9 - 22 May 2025

Chester Photo Festival

 

Making Voices Heard

Over 200 works, selected from 85 participants at all levels of experience:

 

Abigail Robinson (111), Adi Gorman (24), Aidan Mann (110), Alex Barley (101), Alex Iacob (57), Alexandra Dumitrescu (114), Alexandru Modoi (116), Alina Vuxanovici (35), Ana-Cristina Irian (115), Andrew Wilson (92), Angus Stewart (94), Anthony Bates (60), Antonio Coelho (43), Brian O (63), Brooke Tasker (28), Ceyiz Makal Fairclough (112), Charlotte C Mortensson (72), Cheryl Newman (18), Chris Harvey (62), Chris Oakley (99), Chris Randles (15), Christopher Cristóbal Newberry (91), Cian Quayle (113), Clair Robins (84), Daniel Frost (05), Daniele Fermani (106), Declan Ackroyd (03), Dominic Walker (74), Dylan Garcia (71), Ella Beckett (33), Ella Smith (67), Emma Petruzzelli (02), Erik Knudsen (109), Estelle Woolley (100), Esteshhad Quisay (04), Fi Burke (87), Gemma Carly Pepper (49), Geoff Wedge (93), Harry Flaherty (16), Ho Chun Yu (41), Ian Clegg (118), Ian Humphreys (80), Isabelle Law (12), Jordan Leung (56), Juno Seunghui Joo (69), Kateryna Butterworth (01), Keith Davies (14), Kieran Coleman (07), Lewis James Phillips (44), Mary Hill (98), Matt Saxon (76), Matthew Garbutt (19), Michelle Webster (61), Natalia Kondratenko (09), Natalie Persoglio (22), Neale Willis (23), Neil Johansson (103), Neuza Morais (122), Nicole Aimee Oliver (64), Nicole Hughes (96), Paola Leonardi (81), Paul Morris (54), Richard Gosnold (53), Rob Kirman (68), Ryan Maher (108), Ryley Morton (107), Samuel Mitchell (38), Sandra Madelane (42), Saxon White (17), Serge Koffi (55), Shah Toufiqur Rahman (66), Stephen George (39), Steven Ridgley (29), StreetMax21 (13), Sylvia A. Franco (89), Tamsin Stirling (86), Tegan Jones (97), Terry Rees (77), Thomas Devlin (79), Tim Foxon (123), Tim Willcocks (08), Willow Hannya (47), Yasmin Centeno (34), Yves Charbonneau (40), Zohreh Mohammadhosseinpour (45).

 

  • Participants' works are spread across 6 locations in Chester, works to be seen by different audiences, people to explore Chester and bringing people together from various places.

 

Programme: 

  • Private View: 9 May 2025, 4:00 pm-6:00 pm

            Main Venue: Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces, Grosvenor Shopping Centre, Unit 12, CH1 1ED 

 

  • Artists’ hangout place, meet the artists and network (social drinks & dinner)

            9 May 2025, from 6:00 pm to Midnight

            10 May 2025, 4:00 pm to Midnight

            Brewhouse & Kitchen Chester, CH1 1QY

 

  • 9-22 May 2025, the festival days, various locations in Chester.

  • Each participant will have at least one work exhibited at the main venue. (see below venues, times and events)

 

Opening Weekend: 9 to 11 May 2025, Friday to Sunday

 

Artists’ hangout place, meet the artists and network (social drinks & dinner)

9 May 2025, from 6:00 pm to Midnight

10 May 2025, 4:00 pm to Midnight

Brewhouse & Kitchen Chester, CH1 1QY

 

Artists’ morning hangout place (coffee, tea & biscuits)

10 May 2025 from 11:00 am 

11 May 2025 from 11:00 am

Chester Picturehouse, CH1 2AR

 

10 May 2025 Performance 5mins: Rollo’s Danube by Estelle Wolley 2 pm.

10 May 2025 Performance 20mins: Not Nor by Neuza Morais with her guests, Dina Robinson & friends, 3 pm

17 May 2025 Performance 20mins: Not Nor by Neuza Morais with her guests, Dina Robinson & friends, 3 pm

 

6 Venues:

  • Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces, Grosvenor Shopping Centre, Unit 12, CH1 1ED 

            Tue-Sun 11-4 pm, Monday Closed

 

            10 – 22 May 2025

            11 am-2 pm, Mon-Sun 

            Screening short films (by Erik Knudsen, Ana-Cristina Irian, Alexandra Dumitrescu, Estelle Woolley, and Cian Quayle)

            11 am – 5 pm, Mon-Sun

            Exhibition (or as long as the venue is open, during late films)

 

  • University of Chester, Creative Campus Kingsway, CH2 2LB 

            10 – 22 May 2025

            10 - 4 pm, Mon-Sun

 

  • Grosvenor Museum, Lecture Theatre, CH1 2DD

            9 - 11 May 2025 (Fri-Sun) 

            11 am - 4 pm, digital projection of the photographs and objects on the table

 

            9 - 22 May 2025 Exhibition, during the Church opening times and services (check the times with the venue)

 

  • St Werburgh’s Church, Chester, CH1 1QJ

            9 May - 30 June 2025 Exhibition, during the Church opening times and services (check the times with the venue)

 

From July 2025, the online archive and gallery will be open after the festival concludes.

 

For further information and directions, please visit us at the Main Venue.

Additionally, contact us at events@chesterphotofestival.com or 07949 066 406. 

 

          The 1st Edition Chester Photo Festival Exhibition catalogue is available to be purchased from the main venue.

 

  • The Chester Photo Festival seeks to celebrate the democratisation of photography as an art, enabling photographers at all levels of experience to innovate through networking and creative engagement with exhibition spaces in Chester.

 

  • We include a variety of non-standard entries, such as installations, videos, projections, objects on display, larger works, or focused small-group projects. 
  • Priorities were allocated on a first-come, first-served basis!
  • Only if the work was selected, we asked for a participation fee of £0 to £30 per work to cover some of the exhibition costs.

 

A big thank you to all the participants, partners, sponsors, and the Chester Photo Festival trustees!  Progressing towards our 1st annual festival wouldn't have been possible without you.

about May 2025 Festival

 

The three-day festival at the Chester Photo Festival, from Friday to Sunday, will be led by Dr Alexandru Modoi. 

It is a festival for everyone at all levels of experience working with photo-entanglement.