The Photo North Festival will showcase works from renowned photographers, featuring talks, screenings, and book signings throughout the long weekend. The festival was founded by photographic curators Peter Dench and Sharon Price, who established the non-profit national organisation to celebrate photography across the UK.
The festival is supported by members of Channel 4’s Senior pictures team, who will be delving onto the archives to present a number of unseen photographs from iconic films such as Trainspotting.
Other highlights include ‘How Do you Dance in a War Zone’ (Paul Miller, Maria Falconer), featuring photography about Ukrainian dancers finding a way to dance amid conflict.
‘The North Revisited’ showing evocative images of the photojournalist, John Bulmer’s work in the 1860’s and 70’s. ‘Young Men, Worst Fears ‘from Jillian Edelstein, a portrait project developed when mentoring underprivileged youth at North London’s Arsenal Football Club.
Finally, 1960s Rock Legends by Paul Berriff will be featured, showcasing his iconic black-and-white photographs of legendary musicians. Berriff’s work, which has been exhibited and collected worldwide, includes famous shots of Mick Jagger and The Beatles.
