PRISM PHOTOGRAPHY NETWORK

There are only three and a half weeks left to submit work for the RBSA Photography Prize 2025. With a first prize of £1000 and a solo exhibition in 2026 up for grabs (amongst other prizes!), the deadline for submissions is Tuesday 28 January at 4pm. rbsa.org.uk/call-for-entri…

The number of experts calling out the genocide in Gaza grows by the day. Even Israeli Holocaust scholars have added their voices. One, Omer Bartov, believes not only that there is a genocide unfolding in Gaza but that it is reaching its “final stage”. Keir Starmer could easily reverse course, using the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu as the moment to declare that Israel has crossed a threshold and that the UK must desist from colluding in the eradication of Gaza. He has decided not to take that course. He has decided to assist Israel in seeing out its genocide to the bitter end. In equivocating about whether the UK backs international law, at a moment when Israel and the US are determined to tear it down brick by brick, Starmer is doing something even graver. He is colluding in the dismantlement of the rule of law and its supporting institutions like the ICC. There is one of only two possible lessons to be drawn here. Either that Britain never truly supported international law. Its signing up to the Rome Statute and the ICC was always on the assumption that the court was there to punish others. That it would never actually dare try to restrain countries that belonged to a club of self-declared “western democracies”. Or that Britain, like the rest of Europe, is not really an independent, sovereign state, but an outpost, a protectorate, of an imperial hub in Washington that dictates our foreign policy. Defiance cannot be contemplated because it would not be tolerated. Or that both are the case. Either way, the truth is that the idea of a British liberal democracy is unravelling before our eyes. When the guardians of the liberal order, of the rule of law and humanitarianism, are unmasked as charlatans – as is the case with both Starmer and Biden – the forces of darkness rush in to fill the void. When everything is exposed as a lie, the biggest liars triumph. That is the future that awaits us. This is an extract from my latest article Biden and Starmer are destroying international law to protect Israel’s genocide. Read more here: middleeasteye.net/opinion/biden-…

Photo essay Golden Grove Sugar Factory - St Thomas in Jamaica. In 1850 the firm of Boulton & Watt supplied a steam engine from Soho Foundry near Birmingham to power the Duckenfield Hall sugar mill. traceythorne.com/post/golden-gr…

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Deadline tomorrow (5th Nov) - #EastMeetsWest Masterclass 24/25 Led by industry & artform leaders, including; @clarehewitt_ @colinpantall #JermaineFrancis #KaviPujara @LydiaGoldblatt @maxgorbatskyi #SebahChaudhry #VivienneGamble⁠ Details - grainphotographyhub.co.uk/portfolio-type…

Join us to celebrate the launch of CONSTRUCT by artist @Anthony_Luvera. Monday 21 October, 2-4pm. Free entry, just drop in. Ikon Shop. Learn more: tinyurl.com/3jrt4dhr Commissioned by @grainphotohub collaboration with @Sifafireside #BookLaunch #IkonShop #Birmingham

Roland Ramanan will be talking to us on Oct 28th about his newly published book which documents the life of people who revolve around a square in East London. The images and stories are deeply moving. Chaired by @brianjhomer. Further details and booking. prismphotographynetwork.org/whatson

This is today at @mac_birmingham

We have more slots available now… @ichoosemag @BirminghamWeAre @brum_living

#BREAKING: World-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition comes to @BM_AG. 😍 Read more here: tinyurl.com/yc5xazev

macbirmingham.co.uk/events/vulcans… This is a seminal photobook that helps capture in a strikingly poetic manner the hard industrial past of Birmingham and the Black Country. Janine Wiedel (@wiedelphoto ) talks with @rachsh about it on Oct 8th @mac_birmingham . Don't miss it!

In Conversation, Janine Wiedel with Rachel Segal Hamilton @mac_birmingham In association with the launch of the publication #VulcansForge by @bluecoatpress 8th October at 6.30pm.

PRISM SOCIAL. Come and hear Dan Burwood talk about his project 'New Family Home'. @1000TradesJQ prismphotographynetwork.org/whatson

This weekend is your final chance to see our glorious exhibition of works by the late photorealist John Salt. Including some very early pieces, we also have some materials taken from his studio, as well as later artworks. The exhibition closes on Sunday at 4pm.

It is not too early to think about September. We are putting on a 12 week photography course with a focus on documenting Stirchley. Sign up for the full course or choose to attend for some of it. Details here. prismphotographynetwork.org/whatson

#REFLECTOR Artist Feature #AnselmEbulue is a documentary photographer based in London. He makes pictures of mundane spaces that resonate with emotive reactions where memory and change intersect Upcoming Exhibition @newartgallery Oct 2024 @artfund grainphotographyhub.co.uk/portfolio-type…

Well worth seeing.

NEW PHOTOWALK! This summer I am leading a series of free photowalks in towns across the Black Country.     Next up is a walk in Brockmoor on Saturday 17th August, 11-1. Booking and more info: bctbrockmoor.eventbrite.co.uk @TransportForWM #WMCycleWalk

Want to make the most of your #camera? We've one #photography #workshop left and a 12 session #course for photo enthusiasts based in West Midlands. Book you place today! Register today: bit.ly/4bZldTt❤️🎞️📸 #Stirchley #Birmingham