Jill Reidy

Photography exhibition Positions of Power is a pre-exhibition presented by Disparity Collective who are currently taking part in Lightbox 2017/18. Lightbox is a Redeye initiative which is an intensive year-long course, launching the careers of professional photographers through workshops, networking sessions and support from experts in the photography industry. The programme is designed to challenge assumptions, encourage reflection and nurture artistic potential, with collaboration at its core and guidance from group Mentor, Kate Jesson, Curator at Manchester City Art Gallery. Positions of Power runs ahead of a Liverpool based installation and exhibition, based around themes of power. The exhibition is designed to present the images…

A significant exhibition of newly discovered images by social documentary photographer Shirley Baker is set to open at the Grundy on Saturday 20 May. The exhibition takes us 'on the beach' at Blackpool and on the Côte d'Azur. I must admit, when I read the initial description of this exhibition I was instantly intrigued. This was in part due to my interest as a fellow photographer but more importantly as a photographer who has recently completed a road trip around the seaside towns of Great Britain, recording images out of season and comparing them to the hundreds of Blackpool images I already have.…

  Never one to pass up a shopping expedition, particularly one that involves work produced by local artists and craftspeople, I was excited to hear about an evening of retail therapy entitled 'Make It Christmas' at several local outlets, planned for 1 December 2016. As a member of the Blott Artist Collective, one of the participating organisations, I was even more thrilled to realise that I would be involved not only in the buying but also in the selling. I spoke to Corrine Streetly, artist director and curator of Blott, about how Blott was first established. She told me the studio…