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London Street Photography Festival 2011

July 1, 2011 to July 31, 2011 – London World-class photography takes over London’s most celebrated venues, large and small, for the festival’s inaugural year. The London Street Photography Festival launches this summer to celebrate the ti… Organized by London Street Photography Festival | Type: festival

Belfast Photo Festival 2011

August 4, 2011 to August 14, 2011 – Belfast The Belfast Photo Festival is a biennial, which is Northern Ireland’s first major photographic event celebrating some of the finest national and international contemporary photography and visual cult… Organized by Belfast Photo Festival | Type: festival

Mois de la Photo in Montréal / Montreal's Month of Photography

September 12, 2011 to October 9, 2011 – Montréal, Québec (L'Arsenal) Montreal's biannual photo festival started this weekend. From Thursday night to Saturday each public or private space hosting one of the 24 shows (photographs and videos) organized openings for their… Organized by Mois de la Photo | Type: festival

Hereford Photography Festival

October 28, 2011 to November 26, 2011 – Hereford Hereford Photography Festival, the UK’s longest running photography festival, returns with 40 exhibitions featuring more than 75 artists from across the globe. Now entering its 21st year, this year’s… Organized by Hereford Photography Festival | Type: festival

1st Photo Biennale of Archive Photography

December 6, 2011 to January 20, 2012 – Marble Palace The Russian Musuem in St. Petersburg and the Marble Palace are currently hosting the first photo biennale dipicting rare 19th and 20th century photos. In it's entirety, the collection is composed of… Organized by Russian Musuem in St. Petersburg and the Marble Palace | Type: festival

The Image

March 14, 2012 to March 18, 2012 – St Andrews StAnza is the only regular festival dedicated to poetry in Scotland and is held each year in March in the historic town of St Andrews. Each festival focuses on two themes which weave around each othe… Organized by StAnza | Type: festival

Bristol Festival of Photography

May 3, 2012 to May 31, 2012 – Bristol Bristol Festival of Photography is a series of independent exhibitions and events over multiple sites across the city of Bristol. It is a biennial event celebrating photography. The festival is inclu… Organized by Michael Wong | Type: festival

Paris Photo 2012

November 15, 2012 to November 18, 2012 – Grand Palais With 135 galleries and publishers coming from twenty or so countries and more than 50,000 visitors, Paris Photo presents the best of photography from its origins to today. Heightened by its arrival a… Organized by Paris Photo | Type: festival

LENS Festival 2012 National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

November 23, 2012 at 6pm to November 24, 2012 at 10am – National Library of Wales, Professor Paul Hill has said on his website "Ifor Thomas was an inspiring teacher who taught many well-known practitioners of the period and must be mentioned in any forum discussing British Photogra… Organized by rita tait | Type: festival, to, honour, the, life, &, work, of, ifor, joy, thomas, guildford, school, photography

Photobook Bristol

June 10, 2016 to June 12, 2016 – SouthBank Club Bristol Press%20Release%202016%20%281%29.pdf Organized by Photobook Bristol | Type: festival

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