening of his exhibition ‘At Home She’s a Tourist’, showing at Copeland Gallery from 19th to 21st May, 2017, curator Tom Lovelace takes over our Instagram account.