Teaching Resources
Our teaching resources are designed to support knowledge and understanding of photography.
Filter by age, theme or subject area to find the resources matching your requirements.
From Mineral to Pixel
A resource inviting students to engage critically with the technologies behind digital image making. Introduction Images surround our daily lives, but what’s involved in getting these images in front of our eyes, the technology that brings photography to our screens? Do you always need a camera, a human even, to create an image? What are …
Photography, Mental Health & Wellbeing
A resource supporting and promoting positive wellbeing within the classroom environment with simple creative exercises and project ideas addressing specific issues around mental health and wellbeing.
It’s About Time
A resource exploring relationships between photography and archaeology.
Ecology and Interdependence
A resource using photography as a creative tool for studying animal behaviour, the environment and human impact inspired by the work of Sam Laughlin.
Pets and Animals
A resource with simple tips and ideas exploring the animal life around us, from family pets to urban wildlife and conservation issues.Collections
Resources are grouped in Collections inspired by Photoworks’ curatorial programme and themes relevant to teachers and young people.
Keep checking back as we grow our collections.
Picturing High Streets
Picturing High Streets is about our relationship to place and makes use of photography as a powerful tool through which people can connect with a sense of place, community and the historic environment.
Sense of Place
This diverse collection of teaching resources explores our connection with place and environment, and as part of this, the unique geographical, architectural, or archaeological qualities that specific landscapes or sites hold.
Wellbeing
This collection of teaching resources presents ideas and strategies for helping young people explore personal themes relating to mental health and wellbeing through photography. Many young people grapple with complex issues around identity, emotional health, sense of self or social and educational pressures. Photography can help young people articulate and make sense of personal experiences …
Photoworks Festival
The Photoworks Festival (formerly Brighton Photo Biennial) is a biennial programme that celebrates and shares contemporary photography. The teaching resources in this collection pick out festival themes explored by exhibiting artists.
Jerwood/Photoworks Awards
The Jerwood/Photoworks Awards are a biennial research and development opportunity supporting artists working with photography to make and exhibit new work. This collection of teaching resources explores each artist’s work and the themes of their practice. Be sure to check out the artist films.
