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Northern Eye Photography Festival 2025

Various

Our North Wales based biennial photography festival is now in its 6th edition. Hosted in the tow...

4th October, 2025 - 5th October, 2025

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Ones You've Missed

Nik Roche

Talk Photo

Nik Roche discovered his passion for photography while pursuing a successful career in garden des...

29th March, 2025, 7pm

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Jenny Matthews

Talk Photo

Jenny Matthews “My first job was working as an English teacher for the British Council in Rio de...

18th March, 2025, 7pm

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Stephanie Wynne & Stephen McCoy

Talk Photo

In 1997 the photographers Stephen McCoy and Stephanie Wynne formed the partnership McCoy Wynne an...

6th March, 2025, 7pm

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Barry Lewis

Talk Photo

Barry Lewis started as a chemistry teacher with photography as a hobby. Barry stopped teaching in...

28th February, 2025, 7pm

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Mike Abrahams

Talk Photo

Mike Abrahams started his career as a freelance photographer in 1975. He has worked regularly on ...

14th February, 2025, 7pm

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Andy Hollingworth

Talk Photo

Andy Hollingworth has been photographing comedians for 30 years.  No one else.  Just comedians....

26th January, 2025, 7pm

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Aneesa Dawoojee

Northern Eye Festival 2024

Aneesa Dawoojee is multi award winning portrait and social documentary photographer from South Lo...

23rd November, 2024 - 24th November, 2024

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Dewi Lewis

Northern Eye Festival 2024

Dewi Lewis established his publishing house in 1994. Internationally known, its authors have incl...

23rd November, 2024 - 24th November, 2024

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Eddie Otchere

Northern Eye Festival 2024

Eddie Otchere is a photographer best known for his photographs of the seminal rappers, singers, a...

23rd November, 2024 - 24th November, 2024

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Homer Skyes

Northern Eye Festival 2024

Homer Sykes is a professional magazine and documentary photographer. His principal commissions in...

23rd November, 2024 - 24th November, 2024

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Jenny Lewis

Northern Eye Festival 2024

Jenny Lewis is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist. Having been an editorial portrait phot...

23rd November, 2024 - 24th November, 2024

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Rob Law

Northern Eye Festival 2024

Rob Law is a photographer based in North Wales in the UK. His practice concerns documentary photo...

23rd November, 2024 - 24th November, 2024

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Sunil Gupta & Charan Singh

Northern Eye Festival 2024

Sunil Gupta is a British/Canadian citizen, (b. New Delhi 1953) MA (RCA) PhD (Westminster) who liv...

23rd November, 2024 - 24th November, 2024

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Stephen Clarke

Talk Photo

Stephen Clarke (b.1962) is an artist and writer based on the Wirral. He studied Fine Art and phot...

5th November, 2024, 7pm

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Sian Davey

Talk Photo

Siân Davey is a photographer with a background in Fine Art and Social Policy. She worked for 15 y...

23rd October, 2024, 7pm

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Simon Roberts

Talk Photo

Simon Roberts (b.1974) is a visual artist based in Brighton, UK. Widely recognised for his large-...

8th October, 2024, 7pm

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Dennis Morris

Talk Photo

Dennis Morris started his career at an early age. He was 11 years old when one of his photographs...

28th September, 2024, 7pm

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Roo Lewis

Talk Photo

Roo Lewis is photographer based in North London. His previous projects have ranged from documenti...

12th September, 2024, 7pm

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Colin Wilkinson

Talk Photo

After a short career lecturing in further education, Colin Wilkinson left in 1973 to create a pio...

28th August, 2024, 7pm

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James Clifford Kent

Talk Photo

James Clifford Kent returns to Oriel Colwyn – the home of his first exhibition Memories of a Lost...

15th August, 2024, 7pm

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Jack Latham

Talk Photo

Jack Latham is a photographer based in the UK. He is the author of several photobooks, A Pink Fla...

16th July, 2024, 7pm

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Carolyn Mendelsohn

Talk Photo

Carolyn Mendelsohn is an artist and portrait photographer based in Yorkshire but working across t...

5th July, 2024, 7pm

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Janine Wiedel

Talk Photo

Janine Wiedel is an internationally important documentary photographer whose work spans over five...

19th June, 2024, 7pm

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Michelle Sank

Talk Photo

Michelle Sank was born in South Africa and settled in the UK in 1987. She grew up during Aparthei...

5th June, 2024, 7pm

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Daniel Meadows & Mark McNulty

Talk Photo

Daniel Meadows, photographer and digital storyteller, is a twentieth century pioneer of British d...

22nd May, 2024, 7pm

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Peter Dench

Talk Photo

Peter Dench is a UK-based photographer, presenter, writer, author and curator. Dench’s style eas...

9th May, 2024, 7pm

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Tessa Bunney

Talk Photo

For over 30 years, Tessa Bunney has photographed rural life, working closely with individuals and...

26th April, 2024, 7pm

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Mohamed Hassan

Talk Photo

MOHAMED HASSAN, originally from Alexandria in Egypt, has been living and working in Pembrokeshire...

28th March, 2024, 7pm

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Richard Billingham

Talk Photo

Richard Billingham (born 25 September 1970) is an English photographer and artist, film maker and...

14th March, 2024, 7pm

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The Photo Film Club #013

Various

The Photo Film Club #013 – TISH THE PHOTO FILM CLUB hosts a photography-based film or document...

27th February, 2024, 12am

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Lightbox – Half Term Workshops

Various

FEBRUARY HALF TERM WORKSHOPS LIGHTBOX is a FREE photography workshop project for young creatives...

13th February, 2024 - 15th February, 2024

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The Photo Film Club #012

Various

The Photo Film Club #012 – Northern Eye Film Club Special (FREE SCREENING) THE PHOTO FILM CLUB...

14th November, 2023, 12am

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Anthony Luvera

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2023

Anthony Luvera is an Australian artist, writer and educator based in London. His photographic wor...

7th October, 2023 - 8th October, 2023

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Ayesha Jones

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2023

Ayesha Jones was born in 1990, in Birmingham, UK. She studied Photography at the University of Ce...

7th October, 2023 - 8th October, 2023

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David Meadows

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2023

Daniel Meadows, photographer and digital storyteller, is a twentieth century pioneer of British d...

7th October, 2023 - 8th October, 2023

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Hark1karan

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2023

Hark1karan is a community photographer and outsider artist. He takes photos of Punjabis, Sikhs, a...

7th October, 2023 - 8th October, 2023

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Jane Hilton

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2023

Jane Hilton is a photographer and filmmaker whose work brings to our attention the extraordinary ...

7th October, 2023 - 8th October, 2023

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Jillian Edelstein

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2023

London based Jillian Edelstein began working as a press photographer in Johannesburg, South Afric...

7th October, 2023 - 8th October, 2023

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Mark Power

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2023

Mark Power’s complex, meticulously crafted images (usually made with large-format cameras) have e...

7th October, 2023 - 8th October, 2023

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The Photo Film Club #011

Sally Mann

What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann THE PHOTO FILM CLUB hosts a photography based fi...

29th September, 2023, 12am

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The Photo Film Club #010

Saul Leiter

In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter. Wednesday 05th July 7pm (doors 6.30pm) ...

5th July, 2023, 12am

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The Photo Film Club 009

ROBERT FRANK

The Photo Film Club #009 – Don’t Blink – Robert Frank DON'T BLINK - ROBERT FRANK Wednesday 24th...

24th May, 2023, 12am

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The Photo Film Club #008

Gregory Crewdson

Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters Friday 10th March 7pm (doors 6.30pm) THE PHOTO FILM CLUB ...

10th March, 2023, 12am

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The Photo Film Club #007

Barnaby Clay

SHOT! THE PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL MANTRA OF ROCK Wednesday 30th November7pm (doors 6.30pm) THE PHOTO...

30th November, 2022, 12am

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The Photo Film Club #006

Richard Billingham

THE PHOTO FILM CLUB hosts a photography based film or documentary roughly every 4-6 weeks in th...

26th October, 2022, 12am

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The Photo Film Club #005

Richard Press

BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK Thursday 14th July7pm (doors 6.30pm) THE PHOTO FILM CLUB hosts a pho...

14th July, 2022, 12am

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Edgelands

Various

On Thursday 7th July we held a special one-off event to mark the closing of the RPS Documentary P...

7th July, 2022, 12am

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The Photo Film Club #004

John Waters

THE PHOTO FILM CLUB hosts a photography based film or documentary roughly every 6 weeks in the wo...

28th April, 2022, 12am

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The Photo Film Club #003

Roger Tiley

THE PHOTO FILM CLUB hosts a photography based film or documentary roughly every 4-6 weeks on a Sa...

5th March, 2022, 12am

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The Photo Film Club #002

Jacqui Morris and David Morris

THE PHOTO FILM CLUB hosts a photography based film ordocumentary roughly every 6 weeks on a Satur...

5th February, 2022, 12am

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The Photo Film Club #001

Alexandra Bombach and Mo Scarpelli

It was great to see so many people visiting Oriel Colwyn’s Northern Eye Photography Festival even...

27th November, 2021, 12am

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Alys Tomlinson

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2021

Alys Tomlinson was born in 1975 and grew up in Brighton, UK. After a degree in English Literature...

9th October, 2021 - 10th October, 2021

Click here for more information about Alys Tomlinson

Brian Griffin

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2021

As one of Britain’s most influential portrait photographers, Brian Griffin achieved early recogni...

9th October, 2021 - 10th October, 2021

Click here for more information about Brian Griffin

Charlie Phillips

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2021

Charlie ‘Smokey’ Phillips is an unsung hero of urban photography, and one of Britain’s most impor...

9th October, 2021 - 10th October, 2021

Click here for more information about Charlie Phillips

Craig Easton

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2021

In April 2021, Craig Easton was awarded the prestigious title of Photographer of the Year at the ...

9th October, 2021 - 10th October, 2021

Click here for more information about Craig Easton

Emma Case

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2021

Emma Case is a visual artist and creative producer collaboratively working with communities, focu...

9th October, 2021 - 10th October, 2021

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Jack Lowe

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2021

Jack Lowe is a documentarist using photography, audio recordings and film to make and share the st...

9th October, 2021 - 10th October, 2021

Click here for more information about Jack Lowe

Suzie Larke

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2021

Suzie Larke is a visual artist and photographer based in Cardiff, UK. Graduating with a degree in...

9th October, 2021 - 10th October, 2021

Click here for more information about Suzie Larke

PechaKucha – Volume 2

Various

We held our inaugural PechaKucha Night at The Northern Eye Festival in October and we loved seein...

11th January, 2020, 12am

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Brian David Stevens

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2019

Brian is based in London but his parents hail from the Welsh valleys where they still reside. Co...

12th October, 2019 - 13th October, 2019

Click here for more information about Brian David Stevens

Dan Wood

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2019

Born in Wales, UK, 1974, Dan Wood is a self taught documentary and portrait photographer, who dis...

12th October, 2019 - 13th October, 2019

Click here for more information about Dan Wood

Joanne Coates

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2019

Joanne Coates is a documentary storyteller who uses the medium of photography. Based in the Nort...

12th October, 2019 - 13th October, 2019

Click here for more information about Joanne Coates

John Bulmer

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2019

John Bulmer was a pioneer of colour photography in the early 1960’s  Brought up in Herefordshire...

12th October, 2019 - 13th October, 2019

Click here for more information about John Bulmer

Olivia Arthur

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2019

Olivia Arthur was born in London and grew up in the UK, She received a degree in mathematics from...

12th October, 2019 - 13th October, 2019

Click here for more information about Olivia Arthur

Tessa Bunney

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2019

For over 25 years, Tessa Bunney has photographed rural life, working closely with individuals and...

12th October, 2019 - 13th October, 2019

Click here for more information about Tessa Bunney

Gandolfi - Northern Eye Fundraiser

Various

Oriel Colwyn collaborated with The Royal Photographic Society (RPS), Cambrain Photography and The...

18th July, 2019, 12am

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Rewilding in Britain and Ireland

Woodfall & Warren

Rewilding in Britain and Ireland A unique 'one night only' collaboration combining the photograp...

20th April, 2019, 12am

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Bridget Coaker

Nothern Eye Photography Festival 2017

Bridget Coaker is a picture editor based in London, where she works for the Guardian and is also ...

14th October, 2017 - 15th October, 2017

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Eamonn McCabe

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2017

The name of Eamonn McCabe has been at the top of the photography world for more than 40 years. A...

14th October, 2017 - 15th October, 2017

Click here for more information about Eamonn McCabe

Jonathon Goldberg

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2017

Jonathan Goldberg is a London-based photographer who graduated from Brighton University. His work...

14th October, 2017 - 15th October, 2017

Click here for more information about Jonathon Goldberg

McCoy Wynne

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2017

McCoy Wynne is a commercial photography partnership with a strong reputation for supplying high q...

14th October, 2017 - 15th October, 2017

Click here for more information about McCoy Wynne

Roger Tiley

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2017

Roger was born in the South Wales valleys in 1960 in a small former mining village called Crosske...

14th October, 2017 - 15th October, 2017

Click here for more information about Roger Tiley

Amanda Jackson

Northern Eye Photography Festival 2017

Amanda Jackson is a freelance photographer based in Malvern, Worcestershire, though she also spen...

14th October, 2017 - 15th October, 2017

Click here for more information about Amanda Jackson

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