Belfast Exposed Photography Gallery

09/07/2025

Our gallery will be closed for installation from Friday 11 July onwards as we prepare for our next exhibition.

Our offices will reopen on Wednesday 16 July, and we’re excited to welcome you back for the launch of our new exhibition on Thursday 7 August for Late Night Art Belfast:

☀️Frits de Ridder: Staring at the Sun

Find out more at www.belfastexposed.org/whats-on

08/07/2025

Learn how to create high-quality videos with our 3-week videography course on Saturday 2, 9 & 16 August

"It introduces basic concepts of creating a video, including filming, audio and editing. You will learn how your DSLR/digital camera can introduce a new world of practical and creative options."

https://www.belfastexposed.org/whats-on/level-1-learn-the-basics-of-video/?occurrence=2025-08-02

07/07/2025

📸 Photographs taken by participants from recent workshops with Extern Charity as part of our Therapeutic Photography Programme funded by Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland's Collaborate Fund

https://www.belfastexposed.org/engagement/therapeutic-photography/

03/07/2025

As we enter the final week of our exhibition “Nationhood: Memory and Hope”, we’re thrilled to share that the Photography Ethics Centre has just launched a new season of “The Photo Ethics Podcast” — starting with a conversation featuring Aïda Muluneh (AIDA Muluneh Studio), one of the artists featured in the show.

This is a fantastic chance to dive deeper into Muluneh’s practice and the ethical questions that shape her work. Then, come experience her photography in person at Belfast Exposed before the exhibition closes.

📍 See the exhibition at Belfast Exposed from 5 June to 11 July
🎙️ Listen to the podcast via Photography Ethics Centre or at photoethics.org/podcast

Don’t miss it!

In partnership with Bradford 2025 Street Level Photoworks Impressions Gallery Ffotogallery

03/07/2025

📸 A selection of photographs taken on recent workshops of our Therapeutic Photography Programme with Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

https://www.belfastexposed.org/engagement/therapeutic-photography/

01/07/2025

📖 Back in stock!

Explore the range of Irish photography editions published by Café Royal Books available to buy online and in store at Belfast Exposed:

▪️Northern Ireland 1970s - Martin Mayer
▪️Dublin City, Suburbs & County 1970s - Keith Nolan
▪️Biddy Boys Ireland 1972 - Homer Sykes
▪️Ireland 1977 - Michel Vermare
▪️West Belfast 1979 - Syd Shelton
▪️One Day in July Northern Ireland 1987-1998 - Mike Abrahams
▪️Sheriff Street Dublin 1989. One - Colm Pierce
▪️Kinvara Regatta 1992 - Joe Sterling

Online shop: https://www.belfastexposed.org/shop/

30/06/2025

✍️ How imaging peace can work to bridge entrenched division and build connection

"In another project run by Belfast Exposed, groups of young people from Protestant and Catholic communities came together to digitally remove the peace wall using imaging software. In so doing they not only created an image of what does not yet exist; their community without walls, but they also engaged in a dialogue that moved them a step closer to breaking down the mental walls in people’s head that act as an obstacle to community reconciliation."

A new exhibition considers the question of what photography of peace might consist of.

25/06/2025

🎬 Videos from Healing Through Photography Conference 2025

https://www.belfastexposed.org/product/videos-from-healing-through-photography-conference-2025/

Experience the conference online through a video catalogue of all the key speakers, talks and activities from the conference. The conference united clinicians, academics, photographers, community leaders, and individuals with lived experience, all drawn together by a shared belief: that photography is more than an art form—it is a powerful pathway to healing, reflection, and connection.

09/06/2025

09/06/2025

We are pleased to announce the official launch of our photographic competition, "Surrounded By Sea." We are proud to share that all proceeds from the entry fees will be donated to Refugee Rescue, an Irish search and rescue organization that has successfully rescued 25,000 individuals in the Mediterranean Sea over the past decade.

Participation is open to all; professional photography experience is not required. Any photograph depicting seaside or coastal scenes is eligible for submission. We encourage you to capture a moment of the sea from your location around the world and submit your entry accordingly.

The first, second, and third place winners will have their photographs exhibited at the esteemed Belfast Exposed exhibition space alongside other notable entries.

30/05/2025

𝗔ï𝗱𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗵 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁
𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱: 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲
Next Thursday sees the launch of Nationhood: Memory And Hope at Belfast Exposed. This exhibition celebrates the diversity of the UK today and examines themes such as gender, labour, religion and diaspora, with Aïda Muluneh's vibrant 'The Necessity of Seeing' taking centre stage. In her conversation with Guardian, Muluneh comments, “It was basically like getting a crash course in UK history and contemporary life."

🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/may/29/photographer-aida-muluneh-necessity-of-seeing-bradford-city-culture

𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆

Nationhood: Memory and Hope is a Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and Impressions Gallery commission, in partnership with Belfast Exposed, Ffotogallery in Cardiff, and Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow.

Bradford 2025 Impressions Gallery Ffotogallery Street Level Photoworks

Image by Aida Muluneh

For her latest exhibition, the Ethiopian photographer drove a minivan around the country, resulting in images that explore identity, gender and conflict. ‘It was a crash course in history,’ she says

30/05/2025

𝗔 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲
Due to office relocation and reduced storage capacity, are giving away all the remaining copies of the title from 1992, as well as copies of Creative Camera from the 80s. It's first come, first served, so bring your own storage boxes down to Unit 6, 2-10 Bridge Street Bridge Street, Belfast, BT1 1LU on Sunday 1 June from 1-5pm.