After approaching two decades of photographing some of our most famous faces, Lucy Sewill came to the realisation that her body of work was still almost exclusively male. As a passionate believer in the power of photography Lucy had to question whether her work was reflecting the status quo or worse, perpetuating inequality through imbalanced […]

Susan Meiselas is a documentary photographer based in New York. She is the author of Carnival Strippers (1976), Nicaragua (1981), Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History (1997), Pandora's Box (2001), Encounters with the Dani (2003), Prince Street Girls (2016), A Room of Their Own (2017), Tar Beach (2020), and Carnival Strippers Revisited (2022). Photo|Frome is […]

Joss Barratt is a professional photographer primarily shooting stills for the film and television industry. Originally a photojournalist, his quick eye for storytelling pictures blends a personal approach with the particular demands of film sets and varied commercial assignments. He has worked with many different directors, including Richard Eyre, Pawel Pawlikowski, Dominic Savage, and has […]

Jim Brogden's urban landscape project in Bradford looks at the city through a sociological perspective, focusing on the visual contrasts found in marginalised areas where people have to balance their private and public lives. The goal was to capture the mysterious character of these places and the people living there without pushing a specific political […]

Nick Hedges studied photography at Birmingham College of Art. His final project was working with Birmingham Housing Trust on an exhibition about the city's badly housed, setting the tone for his life's work on social issues. On leaving college Nick photographed Shelter's 'National Campaign for the Homeless', helping gain significant public attention to the problem, […]

Patricia Anne 'Tish' Murtha left home to study at the School of Documentary Photography at The University of Wales, set up by Magnum Photos member David Hurn. After graduating in 1978, she returned to Newcastle and set out to document 'marginalised communities from the inside'. Unlike other photographers who came to document poverty in the […]

Roland Ramanan is a London based documentary photographer with a background in music and education. In 2012 he started a long term documentary project on the issue-affected group of people who gravitate towards a corner of East London called Gillett Square. The square was the starting point that lead him to many other aspects of […]

Paul Seawright is a Professor of Photography and Executive Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Ulster. His photographs are held in many museum collections across the world. 'Sectarian Murder', featured at Photo|Frome, revisits the sites of Sectarian attacks during 'troubles' close to where Paul grew up in Belfast. The texts […]

Fast Forward: Women in Photography is a research project concerned with women in photography based at University for the Creative Arts, led by acclaimed photographer Anna Fox. Started in 2014, the project questions the way that the established canons have been formed, promoting and engaging with women and non-binary people in photography across the globe. […]

Photo|Frome is delighted to be collaborating with Roseberry Road Studios, Bath, in inviting photographers to submit work exploring the theme of INEQUALITY. Selected pieces will be showcased in a thought-provoking exhibition at our gallery. Entries will be selected by Homer Sykes (Photographer), Toufic Beyhum (Photographer) and Calum Mackenzie (Creative Director at Roseberry Road Studios). Enter […]

Students from the Photography & Print BA at Boomsatsuma, Bristol will exhibit a selection of pieces of work co-curated by Amin Yousefi (Photo|Frome's 2023 student awards winner). This exhibition will represent varied responses looking to interrogate the festival's theme of inEquality.