Photoworks Friends is for anyone who wants to learn and be a part of the contemporary photography sector. We are a globally recognised charity proud to offer an engaging, provocative, and insightful year-round programme. By becoming a Friend your annual contribution will also directly support our programme and fund opportunities for artists.
Last year, the scheme enabled us to support and platform the work of 100+ artists and writers, and the creative development of 1,200+ young people to develop their photography practice. This work would not be possible without the support of our community. In return for your annual contribution we offer a range of benefits for you to enjoy.
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From: £35.00 / year
Become a Photoworks Friend for just £35 and you will receive:
our latest annual publication on contemporary photography, Multi Multi(RRP. £35)
a first look at a wide range of Photoworks digital content before anyone else, including early access to the latest issue of our online publication, Photography+
the opportunity to buy a Photoworks fundraising print before anyone else
behind-the-scenes news and insights
Photoworks is a charity that supports artists. We’re proud to have played a part in supporting and promoting Mónica Alcázar-Duarte and her practice.
Photoworks supports artists
Photoworks Friends is for anyone who wants to learn and be a part of the contemporary photography sector. We are a globally recognised charity proud to offer an engaging, provocative, and insightful year-round programme.
By becoming a Friend, your annual contribution will also directly support our programme and fund opportunities for artists. Last year, the scheme enabled us to support and platform the work of 100+ artists and writers, and the creative development of 1,200+ young people to develop their photography practice. This work would not be possible without the support of our community.
Photoworks champions photography for everyone, we strive to be inclusive and accessible because we believe anyone should have the chance to engage with photography. We are open and honest – we work towards creating a better and fairer sector for everyone.
We truly value our community, so please get in touch at friends@photoworks.org.uk if you have any questions, suggestions, or just to say hello!
Receive our printed publication on contemporary photography, delivered to your door every October. Our latest issue, Multi Multi , gathers contemporary artists working with image replication, in 23 projects by image-makers from around the world.
The Photoworks Annual gathers lens-based artworks and essays according to a single theme or line of enquiry in contemporary photography. Previous issues have focused on ‘thingification’, protest, documenting LGBTQI+ history, and imaging a new post Brexit Europe through the lens of photography.
Our latest Annual 31, Multi Multi, features projects made with both cutting-edge technology and works created with the oldest analogue processes. It suggests that image replication is nothing new, but is intrinsically linked to the culture in which it was born, at the start of industrial capitalism.
Our festival in a box - From Little Acorns...
Receive a limited-edition Photoworks Festival in a Box. From Little Acorns… is a limited-edition publication designed to invite you to become the curator. Each box contains the work of ten artists: 18 posters, 10 labels, and a wall text that can be interpreted, adapted, and installed in many different forms.
The box is made for artists, curators, and enthusiasts; for creatives, collectives, clubs and communities to build on and stage their own photography festival. Each of the artworks can be installed on your own walls: at home, in your office, in a gallery, in your classroom or with your community. Inspired by Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel Parable of a Sower, and the 14th-century English proverb, ‘Mighty oaks from little acorns grow’, a metaphor suggesting that what we start and nurture now could grow into something vast and strong in the future. Using the ten artists’ work as a starting point, the festival theme From Little Acorns… is also a call to action for audiences to imagine and re-imagine the future.
Enjoy 20% discount on our full range of books, prints, and editions available in the Photoworks shop.
As part of our work as a charity to support artists, Photoworks collaborates with emerging artists and writers to design and publish their photobooks. These, along with an archive of our annual publication—dating back to the 1990s when our magazine first launched—can be found in our shop. We also curate a selection of publications from other publishers featuring works by artists we’ve collaborated with or whose work inspires us. From time to time, we also commission artists for exclusive print sales and give our Friends the first opportunity to purchase them.
Receive invitations to special events hosted by Photoworks and our partners, offering you the chance to engage with the contemporary photography community and industry professionals.
Photoworks host events exhibitions, workshops and festivals, with our Friends among our most valued attendees. Friends receive exclusive early invitations to activities, as well as access to Friends-only events, including our online artist talk series, ‘‘Conversations with…’ where you can meet and learn more about the artists we collaborate with.
First look at Photography+
Get early access to a wide range of digital content from Photoworks, including the latest issue of our online publication, Photography+ a week early.
Photography+ is our online magazine that explores how photography intersects with everyday life. Each issue is themed and includes interviews, opinion pieces, essays and folios
Photoworks champions photography for everyone, we strive to be inclusive and accessible because we believe anyone should have the chance to engage with photography. We are open and honest – we work towards creating a better and fairer sector for everyone.
We truly value our community, so please get in touch at [email protected] if you have any questions, suggestions, or just to say hello!
Become a Photoworks Friend
The only way to receive Annual 26 & get exclusive access to our events, content and a 20% shop discount
