EXHIBITIONS, TALKS AND WORKSHOPS FOR ALL
22-25 FEB 2024 | GLOSSOP | PEAK DISTRICT
Image ©Melanie King
EXPLORING THE THEME ‘NOW & THEN’
Welcome to the first Dark Peak Photo Festival – on the theme of NOW & THEN – reflecting on the changes that time brings, the nature of memory and the lessons to be learned from history. We want visitors to immerse themselves in a wide range of exhibitions and participatory events, to celebrate and investigate the Dark Peak area – past and present. Alongside this we are showing work that embraces the theme over a wider geography.
>VICTORIA HALL - EXIBITIONS
ALL EXHIBITIONS ARE FREE TO ATTEND
22-25 FEB 2024 | VICTORIA HALL | FREE
Kate Bellis documents the relationships between Derbyshire’s hill farming communities and the land around them.
22-25 FEB 2024 | VICTORIA HALL | FREE
Portraits of the last residents at Hyde Park Flats, Sheffield 1988.
22-25 FEB 2024 | VICTORIA HALL | FREE
Levy Lockdown Portraits tells the story of the UK’s first Covid-19 lockdown through the medium of window portraits.
22-25 FEB 2024 | VICTORIA HALL | FREE
Marking the 40th anniversary of the last miners strike,
‘Strike: Through the Miner’s lens’
© Ken Wilkinson
Images courtesy of the National Coal Mining Museum
22-25 FEB 2024 | VICTORIA HALL | FREE
A mixed media exhibit drawn from the Glossop Heritage Trust Archive.
22-25 FEB 2024 | VICTORIA HALL | FREE
Exploring the strange beauty of the Dark Peak’s aircraft crash sites – behind the wreckage lie human stories of tragedies and lucky escapes.
22-25 FEB 2024 | VICTORIA HALL | FREE
A poignant project that documents the final year of Glossopdale School before it’s closure.
>THE OLD BREWERY SPACE EXHIBITIONS 2024
22-25 FEB 2024 | THE OLD BREWERY SPACE | FREE
Featuring work from two projects that explore the complex layers of narrative embedded in the fabric of the land
22-25 FEB 2024 | THE OLD BREWERY SPACE | FREE
A project to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the 1932 Kinder Scout mass trespass, using newspaper cuttings and photographs found in the archives of the Working-Class Movement Library in Salford, Kat has created and crafted cyanotypes.
22-25 FEB 2024 | THE OLD BREWERY SPACE | FREE
EarthBound collaboration pieces by Liane Lang and Kate Bellis, celebrating the role of people in Quarrying.
22-25 FEB 2024 | THE OLD BREWERY SPACE | FREE
A Photographer's Journey through Vintage Cameras and Multiple Exposures
22-25 FEB 2024 | THE OLD BREWERY SPACE | FREE
A project that looks at how our view of the environment has been altered by different aspects of the industrial revolution.
22-25 FEB 2024 | THE OLD BREWERY SPACE | FREE
When the topology of the land is not naturally occurring geological features
22-25 FEB 2024 | THE OLD BREWERY SPACE | FREE
Searching for ways to give form to the invisible through lumen prints.
22-25 FEB 2024 | THE OLD BREWERY SPACE | FREE
POINTS OF DEPARTURE: An Exhibition of work
in progress by photography students at SODA MMU
>INDEPENDENT EXHIBITIONS
22-25 FEB 2024 | GEORGE STREET WINDOWS | FREE
The Open Shutters Project celebrates the achievements of people who have lived with mental health problems but have gone on to high achievements in their chosen field.
22-25 FEB 2024 | DISTANT HILLS BREWERY TAP ROOM | FREE
A reconnection to the natural world by darkness and natural light of the moon
22-25 FEB 2024 | GLOSSOP GASWORKS | FREE
An exhibition of sports photography featuring work from Adam Docker, John Stanley, Joolze Dymond and Mark Aldridge.
22-25 FEB 2024 | ARTFUL PIGEON GALLERY | FREE
The High Peak and Peak District across the seasons
22-25 FEB 2024 | SHEPLEY’S CAFE OLD GLOSSOP | FREE
A girl from above, images for female empowerment by drone in the windows of the cafe.
22-25 FEB 2024 | STUDIO STANTOGRAPHY | FREE
A group exhibition of photographs from inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in the Ukraine.
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Judging to commence soon, winners to be announced during the festival.
For each category over 18’s and under 18’s there is a first prize, a film camera bundle sponsored by Analogue Wonderland and a runner up prize of £15 book token sponsored by Books about Art. For T&C’s are on the About page.
>TALKS 2024
24 FEB 2024 | 7PM-9PM | VICTORIA HALL | £10
Paul Hill MBE will give on talk on different approaches to landscape photography and the making of the making of his seminal work ‘White Peak Dark Peak’.
23 FEB 2024 | 7PM | VICTORIA HALL | £8.50
Join Melanie King for a talk on her work ‘Aquaintance’ in which she as she reacquaints herself with the landscape close to where she grew up. With an additional talk from Director of Glossop Heritage Trust Kate Raine, who will be talking about the Heritage Trust’s photographic collection and will be bringing some original Victorian Images to view.
25 FEB 2024 | 1:15 PM till 2:15PM | LABOUR CLUB, DOWNSTAIRS | £5
Join Joolze Dymond, an Internationally acclaimed photographer who has blended a lifelong passion for cycling with an innate talent for capturing moments through her lens – telling stories from the cycling world, one frame at a time.
24 FEB 2024 | 15:30 - 17:00 | LABOUR CLUB | £7
How should we represent the stories of other people and what are the responsibilities of photographers when it comes to working with communities?
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>WORKSHOPS 2024
25 FEB 2024 | 3PM-5PM | GLADWRAGS | £20
Join Joolze Dymond for a photo walk and tips and techniques to significantly improve the quality of your smartphone photography.
SUNDAY NEW LISTING LIMITED SPACES
22 FEB 2024 | 7PM - 9PM | THE MASONIC LODGE | £35
Beginners portrait workshop looking at how to set up a home studio and create different portrait styles using light and coloured gels.
25 FEB 2024 | 10AM-12 NOON | DOWNSTAIRS LABOUR CLUB | £35
Mini Drones are fun and a great additional to a professional offer as a photographer aimed at both people flying for fun and work.
24FEB 2024 | 11AM-12NOON | LABOUR CLUB | £7.50
How to predict, photograph and see the Northern lights in the Dark Peak.
24 FEB 2024 | 5PM | MEET AT DISTANT HILLS TAP ROOM | £15
A fun photography walk at dusk learning how to capture and use the fading light of the day to create images.
SOLD OUT
24 FEB 2024 | 12.30PM - 15.30PM | LABOUR CLUB | £38.62
Join Melanie King for a unique insight on how to make cyanotypes and tone them with sustainable botanical toners.
SOLD OUT
24 FEB 2024 | 2PM-4PM | LABOUR CLUB | £20
Join Joolze Dymond for a photo walk and tips and techniques to significantly improve the quality of your smartphone photography.
SOLD OUT
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22-25 FEB 2024 | VICTORIA HALL | FREE
Melanie King explores the creative possibilities of botanical and sustainable photographic processes as she reacquaints herself with the landscape close to where she grew up.