New Focus × Impressions Gallery: Open Call for Photographers — Impressions Gallery

Deadline: 23:59 on 12 December 2024.

New Focus and Impressions Gallery are looking for photographers to create compelling new portraits of families in Bradford – by this, we mean families in the traditional and non-traditional sense, and in broad social definition, this could include community groups, workplaces, clubs and societies.

This is a free open call, and the work of the commissioned photographers will be shown in a major exhibition at Impressions Gallery as part of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.

There are four commissions available which may be used to produce a new body of work within the six-month timeframe (January–June 2025) or to help the photographer complete an existing project.

  • Two commissions for photographers, at any level, based in Bradford (£3,000 per commission) – read more.
  • Two commissions for experienced photographers based anywhere in the UK (£5,000 per commission) – read more.

The commissioning process is being led by members of New Focus, Impressions Gallery’s award-winning programme that supports young people to gain the skills and experience they need to become the creatives of the future.

Applications are open to anyone aged 18 and over – there is no upper age limit.

An Impressions Gallery project in partnership with Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.

Photos: © Impressions Gallery, Pishdaad Modaressi.

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New Focus × Impressions Gallery: Open Call for Photographers — Impressions Gallery
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New Focus × Impressions Gallery: Open Call for Photographers — Impressions Gallery
New Focus × Impressions Gallery: Open Call for Photographers — Impressions Gallery