TPG staff host regular online portfolio reviews for emerging through to established photographers. Each session reviewer will be allocated on a rotation basis, we are sorry not to be able to offer reviewers on request. Reviews take place between 10.00 and 18.00 on the day. Proceeds from these sessions support our free portfolio afternoons - Folio Fridays.
These 20-minute, one-to-one sessions take place online and are an opportunity to share practice and receive feedback on a specific project or on your photography work more generally. We recommend that you share 15-20 images in advance that will form the basis of your discussion. You may also wish to share short pieces of writing about your work. Do come prepared with any specific questions you may have about your work – this might be to gain your reviewer's thoughts on presentation formats or their ideas for other work or writing that could inform your practice.
Your assigned reviewer will contact you a week before your session (or within two days, if you book after this time) to arrange a convenient time for your session. Photographers will be asked to send a link to the work they wish to be reviewed ahead of the session.
Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Bursary Places:
Two bursary places for UK-based photographers facing barriers to participation are available for each review session, also on a first come, first served basis. Please apply by emailing projects@tpg.org.uk by noon on the Friday before the session, briefly stating your reason for applying for a bursary place. All information will be kept confidential and anonymous, and destroyed after processing within GDPR guidelines.
Reviewer biographies:
Arieh Frosh is Digital Producer at The Photographers' Gallery. He has previously produced projects and online festivals that engage with technology and ecological thinking, and he also practises as an interdisciplinary artist. He has formerly worked for galleries including The Modern Institute, Glasgow.
Clare Grafik is Head of Exhibitions at The Photographers’ Gallery. She has worked in a number of public institutions in London including the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Whitechapel Gallery, Hayward Gallery and National Portrait Gallery. She has originated a range of shows at The Photographers’ Gallery including ‘The Photographic Object’ (2009), 'Photography & Collage’ (2012) and 'Double Take: Photography & Drawing' (2016).
Sam Mercer is an artist, curator and producer. Since 2014 Sam has been Producer of the Digital Programme at The Photographers’ Gallery, London. In 2021-22, Sam worked to develop a digital programme at the Bluecoat, Liverpool. Sam has curated a number of projects for The Photographers’ Gallery Media Wall and online, and was assistant curator for the exhibition All I Know Is What’s On The Internet. In 2019/20, Sam co-curated Data / Set / Match, a year-long programme of commissions that sought new ways to present, visualise and interrogate scientific image datasets.
Katrina Schwarz is Curator of the 2022 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize and Curatorial Adviser, International for the inclusive platform Art et Al. She is a curator, writer and editor, with a particular focus on international collaboration. She has delivered visual arts projects in more than 35 countries, most recently for the British Council and the Australia Council for the Arts.
Jon Uriarte is Curator of Digital Programmes at The Photographers' Gallery. He is also curator of Getxophoto International Image Festival and has previously worked with different international institutions including Foto Colectania, Barcelona and Le Chateau D'Eau, Toulouse. He regularly guest lecturers across Spain and writes for photography publications.
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