Bristol Photo Festival 2026
A biennial of photography locally grounded with an international focus.
Bill Brandt » Andrea Hernández Briceño » Michel Campeau » River Claure » Kegham Djeghalian Sr » Fatma Fahmy » Anna Fox » Robert Frank » Gayatri Ganju » Florence Goupil » Joy Gregory » George Hallett » Maria Lax » Holly Lynton » Holly Lynton » Akshay Mahajan » Akshay Mahajan » Giya Makondo-Wills » Don McCullin » Lee Miller » Joan Myers » Akihiko Okamura » Martin Parr » Sarah Pickering » Alice Poyzer » Luis Antonio Rojas » Farhana Satu » Hashem Shakeri » Sheida Soleimani » Sheida Soleimani » Jo Spence » Donovan Wylie » & others
Festival: 14 Oct – 15 Nov 2026
Wed 14 Oct
IC Visual Lab
6 West Street, Old Market
BS2 0BH Bristol
HEAT: Magnum Foundation
No Pasarán — Anna Jornet, Julián Barón & Natasha Christia
Redcliffe Caves
One of Many: An Alternative History of Photography — curated by Mark Sealy, Taous Dahmani, Christine Eyene, Sergio Valenzuela Escobedo & Annabel Lacour
Albion Dockside
People of Clay — Akshay Mahajan
Bristol Museum
Persistence Studies — Sheida Soleimani
Bristol Museum
Dark Tales: British Documentary Photography and the Gothic — curated by Isaac Blease
Martin Parr Foundation
Photo Kegham — Kegham Deghalian Jr.
Albion Dockside
Darkroom — Michel Campeau
Arnos Vale Cemetery
Beyond the Bounds — Holly Lynton
Bristol Cathedral
Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey — Joy Gregory
Arnolfini
Family Times — Annie Wang & Liu Hsing-Yu
Centrespace Studios
Stray Sod — Maria Lax
Venue to be announced
Join us across Bristol for opening week (14–18 October) with exhibition openings, artist talks, screenings, performances and special events. Many exhibitions continue beyond opening week, with selected exhibitions running until February 2027.
Explore the full programme and start planning your visit via the link in our bio or at bristolphotofestival.org.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
