Experimental Photography Festival Online Conference
Contemporary Feminist Photography with Women Alternative Photography Group and Feminist Photography Network
Saturday 25 July from 17.30 – 18.30
This conference brings together two international platforms dedicated to thinking, producing and promoting contemporary photography from feminist perspectives. Women Alternative Photography Group and Feminist Photography Network will share their experiences, methodologies and recent projects, addressing different forms of collaboration, visibility, publishing and collective creation within the current photographic field.
Feminist Photography Network will present its work through its editorial projects and online residencies, which connect artists from different geographical contexts. The presentation will focus on how the network creates spaces for exchange, support and dissemination for women photographers and visual artists, bringing feminist practices, collaborative processes and new forms of international circulation into dialogue.
Women Alternative Photography Group will approach feminist photography from the field of alternative and experimental processes, exploring how manual, analogue and expanded photographic techniques can become tools for research, expression and critical positioning. Their perspective will bring a focus on materiality, the body, experimentation and shared creation.
The Art of Experimentation Symposium
Women Alternative Photography Group and Folk House Darkroom
Saturday 1 August from 10am – 3pm
Bristol Folk House, 40a Park St, Bristol, BS1 5JG, United Kingdom
Women Alternative Photography Group and Folk House Darkroom are excited to be collaborating again for The Art of Experimentation Symposium.
This in-person event brings together presentations from contemporary artists and researchers who explore the possibilities of alternative photographic processes. Presenters will explore the role of experimentation and discovery within the creative process as well as how contemporary practitioners are using innovative and unique approaches to photography to explore the possibilities of light sensitive materials.
Show and Tell
This year we are hosting an informal show and tell at the symposium and would love for you to participate. Please bring your prints or a portfolio to display on the provided tables and share your practice with fellow attendees.
Photo Walk
To close out the conference, we are hosting a casual photo walk to help build networks and continue conversations from the symposium. Everyone is welcome to join. Please bring whatever camera you prefer, from a smartphone to a toy camera. Don’t forget to pack comfortable walking shoes and clothing suitable for the English weather in August.
Time and Location
Saturday 1 August 2026 from 10am – 3pm (In Person)
Bristol Folk House, 40a Park St, Bristol, BS1 5JG, United Kingdom
For more information about accessibility and directions please visit the Bristol Folk House website
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased through headfirst. Tickets for this event are offered on a sliding scale based on income.
Speakers include:
Ainoa Burgos
Julie Corcoran
Marie Craig
Wendy Leocque
Riya Panwar
Ola Teper
Women Alternative Photography Group 