A space to promote Birmingham & West Midlands based photographers of all styles, both amateur and professional. We produce lectures, workshops and projects for fellow camera lovers to connect with others and improve their skills
Andrew Robert Fox

Andrew Robert Fox

How did you get into photography/what is your background? My dad brought me a Nikon F301 film SLR camera when I was 14 at school and I just kept taking pictures from there onwards really. I left school and went straight to art college, beginning with a General Art and...
BLP Portrait Project • Round Three

BLP Portrait Project • Round Three

Below are the results of the third round of the Birmingham Loves Photographers Portrait Project. Snappers from around the Birmingham entered their names into a pool and were paired up to take portraits of one another and share tips and styles. There’s no prizes or competition involved, it’s all in...
BLP Portrait Project • Round Two

BLP Portrait Project • Round Two

Below are the results of the second round of the Birmingham Loves Photographers Portrait Project. Snappers from around the Birmingham entered their names into a pool and were paired up to take portraits of one another and share tips and styles. There’s no prizes or competition involved, it’s all in...
BLP Portrait Project • Round One

BLP Portrait Project • Round One

Below are the results of the first round of the Birmingham Loves Photographers Portrait Project. Snappers from around the Birmingham entered their names into a pool and were paired up to take portraits of one another and share tips and styles. There’s no prizes or competition involved, it’s all in...
Latest entries
Street Photography Workshop - 2/6/12

Street Photography Workshop – 2/6/12

We are looking for a dozen photographers who want to grab their cameras and together head to the streets on Saturday June 2nd to take part in a street photography workshop to develop and test your skills at impromptu moments around the city. Challenges will be set for you to explore locations in set time frames,...
' A Beautiful Catastrophe' by Bruce Gilden, 14/5-13/07

‘ A Beautiful Catastrophe’ by Bruce Gilden, 14/5-13/07

The Light House in Wolverhampton will play host to A Beautiful Catastrophe, an exhibition by Magnum photographer BruceGilden that celebrates his trademark style with abandon, capturing New York City street life from 1981 to 2001. New York City, the unique metropolis that Le Corbusier has called “a beautiful catastrophe,” is a natural home to Bruce Gilden. Since 1981, Gilden has been...
4am Project - Sunday 15/04

4am Project – Sunday 15/04

The 4am Project is back again and if you haven’t taken part before, it is a staple of Birmingham’s photography calendar and well worth taking part in. It involves you getting up bright and early this Sunday and heading out to document the world at 4am. All the info you need is on their site,...
‘Association of Photographers’ Award winners exhibition at Calumet, Birmingham

‘Association of Photographers’ Award winners exhibition at Calumet, Birmingham

Calumet Birmingham is proud to host an exhibition of selected winners from the 2011 AOP Photographers Awards. Established for 28 years, the awards are one of the most highly respected competitions for professional photographers worldwide and over this period have evolved to encompass ground breaking developments in photography. Nearly 400 photographers entered the competition submitting...
Richard Hammerton exhibition at The Silverton, Shrewsbury

Richard Hammerton exhibition at The Silverton, Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury based photographer Richard Hammerton is exhibiting a selection of images drawn from his ongoing 2012:366 project (366 project on Blipfoto). The exhibition includes many striking images found in unlikely or overlooked places, and images of Shrewsbury that capture an unfamiliar and otherworldly side of some well known, and other less recognisable, locations around the...
48 Sheets Project

48 Sheets Project

Over the next three weeks, Birmingham will overwhelmed with art as 100 billboards that populate our city will be taken over by artists to turn the cityscape into an open gallery. The name of the project is 48 Sheets and it has gathered together both artists local and international to its cause to change the way we...
Film developing Workshop - Developed Prints

Film developing Workshop – Developed Prints

Below are just some of the scanned-in prints from the film developing workshop. Hope you enjoy and keep an eye out for more workshops coming soon. Barry Khan Kevin Saunders Ian Jones Hannah Sebestjanowicz Gabbie Alvarez
Bill Cunningham New York - Playing at the MAC

Bill Cunningham New York – Playing at the MAC

Richard Press’ documentary following legendary New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham provides an insight to the unusual man who has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends for decades. With appearances from many of fashion’s most famous (and infamous) faces, this film isn’t just for sartorialists. The movie is as much about New York City and its...
Digbeth Photo Walk - 25 March

Digbeth Photo Walk – 25 March

To take part in this free event, hosted by Matt and Pete’s Photo School – head here and register yourself.
F20: ‘REWORKED’ 3RD – 10TH MAY

F20: ‘REWORKED’ 3RD – 10TH MAY

” F20 present ‘Reworked’. Following on from the successful ‘Snapshots’ exhibition back in January in the same venue, we are returning to the space to present our conclusions to the projects initially on show. Not only will we be reworking our outcomes, but also the exhibition space itself to it’s full potential. This will allow the...
F2:Miles Exhibition - 18 March to 22 March at The Custard Factory

F2:Miles Exhibition – 18 March to 22 March at The Custard Factory

And so begins the journey. Miles is an exhibition of images by members of F2, an enthusiastic collective of aspiring photographers from the Fotofillia studio based in Birmingham. Inspired and encouraged by photographer David Rann, it explores the concept of ‘miles’ and the visual possibilities this presents. This recently formed group of Midland based photographers...
Pacha Kuti X by David Rowan at Eastside Projects

Pacha Kuti X by David Rowan at Eastside Projects

Eastside Projects presents Birmingham based artist David Rowan’s solo exhibition, ‘Pacha Kuti X’, a new moving image work exploring the unknown underground sub-infrastructure of Birmingham running from 17 March until 5 May 2012. The name Pacha Kuti refers to an Inca apocalypse legend, a time of duality and change and roughly translates as ‘the time...