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![This Autumn photographers worldwide, professional or amateur, were invited by YOUMANITY to reach out to family and friends, to take a celebratory portrait or an image encapsulating the meaning of friendship. From over four thousand photographic entries from 57 different countries 16 entries were chosen by the judges, here we showcase the top three: WINNING […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-11.19.50-1024x684.png "Youmanity: Friend-Ship Photography Award")
![The newly established gallery Maison Touchard has launched this winter with its inaugural exhibition, Housewarming. This dynamic group showcase features the work of Jemma Appleby, Alice Bucknell, Vanessa Dziuba, Shawn Maximo, Lindsey Mendick, and Camille Yvert. Marking the launch of Maison Touchard, a project space set in an East London council flat, Housewarming explores the dichotomy between […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-09-at-16.37.23-1024x1014.png "HOUSEWARMING x Maison Touchard")
![This winter the exciting art space Elephant West welcomes visual artist Eleanoir Macnair and her delightful on-going body of work, Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh. Her project aims to highlight obscure images by overlooked photographers, or contemporary projects which lack exposure, as well as creating some of the most-known photographic works. We were delighted to work […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/low-EW_EM_09.jpg "Surrealists Rendered in Play-Doh by Eleanor Macnair")
![This month sees the opening of ‘Icebreaker Dreaming’ with an outdoor projection of a frozen arctic sea animating the exterior wall of Pushkin House on Bloomsbury Square on the opening night. This is a new solo exhibition by the artist Ruth Maclennan. The exhibition explores the Russian Arctic, as a place to live in, to […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/choirbeach-1024x683.jpg "Icebreaker Dreaming by Ruth Maclennan")
![Metro Imaging recently had the pleasure of working closely with London-based, South African Photographer Gideon Mendel in producing his 2019 Prix Pictet Award shortlisted series Damage: A Testament of Faded Memory. The theme for the eighth cycle of the Prix Pictet is Hope, a theme that offers a wide range of creative possibilities and a strong set […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1920-1024x572.jpg "Gideon Mendel – Prix Pictet 2019")
![Following the highly successful launch of Wonderful Things at The V&A, Michael Hoppen presents Wonderful People by Tim Walker – the first private gallery exhibition of work by the world-renowned photographer. For this exclusive show, Walker and Hoppen have delved through the archives to uncover wonderful pictures of wonderful people in wonderful places – often […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tw-1024x819.jpg "Tim Walker: Wonderful People")
![From market-place to movie-set, sex shop to a coffee bar, crime scene to cabaret, Soho has always been an unfolding and complex spectacle, central to the music, fashion, design, film and sex industries alongside being a vibrant hub for LGBTQ+ communities. It has also, across the centuries, been home to a variety of immigrant communities […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Soho_Exclusive_View_Newsletter_Hero_2b881b39a2b44b5ef2c7d0a94e73d8ae-e1570697678218.jpg "Shot In Soho x The Photographers’ Gallery")
![A sleeping seal, a curious racoon and a tragic turtle are just some of the captivating and emotive images from the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, which is now in its fifty-fifth year. With almost 50,000 entries from professional and amateur photographers submitted to this year’s competition, the world-renowned exhibition will […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ralf-schneider-55-full-width.jpg.thumb_.1160.1160-1024x576.jpg "Wildlife Photographer of The Year 55")
![Breaking Barriers Charity annual exhibition returns this year with a collection of portraits and interviews featuring Breaking Barriers members, all of them refugees or from a refugee background. This series of photographs tells the extraordinary stories of the refugees’ lives, journeys and personal dreams, through the everyday objects that reflect their experiences. All of the […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/BB-Exhibition-2019-Invite-10092019-V4-705x1000.jpg "Breaking Barriers Exhibition 2019: Belonging")
![Daniel Meadows, one of Britain’s foremost documentary photographers, has been authentically capturing British life and celebrating what he calls ‘the felt life of the great ordinary’ for almost half a century. Daniel Meadows: Now and Then presents pairs of portraits taken in the 1970s and again in the 1990s, alongside short films explaining how the […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/John-Payne-aged-12-with-friends-and-his-pigeon-Chequer.-Portsmouth-1974.-Image-credit-©-Daniel-Meadows.-Courtesy-the-artist-and-Bodleian-Libraries-University-of-Oxford-1024x1024.jpg "Daniel Meadows: Now & Then")
![Following another succesful Free Range Graduate Shows earlier this year we are now gearing up for the 2020 Free Range Solo Shows, taking place next February at the Truman Brewery. In addition to each winner being awarded an exhibition with the Free Range Solo Shows 19/20 – supported by Metro Imaging – both artists receive […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/4.-Turquoise-Pipe-Yellow-Rope-Glass-Bottle-Yellow-Tulips-and-a-Little-Yellow-Square-II.jpeg "Angela Blažanović – Free Range Solo Award Shows 2020")
![Following another succesful Free Range Graduate Shows earlier this year we are now gearing up for the 2020 Free Range Solo Shows, taking place next February at the Truman Brewery. In addition to each winner being awarded an exhibition with the Free Range Solo Shows 19/20 – supported by Metro Imaging, both artists receive an […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/JenniferForwardHayter_25.jpg "Jennifer Forward-Hayter – Free Range Solo Award Shows 2020")
![Why do we play? How important is it for all of us, young or old? What does it mean to play well? The Wellcome Collection brings an interactive and playful exhibition this autumn. Play Well examines the importance of play in childhood and the impactful role it has on both young and adults and across […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Kristina-an-hour-after-the-shelling-in-Luhanske-Eastern-Ukraine-2-2017-Mark-Neville.-©-Mark-Neville.--1024x576.jpg "Wellcome Collection: Play Well")
![This October Youmanity invites you to enter their Annual Photography competition. Both amateur and professional photographers welcome – submission is free and the theme, this year, is ‘Friend-Ship’. This award launched on 10th September this year coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day; celebrating friendships and encouraging you to connect with friends or re-connect with long-lost […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-01-at-10.20.12-1-1024x647.png "FRIEND-SHIP: Photography Award 2019 x Youmanity")
![We are supporting the Global Climate Strike movement by expanding our eco-values and practises in-lab and laying out some more green incentives for all our clients. From packaging to delivery services, Metro Imaging will be running a green campaign from 20-27 September onwards in order to make a small contribution to the cause. So, with […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/strikes-share-img-philippines-green-EN-1024x591.jpg "Metro x Global #ClimateStrike")
![This autumn the V&A brings us on an immersive journey into the fantastical worlds created by one of the world’s most inventive photographers Tim Walker. Metro Imaging are delighted to have provided production for multiple works on show as part of this outstanding new exhibition created by Walker and designed by leading British creative, Shona […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VA-Tim-Walker-Wonderful-Things-Exhibition-Installation-View-Lil-Dragon-Section-2-c-Victoria-and-Albert-Museum-London-1024x752.jpg "V&A: Tim Walker – Wonderful Things")
![In collaboration with Life Framer we’re excited to bring you another amazing free event as part of their 5th Edition Exhibition programme. On Thursday 26th September, we will be hosting portfolio review sessions and networking event at the Bermondsey Project Space open to all photography artists. This fast-paced, interactive portfolio session offers you a unique […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/metro-folio-reviews.jpg "EVENT: Speed Portfolio Review Sessions")
#TheSustainableDarkroom - Starting April 1st
@LondonAltPhoto are bringing their residency online to encourage a more sustainable & environmentally friendly photographic darkroom practice. Recycling, Reworking, Removing, Repurposing! Get involved ->
https://metroimaging.co.uk/2020/03/31/lapc-the-sustainable-darkroom/
#Covid19 UPDATE THREAD: Today, we’ve published the applicant guidance for two of our Emergency Response Package funds: one to support individuals and the other for organisations outside our National Portfolio. Blog from our CEO @henleydarren for more info: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/blog/responding-covid19-emergency
Join for The_ Interval - Take care of yourself session happening soon 6pm (GMT) or 11am (PST) for a different sort of discussion around narrative and storytelling w/ @ChrisHoff_ on @WorkShowGrow Facebook page - LIVE https://www.facebook.com/Work-Show-Grow-104277644547593/
Over the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting some of our fantastic artists & partners through a series of Instagram residencies & industry interviews. This week’s artist in residence is @ojharv - a British documentary & advertising photographer
https://metroimaging.co.uk/2020/03/29/owen-harvey/
