The University of Salford and The Sustainable Darkroom are excited to announce a 2-day conference to coincide with the launch of The Sustainable Darkroom’s new book, Bury After Reading: The Afterlife of Images. For six years, The Sustainable Darkroom has fostered an international community dedicated to rethinking photography in an age of climate and ecological crisis. While many seek quick technical fixes for sustainability, our approach has aimed to look deeper—beyond material substitutions—towards more nuanced, critical, and imaginative understandings of what photography is and what it can become.
On the publication of the new book Bury After Reading: The Afterlife of Images this conference and exhibition celebrate the community of practice developed through the Sustainable Darkroom and asks how we create radical new visions for the future of photography.
Seeds of Change: exploring regenerative practices in analogue and digital photography
New Adelphi Building, University of Salford M5 4WT
Thursday 29 - Friday 30 October 2026
Deadline for submissions: Monday 27 April
Notification of Acceptance: Early June
Call for papers, art works and workshops here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kz1G79ueP1ilAfL15Df5swE2UrmFilgI/view
Submit proposals here: Open Call: Seeds of Change – Fill in form
Queries relating to the call or conference email: artdes-sap@salford.ac.uk
