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Michael Kenwood

Belfast Photo Festival returns this year for the month of June

The Belfast Photo Festival is returning this year at outdoor and indoor venues across the city for the month of June.

Launched in 2011, this now annual photographic event has been described as one of the "best photography festivals in the world" by Capture Magazine.

It attracts upwards of 100,000 visitors a year, celebrating some of the finest national and international contemporary photography across 30 museums, galleries and public spaces.

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The Festival consists of exhibitions, talks, symposiums, workshops, screenings, masterclasses, portfolio reviews and tours. It is funded by Belfast City Council, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and Arts and Business Northern Ireland.

The 2023 edition of Belfast Photo Festival explores how artists in the contemporary moment are interpreting the idea of the ‘journey’ as a subject of art.

The festival organisers state: "In this edition of Belfast Photo Festival, we explore how artists in the contemporary moment are interpreting the idea of the ‘journey’ as a subject of art.

"The festival features projects that approach this centuries old preoccupation from new and surprising angles: from works that chart global surges in civil unrest, re-trace epic pilgrimages, explore the passage of time, map out unwritten histories, and chronicle journeys of self-discovery that look inward rather than out at the world.

"Riffing off of photography’s long history of capturing our world through images, in this edition of the festival we follow photographers as they lead us on journeys through a variety of places, histories, and perspectives."

The Belfast Photo Festival will run from Thursday June 1 to Friday June 30, 2023. For more information visit here

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