9 - 31 May 2025

Chester Photo Festival

 

  • Join us for our First Annual Festival - May 2025!

  • Chester Photo Festival main event is expected to take place in the period of 9 - 11 May 2025.

 

  • Entries are now open. See our Open Call

  • Priorities are allocated on a first come, first served basis!

  • Deadline: 15th March 2025 or when 100 works have been selected.

  • Suitable for everyone at all levels of experience.

 

  • FREE Entries up to 5 works.

  • Only If your work is selected we will ask for a participation fee from £0 to £30 per work to cover the exhibition costs.

 

  • 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 by using the 'Expression of Interest' form below or email 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.

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  • You will be asked to pay a participation fee from £0 to £30, only if your work is selected. This is a fee is to cover expenses generated by the festival and for presenting your work. We will be happy to let you know if a profit is made and how we should allocate it for developing the festival and external charities.

 

  • FREE Enties up to 5 works for consideration.

  • Include the title of your work, year, sizes, a statement up to 100 words for each work.

  • Prepare up to 5 JPEG files, 300dpi, the shortest side at least 5 inches.

  • Send your work via wetransfer.com to our email: events@chesterphotofestival.com

  • Alternatively, contact us to our email: events@chesterphotofestival.com especially for non-standard entries.

 

  • It is important that your work explores personal feelings, stories, myths, and folklore.

  • For more guidance and potential inspiration, please see our Courses and Workshop section or/and the festival’s mission and vision.

 

  • You will be asked to pay a participation fee of £30, only if your work is selected.

 

  • We expect the works at the festival to be diverse, consisting of digital and physical works, and therefore, venues may be considered accordingly.
  • Where work is made specifically for a particular location, it can be discussed at the organisational and curatorial stage.

 

  • We expect a number of workshops as well as artist talks to take place (details to be confirmed).
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​We hope that most of our ambitions will be in place and ready for you at the May 2025 Festival.

 

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.