Redeye - The Photography Network

13/08/2024

Redeye, The Photography Network closed on 31 July 2024. This account is no longer active or being monitored.

At the time of closing Redeye was talking to Open Eye Gallery, Impressions Gallery and Arts Council England about developing a new network based in the North of England.

If you are interested in knowing more and would like to be kept informed by Open Eye Gallery and Impressions Gallery, you can sign up here or via our link in bio:
https://mailchi.mp/f8ebf1f67e40/northern-photographers

31/07/2024

📸 As announced last month, Redeye, The Photography Network will close on 31 July 2024. Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond to the announcement and to offer support, or donate membership fees. It meant a lot to the team and the Board.

📸 We would like you to know that Redeye has been talking to Open Eye Gallery, Impressions Gallery and Arts Council England about developing a new network based in the North of England.

📸 Discussions are at an early stage, however if you are interested in knowing more and would like to be kept informed (by Open Eye Gallery and Impressions Gallery going forward), please sign up here or via our link in bio: https://mailchi.mp/f8ebf1f67e40/northern-photographers

📸 The Redeye Team and Board of Directors would like to say a final thank you to all those who have supported, contributed to, worked for or participated in the Redeye Network and activity across the years.

Image: Redeye, The Photography Network’s logo

19/07/2024

📸 We are honoured to have given photographers on all levels, a platform and voice during Redeye, The Photography Network’s extensive lifetime.

📈 Today, we are proud to look back and share with you a summary of our achievements and history from our 26 years.

👥 Our Reach:

We have reached over 20,000 people during our time, across our mailing lists and social media.

🎟 Our Events:

We have hosted over 500 events.

📸 Our Programmes:

Over 88 places were booked for events that supported recent photography graduates to receive ongoing support and advice across a full year, including our popular Graduate Mentoring and Awards programme.

36 Career Development sessions took place, with over 30 attendees on average.

We ran 28 Critique Surgeries - where participants would receive informal advice on their projects - and more than 35 Portfolio Review events, including over 200 hours of one-to-one advice.

13 Hothouse events were held, where photographers would provide quick-fire presentations about their work; these had an average attendance of over 50 people.

12 Member-led events, where we enabled Redeye members to create their own events by providing the administrative support needed.

We established the National Photography Symposium in 2009 and ran a total of eight National Photography Symposiums, as a place for photographers to gather and talk about the most important issues of the moment.

We ran six Lightbox courses of varying content for those wanting to either focus on their photography, collaboration, leadership or their opportunities in a changing world.

We have hosted five Climate Aware Photography courses, where photographers become certified by us and The Carbon Literacy Project as Climate Aware Photographers.

We also hosted a multitude of other types of events including more than 60 Networking events, 31 Masterclasses with a variety of photographers, Artist Talks and many, many more.

☺️ A few kind words from a former participant who attended a past event:

“Motivational and informative, something for all specialisms to take with them”

📸 We hope you will join us in celebrating our many achievements and our history.

27/06/2024

We regret to announce that after 26 years of supporting photographers and championing photography throughout the UK, Redeye, the Photography Network will wind down on 31 July 2024 due to a number of factors, including lack of funding.

Redeye was set up to advocate for photographers at every level and build networks across photography, delivering an innovative and vital programme. We are actively continuing to explore potential options for new provision of this service and hope to make a further announcement in the near future.

Over the next few weeks, we will celebrate our proud history of giving a voice to photographers, helping with professional development, and providing a platform to share photography events, photographers’ work and relevant opportunities. We will mark the many achievements the network has made through the hard work and dedication of Redeye staff and its board of directors. We would like to thank all our members, supporters and the photographers who have helped shape us, particularly in the North of England.

Please continue to check this social channel and our website (link in bio) for further announcements in the coming weeks.

Lindsay Taylor, on behalf of the Board of Directors:
Geoff Crossley
Asif Salam
Liz Wewiora
Suzanne St Clare
Verity Adriana
Simon Hyde

Image: Redeye, The Photography Network’s logo

20/06/2024

📣 Earlier in the year we launched a call out to our Redeye Members to be interviewed about either their photographic practice or a body of work. We’re delighted to announce that these interviews have formed a short series of blog posts called ‘Method of Making’.

📸 We’re thrilled to share that the photographers in this series are: Nigel Walker, Gerard Liston and Ann Hutchinson. The works cover a range of different subjects - discover all about their processes, ideas and intentions; have a read through to get inspired!

🔗 Find the links in our bio – happy reading!

Image 1: Nigel Walker

Image 2: Gerard Liston

Image 3: A traghetto, Ann Hutchinson

02/05/2024

🎥 Are you keen to develop your video skills? This we’re revisiting the interview we did with professional commercial photographer and director Jon Enoch Photography where he talks to us about:

🗣 his shift from photography to capturing moving image
🗣 the self-funded short film projects he made to accelerate his portfolio
🗣 his advice to other photographers

📝 Take some time out today or this bank holiday weekend to discover all of the above and more in this great and useful blog post read - tap the link to read: https://www.redeye.org.uk/opinion/incorporating-filmmaking-your-practice-photographer

Image: Jon Enoch Photography

11/04/2024

Blackpool Community Darkroom

Redeye member and photographer Claire Walmsley Griffiths and photographer Lisa Holmes, are both running brilliant photography communities up North and we wanted to spread the good news and celebrate the work they're doing - read on to find out more!

11/03/2024

New Langdale Photographers' exhibition 'SHARING SPACE: ARCHITECT JC ROBINSON THROUGH A DIVERSE LENS' at the Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool explores JC Robinson's architecture using painting, photography, sculpture, moving image, oral history and archival materials; this exhibition sees contemporary B...

23/02/2024

📸 Are you an emerging photographer or just starting out? Do you want to find out more about ways to navigate a career in the photography industry?

💻 Join us on the 18 March 18.30-20.00 (UK time) for an informal online talk and workshop led by Holly Houlton; a 2020 BA Photography graduate and Redeye’s Communications and Administration Co-ordinator.

📸 Holly will share her own experiences and knowledge about starting work in the photography world. She will cover several key areas such as: job searching, applying for jobs and where to look for opportunities, as well as signposting to useful resources.

🔗 Link below for more info and to sign up – hurry though, there’s only 15 places available in total!
https://www.redeye.org.uk/programme/events/navigating-career-photography

26/01/2024

🤖 Are you interested in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its increasing impact on the photography world?

📝 We certainly are, especially after attending The Royal Photographic Society's ‘Photography and Artificial Intelligence (AI) conference’ towards the end of last year. Check out our latest blog post where we interviewed two specialists in the field who spoke at the conference; Katrina Sluis and Caroline Sinders.

🤖 What got these experts into researching AI?
🤖 How does AI affect photographers and the sector?
🤖 Should photographers be concerned about AI?

🔗 These are just a few of the areas we cover - hit the link below to read the full interview and discover more about the world of AI!
https://www.redeye.org.uk/opinion/conversation-katrina-sluis-and-caroline-sinders-artificial-intelligence-ai

Photo credit (from Katrina Sluis): Midjourney output: “A group of mourning photographers at a funeral for photography, clutching their cameras, in the style of Annie Liebovitz, —ar 3:2”

11/01/2024

📸 Kickstart 2024 with us and join our next Climate Aware Photography (CAP) course, starting at the end of January.

🍃 If you’re looking to make your photography practice more environmentally sustainable, reduce your carbon footprint and learn more about the effects of climate change - this course is for YOU!

♻️ And, by attending our CAP course, you will also gain certification from The Carbon Literacy Project and Redeye as a ‘Climate Aware Photographer’!

📸 This course is open to ALL photographers of ANY genre, experience and background.

🗓 The course starts on the 29 January with continued sessions on the 5 and 12 February 2024 from 4-6.30pm (UK time) and is delivered online.

🔗 Hit the link for more info and to sign up – hurry though, there’s only a handful of places left! ⏰
https://www.redeye.org.uk/programme/events/climate-aware-photography-2024-january-cohort