Brighton Photo Biennial
brighton photo biennial bpb known photoworks festival monthlong festival photography brighton england produced photoworks festival began often held october play host curated exhibition across city brighton hove gallery public space previous edition curated jeremy millar gilane tawadros julian stallabrass martin parr photoworks brighton photo biennial announced merger photoworks name changed photoworks festival brighton photo fringe bpf run parallel biennial providing complimentary series exhibition talk festival began announced merger photoworks following successful art council england national portfolio funding application secured future newly merged organisation three year first edition biennial produced new leadership bpb agent change photography politics space produced curated photoworks jeremy miller became inaugural curator brighton photo biennial edition festival included exhibition make life beautiful dandy photography brighton museum art gallery parade mark leckey fabrica formerly holy trinity church brighton inconsiderable thing rachel harrison peter fraser university brighton gallery honest open submission exhibition phoenix gallery untitled boris mikhailov gardner art centre addition exhibition brighton photo biennial included project outside gallery context included collaboration swiss artist beat streuli local newspaper argus image artist city inhabitant distributed pullout paper three consecutive saturday project festival included wind blown cloud alec finlay insight patrick killoran london brighton art car rally boot sale collaboration vauxhall motor art car rally boot sale continued beyond brighton photo biennial festival running annually since curated gilane tawadros trustee photoworks gilanes vision bpb presented mix historic contemporary photography exhibition artwork show adel abdessemed richard avedon phyllis baldino david claerbout william eggleston walker evans paul fusco alfredo jaar gabriel kuri van leo glenn ligon steve mcqueen lee miller richard misrach henna nadeem mitra tabrizian fiona tan kara walker andy warhol orson welles henna nadeem exhibition picture book britain led photoworks publication name text david chandler dr benedict burbridge brighton photo biennial entitled memory fire war image image war curated renown british art historian julian stallabrass explored representation saturation use currency image modern conflict festival named eduardo galeanos publication name saw ten exhibition exploring theme wide variety artist citizen journalist medium public stallabrass edition festival saw extend beyond city brighton hove nearby region chichester winchester eastbourne hastings portsmouth exhibition included agent orange pallant house gallery work philip jones griffith design solidarity design archive iraq lens vietnam university brighton gallery photographing first world war charleston farmhouse photography revolution memory trail latin american left winchester gallery sublime image destruction de la warr pavilion unveiled voice woman afghanistan independent photographer gallery war memorial aspex mister baghdad calling lighthouse controversial incommensurable banner fabrica incommensurable banner received critical acclaim controversial press brighton photo biennial new york exhibited prior uk locally nationally display graphic imagery resulting exhibition closing door year old highly topical edition festival led stallabrass revisiting work artist photoworks publication memory fire image war war image edited book contextualised exhibition talk work presented biennial supplemented new work interview critique publication received critical acclaim within photography industry review art newspaper aperture online word saw british documentary photographer martin parr take helm curator titling edition new document portraying vibrancy photography reflection diversity city brighton hove photography critic sean ohagan commented guardian year brighton photo biennial may yet become model great british photo festival future addition usual format exhibition around city parr bpb extended scope festival pitching uk first frameless photography festival commissioning artist produce sitespecific work brighton context parr gave reason “as curator want make festival fresh distinctive focused brighton hove city ideal venue photo biennial natural cultural constituency proximity london promise potentially huge audience presenting best new work exciting imaginative way brighton photo biennial continue put photography brighton hove national international map fourth edition biennial programme event also grown include larger education participation strand previous edition led inclusion brighton white night encouraged public artist engage photography light different unexpected way first edition biennial following merger bpb photoworks brighton photo biennial agent change photography politics space curated photoworks director celia davy programme curator dr benedict burbridge following footstep predecessor bpb grew hosting exhibition across brighton hove workshop talk symposium exhibition portrayed acclaimed national international contemporary photographic practitioner filmmaker explored theme image activism conflict uprising protest urban exploration included four version three route preston paris control order house edmund clark uneven development jason larkin corine silva freedom career john hoppy hopkins geography seeing trevor paglen october thomson craighead five thousand foot best omer fast urban exploration various artist critical image cairo alternative news agency ronnie close beautiful horizon olho da rua whose street photograph argus archive political squatting brighton another space urban farming london havana lulu ash bpb photobook show various artist agent change biennial attracted visit october november making one europe largest photography festival critic peter popham described bpb edgier ever tackling difficult subject matter poverty wealth disparity politics independent poster image festival year seafront demo argus archive project jubilee square made local press one protester depicted identified image long ago forgotten protester janice harnden spotted image whilst walking past university brighton gallery interview conducted natalie lloyd janice read photoworks site sixth brighton photo biennial held october november theme community collective collaboration single curator rather emphasis partnership seventh brighton photo biennial held – october theme beyond bias reshaping image eighth brighton photo biennial entitled new europe exploring theme brexit change bring britain europe well migrant crisis rise farright politics festival renamed photoworks festival take place september october theme proposition alternative narrative participant include farah al qasimi poulomi basu roger eberhard ivars grāvlejs yijun liao pixy liao alberta whittle due social distancing measure related covid pandemic festival take three form outdoor exhibition billboard throughout brighton hove deconstructable magazine displayed home poster text julia bunnemann simon baker pamila gupta thyago nogueira others online brighton photo fringe bpf run parallel biennial providing complimentary series exhibition talk format international photography festival look photo biennial official website brighton photo fringe