Working with organisations, photographers, community groups, academics and curators from across the country, we have been building a network to discuss and accelerate the practice of socially engaged photography. In the spirit of social practice, the network is shaped collaboratively by its users and has been running as a distributed network since October 2019. We now have over 500 members and 25 organisational partners supporting its development and delivery.
We have regional meet up groups established or currently developing across the North West, North East, the Midlands, Scotland, London and South East, and the South West. If you are interested in finding out more about the regional groups or setting one up in your area please contact liz@openeye.org.uk
In Autumn 2024, SEPN turns 5 years old. To mark this milestone we have sent out a survey to our members and to the wider cultural sector to find out how the network can support your practice further. We will be sharing the findings of the survey later this year.
We also keep in touch via a facebook group and a regular newsletter. This is a fully open network and you can join by signing up to the mailing list.
When referring to the term socially engaged photography, we mean activities or projects where photographers and communities/ individuals come together to co-author or co-produce visual representations of the world around us. The process behind the work produced is often as important as the final photographic work, and projects are often reliant on collaboration and discussion. The work often reflects multiple voices about a particular social, political, economical or environmental issue, rather than that of a single artistic voice.
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