9 - 22 May 2025

Chester Photo Festival

 

Making Voices Heard

Confirmed participants:

By the 7th of April, we will have the complete lineup.

 

Abbie Robinson (111), Adi Gorman (24), Aidan Mann (110), Alex Barley (101), Alex Iacob (57), Alexandra Dumitrescu (114), Alina Vuxanovici (35), Andrew Wilson (92), Anthony Bates (60), Antonio Coelho (43), Brian O (63), Brooke Tasker (28), Ceyiz Makal (112), Charlotte Mortensson (72), Cheryl Newman (18), Chris Oakley (99), Chris Randles (15), Christopher Cristóbal Newberry (91), Cian Quayle (113), Clair Robins (84), Cristina-Ana Irian (115), Daniel Frost (05), 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 Pepper (49), Geoff Wedge (93), Harry Flaherty (16), Ho Chun Yu (41), Ian Clegg (118), Ian Humphreys (80), Isabelle Law (12), Jordan Leung (56), Kateryna Butterworth (01), Keith Davies (14), Mary Hill (98), Matt Saxon (76), Matthew Garbutt (19), Michelle Webster (61), Natalia Kondratenko (09), Natalie Persoglio (22), Neale Willis (23), Neil Johansson (103), Nicole Hughes (96), Paola Leonardi (81), Paul Morris (54), Richard Gosnold (53), Rob Kirman (68), Ryan Maher (108), Ryley Morton (107), Sandra Madelane (42), Saxon White (17), Serge Koffi (55), Shah Toufig Rahman (66), Stephen George (39), Steven Ridgley (29), StreetMax21 (13), Sylvia Franco (89), Tamsin Stirling (86), Tegan Jones (97), Terry Rees (77), Thomas Devlin (79), Tim Willcocks (08), Willow Hannya (47), Yves Charbonneau (40), Zohreh Mohammadhosseinpour (45)...

... and others to be confirmed

 

 

  • Check your submission! 

  • Be sure you are in contact with us and up to date.

 

... by the end of March 2025, we will make our final decisions 

 

  • We plan to exhibit 200 artworks and are discussing this with our partners.

 

  • Timeline:

  • 30th March 2025, final decisions and notifications will be sent. 
  • 7th of April 2025, participants confirmed their participation.
  • 15th of April 2025, the exhibition programme is announced.
  • 9 to 11 May 2025, Friday to Sunday, the opening weekend.
  • 9-22 May 2025, the days of the festival, various locations in Chester.
  • Online archive will be available after the festival. (from the end of June 2025)

 

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  • IMPORTANT:

  • The event programme will be confirmed by mid-Appril 2025.

  • The opening weekend from 9 to 11 May, Friday to Sunday.

 

  • Exhibitions will take place at various locations across Chester City Centre.

  • The curatorial team will select the works and spaces to work together. This will depend on both the participants' works and the organisational process.

  • Possible locations: Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces Chester, St Werburgh's Church, St John's Church, Chester Picturehouse, Grosvenor Museum (locations TBC).

  • Other locations within Chester City Centre will also be considered, depending on the curatorial and selection process.

 

  • We aim to include a variety of non-standard entries, such as installations, videos, projections, objects on display, larger works, or focused small-group projects. 

 

 

  • We hope that most of our ambitions will be in place and ready for you at the May 2025 Festival.

 

  • Open Call is now CLOSED

  • 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 the exhibition costs.

  • You will only be notified if your work is selected.

 

  • We aim to include a variety of non-standard entries, such as installations, videos, projections, objects on display, larger works, or focused small-group projects. We encourage you to contact us, either using the 'Expression of Interest' form below or emailing us at events@chesterphotofestival.com, to discuss the curatorial details and participation fee directly with our team.

 

A big thank you to all the participants, partners, sponsors of our Pilot Exhibition 2024, and the Chester Photo Festival trustees!  — without you, testing and progressing towards our annual festival wouldn't be possible.

 

about May 2025 Festival

 

The three main days festival at the Chester Photo Festival Friday to Sunday will be led by Dr Alexandru Modoi 

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