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 

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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.

Sophie Sherwood from Folk House Darkroom and I are so excited to announce the list of speakers for our upcoming event The Art of Experimentation Symposium. This symposium will bring together presentations from contemporary artists and researchers who are exploring the possibilities of alternative photographic processes. This symposium considers how contemporary practitioners are using innovative and unique approaches to photography to explore the possibilities of light sensitive materials.

Please join us in celebrating the following artists: 

Ainoa Burgos

Julie Corcoran

Marie Craig

Wendy Leocque

Riya Panwar

Ola Teper

Tickets to join The Art of Experimentation Symposium are now available through Headfirst and are offered on a sliding scale based on income.

We would love for you to join us in person at Bristol Folk House for this exciting symposium. 

Event Details:

The Art of Experimentation Symposium
Women Alternative Photography Group and Folk House Darkroom
1 August 2026 10am - 3pm (In-Person)
40a Park St, Bristol BS1 5JG, United Kingdom

We’re thrilled to announce the open call for The Art of Experimentation: A Symposium on Alternative Photography. This symposium is dedicated to women, non-binary, and trans artists and researchers who push the boundaries of alternative photographic processes. 

This symposium aims to connect artists, researchers, curators, and arts practitioners to reflect on the different ways in which alternative photographic processes can explore concepts that inspire women, non-binary, and trans artists.

Women Alternative Photography Group and Folk House Darkroom invites papers, presentations and practice-based contributions in response to the conference theme experimentation. We are calling for applications that explore the role of experimentation and discovery within the creative process. Participants are invited to articulate how they use experimentation within different contexts, in practice, theory, or across different alternative photographic disciplines. In addition, this symposium aims to celebrate and build the community of alternative process photographers.

We are particularly interested in hearing from students and emerging to mid-career women, non-binary, and trans photographers, cultural practitioners, curators, researchers, and scholars. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment and encourage participation from artists of all races, abilities, and experiences. Our goal is to create a diverse and dynamic forum that reflects the richness of perspectives in the field of alternative photography. We believe that the inclusion of varied voices and experiences will enhance the depth and breadth of our discussions.

At this years symposium to promote community and to provide a space to build networks we will have two social events including a photo walk where you can bring any camera you like with you on a short photo walk around Bristol. We will also have an opportunity for presenters to share physical work in an informal show and tell. Please indicate in the application below if you would like to participate in either or both of the social events. 

​For more information please visit the Women Alternative Photography Group website. 

I'm so excited for you all to read the new WAPG interview with the incredibly inspiring photographer Clare Hewitt.

This interview explores her long-term project Everything in the forest is the forest where she established a studio inside of a woodland in Birmingham. Clare uses lumen printing, pinhole photography, and soil chromatography to investigate how the natural world creates connectivity.

Head on over to the Women Alternative Photography Group website to read the full interview now.

https://womenaltphotogroup.com/.../human-isolation-and.../

Image 1: Six-month exposure of oak trees © Clare Hewitt
Image 2: The Peace Tree, Summer © Clare Hewitt

​Today I passed my PhD Viva!!! You can now call me Dr. Ransom.
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Thank you to Helen Sear and Susan Collins for being incredibly kind and thoughtful external examiners and for all of your excellent questions.

Thank you to Anne Massey for being an excellent chair and coordinating the event.
And of course a massive, massive thank you to my supervisors Jean Wainwright and Anna Fox I honestly couldn't have done it without you.

It will take me some time to fully process everything but I am so grateful to have such a great viva experience.