Around 700 million people (that's almost 1 in 10) in the world do not have access to a reliable source of safe clean water. It means they have no choice but to collect dirty water for drinking, cooking and cleaning. It often means a long walk to a river or stream to collect water - […]
Canadian photographer Tim Smith has spent 17 years documenting life on the prairies including 15 years photographing the Hutterites; insular Anabaptists who live communally on colonies in Canada and the United States. In addition to long term documentary work, Tim is a passionate speaker on topics relating to slow journalism, photographing sensitive communities or subjects, […]
Evgeniya Strygina is a London-based artist who specialises in landscape and architecture photography as she captures urban and natural environments to highlight their relation to and their autonomy from human beings. However, in ‘Home from Home’, Evgeniya tells the stories of people who were forced to leave their homes when the war in Ukraine began in February […]
Sujata Setia is an Indian born British photographer. In 2009, she completed a masters in International Relations from King's Collee London. Seujata has a background in journalism that informs her research based socially engaged practice. She combines traditional artistic interventions and photography to call attention to the boundary of cultural imperialism, a boundary marked not […]
Valentina Sinis is a documentary photographer who focuses on unique and unusual stories, often capturing people and communities living on the edges of society. Her work shows a strong connection with her subjects, with a special focus on women, especially in countries where their rights are limited. Valentina's photographs offer a thoughtful and gentle look […]
New for Photo|Frome 2025 is our Open Call exhibition offering photographers the opportunity to explore their thoughts and ideas on the festival's inEquality theme. Successful entries received from across the world, transcending borders, photographic approach, and technical interpretations result in a distinctly varied and thought-provoking exhibition that forms a worthy new addition to the festival […]
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 […]
