Our Time, Our Place - Mentoring Programme

Festival Exhibition

Location: Bay View Shopping Centre

Open: 7th October - 31st October // 11AM-4PM (MON,TUE,THURS,FRI,SAT))

Our Time, Our Place: work-in-progress by eight emerging photographers from NW England.

As part of his celebrated touring show Is Anybody Listening? Works from Bank Top and Thatcher’s Children, photographer Craig Easton is mentoring eight emerging photographers over a period of twelve months culminating in their photographs being shown alongside his own work in Birkenhead in January 2024.

Craig was an exhibitor and keynote speaker at our last festival in 2021 and we are thrilled to support both him and these emerging photographers at Northern Eye with a space to share their progressing work to a new audience and in preparation for their larger show at The Williamson Art Gallery & Museum.

Each photographer is working on their own self-initiated project exploring themes of community. This installation at The Northern Eye Festival is the first time any of these projects have been seen and is an opportunity for the photographers to show work-in-progress as they build towards their final exhibition.

Including work from:

David Contreras Paez

“I’m exploring themes of community, camaraderie and belonging through skateboarders in Manchester's Lincoln Square.”

Rachel Beeson

“The past year has seen a significant increase in industrial action. The images exhibited are part of a long-term, collaborative project documenting the strikes, from the perspective of the people involved.” 

Calum Heywood

“My project explores a small community growing project based in Blackburn, Lancashire. The aim of the work is to capture the zeitgeist of a growing season in the space.”

Orrin Whitehead-St.Pierre

“I’m focusing on the diversity of people living on boats along the British waterways, exploring peoples relation to space & place when they’re both so constrained & fluid.”

Hellen Songa

“Queer Ecology Silent Spring is an exploration of how queerness manifests comparably in the human and plant world.”

Julie Thompson

“Paula creates quality handcrafted garments for women, combining her love of the countryside, local history and heritage, and promoting a slower mindful approach to clothing.”

All festival exhibitions are FREE to visit.

Is Anybody Listening? Our Time, Our Place is presented by the University of Salford and generously supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.