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![OD Photo Prize 2022 After the success of last year, the OD Photo Prize returns for its second edition. This prize is an exciting open call for emerging artists working within the first ten years of their practice, founded by Open Doors Gallery. For many years, OD has discovered and showcased artists working across all […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screen-Shot-2022-06-24-at-13.11.57.png "OD Photo Prize 2022")
![‘There’s a shite stunk in the Air…Dad’s oot oan Bail!’ Edgar Martins Exhibition, MNAC, Lisbon This new exhibition by Martins is a comprehensive and original take on his award winning literary and artistic project What Photography and Incarceration have with an Empty vase, a multifacted body of work developed from a project wotking with inmates […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-06-15-at-13.03.09.png "Edgar Martins exhibition MNAC, Lisbon")
![We have been collaborating with visual artist Sam Ryde in the production of a new series of Limited Edition Giclée prints. It gave us time to find out more about his practice and in particular his use of social media to promote his work. Sam can you tell us a bit about your work and […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sam-image4.jpg "Spotlight: Samuel Ryde")
![Source magazine was established in 1992 as part of activities originally to support a community of photographers based in Northern Ireland that had been felt unrepresented. From these beginnings the magazine has developed in its ambition and reach. I spoke to one of the Editors John Duncan about the magazine. Over the years Source has […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Stack-of-Mags-2.jpg "Spotlight: Source Magazine")
![www.rickfindler.com As an independent photojournalist working in some of the most challenging situations, what first inspired you to pick up a camera to follow the path that you immersed yourself in? Whilst I was already taking pictures of landscapes and sunrises, I wasn’t really aware of photojournalism as such. Then as I was studying Psychology […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Misrata-Libya-2011.png "Spotlight: Rick Findler")
![Can you tell us a bit about ‘A Wounded Landscape’ what prompted you to undertake the project and had you always determined that it would be long term commitment to the story? I have wanted – or perhaps without realizing it felt the need – to make a piece of work about the Holocaust for […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/A-wounded-landscape-Marc-Wilson-002.jpeg "Spotlight: Marc Wilson ‘A Wounded Landscape’")
![We were first introduced to Ioanna’s practice as part of a Metro Imaging partnership with the Royal Photographic Society and have since followed her path through the RCA and onto a PhD at Kingston University. To coincide with an exhibition opening in berlin as part of the PEP Photographic Exploration Project, we chatted to Ioanna […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ioanna-sakellaraki-01.jpg "Spotlight: Ioanna Sakellaraki")
![This year has been particularly challenging for us as a company and our commitment to mentorship and supporting the creative community has had to adapt to C-19 protocols. Though face to face and peer workshops have had to go on hold, we have still managed to remain connected to those on the programme via online […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/001.jpg "Spotlight: Hayleigh Longman")
![For six years Life Framer has been shining the spotlight on emerging photographers. They have a truly international membership with a regular programme of competitions, culminating in annual exhibitions in several countries. They attract a quality cohort of judges for their competitions and their Journal and feedback sessions also increases their ability to provide a […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Civilization-1st-Prize-Gajan-Balan-judge-Emma-Lewis-Tate-Modern.jpg "Spotlight: Life Framer")
![Somewhere in between is a collective of six artists who are all MA graduates from UAL Camberwell and their work crosses several imaging disciplines including printmaking; film and photography. They are a close knit group of like-minded people who regularly share their work on and offline. We turn the spotlight on them this week to […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Boglarka-Eliz-Varga-Glitched-1-Digital-File-6580-bytes-2020.jpg "Spotlight: Somewhere in Between")
![Founded by Christiane Monarchi, Photomonitor highlights lens-based artists at all levels of experience and practice, providing an important online perspective of their projects and vision. It is clear that the pandemic has isolated many and our ability to engage in person has meant that platforms such as Photomonitor have become even more invaluable and vital […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/0E3A0C79-B2AC-4EB6-9E78-FCA5F385D2FF.jpg "Spotlight: Christiane Monarchi, Photomonitor")
![Founded in 1987, LIP is a not-for-profit photography members group that with over three hundred members, promotes free thinking and active collaboration. This week sees the launch of its annual exhibition and series of talks and lectures and due to C-19 the majority of which has had to move online. We took some time to […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image009.jpg "Spotlight: London Independent Photography")
![Metro Imaging has an established record for supporting education not only through its extensive Student Services offering but also through outreach and extended programmes of mentorship. Since 2006 we have been partnering with LCC and UAL and this year’s mentorship award winner Maite de Orbe is joins a long line of exceptional talent. This year […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Bleeding-suns.jpg "Spotlight: Maite de Orbe")
![The Photographic collective is a new initiative that was launched in June 2020 and is already making waves, most recently at the 1-54 Contemporary Art Fair in London. Can you tell us a bit about the collective’s mission statement and how important it was for you to be exhibiting at 1-54. The Photographic Collective was […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Maheder-H.jpg "Spotlight: The Photographic Collective")
![Hi-Noon Editions is a collective of established artists that have come together with a positive and uplifting message that champions the arts and promotes openness and a convivial approach to creativity. I took time out during these challenging times to chat with the team about the collective and its aims. The collective is made up […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Hi-Noon.jpg "Metro Spotlight – Hi-Noon")
![Studio Lenca is the working title for this year’s Brighton Photo Fringe Open SOLO award winner José Campos. The quality of submissions this year was very high and José is a worthy winner who uses a multi-disciplinary approach in his practice; incorporating photography, dance and audio visual performance. I took the opportunity to ask him […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/©-Studio-Lenca-“El-Historiante-cool”-from-Los-Historiantes-2019-768x1024.jpg "Spotlight: Studio Lenca / José Campos")
![I discovered Denis’s work whilst judging this years’ Brighton Photo Fringe SOLO competition and was struck by the beautiful compositions punctuated with challenging subjects including mental health; misogyny and domestic violence – through a rich palette of documentary; surrealism and staged settings I was taken by the complex nature of her practice. We have had […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/00_documentary_edmundo.jpg "Metro Spotlight – Denis Serrano")
CLOSING SOON! CALL FOR ENTRIES: YEARBOOK 2022
- Online exhibition featuring all entrants
- Book featuring 100 photographers
- YEARBOOK Awards from @AlamyContent, @BenQ_UK, @metroimaging, @newspaperclub & @photoshelter
https://buff.ly/2fye3tT
Enter by 30 June 2022
More love being shared from our grad show http://packedlunch.info with the brilliant Malachi Francis’ landscape workthe ‘Taff Trail’ in south Wales and considering the relationship between industrial history and the modern day experience of place- Remnants of The Taff
A watercolour I made is available printed on an en-suite door for mental health units by @we_are_SHP, with a donation from every sale going to @Hospital_Rooms.
Very happy that a big order was placed resulting in an £11k donation to Hospital Rooms 💫💫
