Bristol Photo Festival 2024

‘The World A Wave’ is the theme for the second edition of Bristol Photo Festival, the
international biennial of contemporary photography, which will open in autumn 2024.

We are thrilled to be hosting part of the programme across Bristol at St Anne’s House.

What’s On at St Anne’s House?

Kirsty Mackay: The Magic Money Tree: Bricks, St Anne’s House
16th – 21st October, 24th – 27th October, 31st October – 3rd November, 7th – 10th November and 14th – 17th November, 11pm-5pm.

OPENING NIGHT: Thursday 17 October, 5.30pm – 7pm.

Venue Hopping: there is a free shuttle bus from St Anne’s House to Martin Parr Foundation and back again for those who want to visit both exhibitions! Sign up to take the free bus here.

A homeless man falls asleep, after receiving a hot drink at the drop-in centre St Hilda's church, South Shields, September 2023. — © Kirsty Mackay

Kirsty Mackay’s research-led documentary practice examines issues of gender, class and discrimination. For this project, produced in collaboration with The New Art Gallery, Walsall, she has worked with and alongside communities across England, documenting the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and the realities of poverty in the world’s sixth largest economy. This exhibition is produced in collaboration with The New Art Gallery Walsall, Hahnemuhle and Arts Council England.

Bandia Ribeira: Not a Home Without Fire: Bricks, St. Anne’s House
16th – 21st October, 24th – 27th October, 31st October – 3rd November, 7th – 10th November and 14th – 17th November, 11pm-5pm.

‘No Home Without Fire’. © Bandia Ribeira

Bandia Ribeira’s work stands as a historic record of agricultural production in the 21st century. Here she focuses on the often-invisible labourers of the vast network of greenhouses that dominate the landscape of the agro-industrial region of Almería (Andalusia, Spain), known locally as ‘The Sea of Plastic’. It is an area dedicated to the production of out-of-season vegetables for export to northern European countries such as the United Kingdom and Germany, where communities of workers form an often-invisible part of a system of ‘techno-agrarian’ capitalism, where lax labour and environmental regulations fuel cycles of exploitation and segregation. This exhibition is supported by The European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists and Accion Cultural Española.