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Feeling Seen is a community-centered photography project inviting you to share what you’re experiencing right now. We want photographers to capture the essence of their current emotions, sensations, and surroundings. Our sense of feeling goes beyond the physical – it’s emotional, atmospheric, and relational. It’s through these feelings that we connect with one another on … Continued
Shutter Hub Creative Director Karen Harvey MBE will returning to the panel of expert reviewers for the upcoming 2026 FORMAT Portfolio Review. The Portfolio Review is aimed at committed photographers with a developed and serious approach to their work and recent graduates are welcome. Karen will be selecting the winner of the Shutter Hub FORMAT … Continued
Voting is now open for the Shutter Hub OPEN 2026’s Best In Show! From 19 January – 02 April 2026, the Shutter Hub OPEN 2026 is bringing together 120 international photographers in a selected exhibition promoting the future of photography through diverse and creative imagery – taking over four floors of the ARB building at Cambridge University, … Continued
The deadline for The City Series: Cambridge has been extended until 23 April 2026. An ongoing series of publications, The City Series sets out to explore the people, places, and cultures that shape cities around the world, showcasing images that respond to a place not as a fixed subject, but as an idea shaped by … Continued
The Shutter Hub Editions Photobook Award celebrates bold, original storytelling in photobook form. It offers photographers the chance to showcase their strongest work through thoughtful curation and powerful narratives. We’re looking for projects of all genres that communicate with clarity, emotion, and vision. This opportunity is open to both emerging and established photographers, we particularly … Continued
The Shutter Hub Environmental Impact Award for Photography celebrates and supports photographers who use their photography to promote environmental awareness, provoke action, and document critical ecological narratives. This award honours creativity that not only captures the natural world’s beauty, but also grapples with its fragility – echoing our urgent need for sustainable change. Photography’s universal … Continued
Who doesn’t love a good photo book? To flick through the pages, be enlightened, educated, distracted and absorbed into another world through another’s eyes? Totally fantastic! We’re here to share our photo book enthusiasm through our Photobook Favourites series, and let you know what the Shutter Hub community has been enjoying lately. Photobooks Favourites is … Continued
We provide photography equipment and support the delivery of high-quality creative projects for people affected by social injustices (including homelessness, displacement and poverty) around the world. There are many people who often go unsupported, unseen and unheard. Our aim is to help them achieve their potential through a positive and supportive experience, and have their … Continued
Do you have some Good News and want to shout about it? We’d love to hear more and help you share the news! Whether you’re a photographer with an exciting announcement, a curator organising a compelling show, or a gallery or institution planning something noteworthy, we welcome your contributions. Think exhibition openings, awards, residencies, publications, … Continued
Photograhers, we’re inviting you to share the stories behind your work in a Close Up – an online feature that gives you a dedicated space to showcase a key project and reflect on it in your own words. It’s a place for thoughtful storytelling, visual insight, and professional visibility. Whether you’re emerging, established, or somewhere … Continued
At Shutter Hub we work with photographers on a diverse range of projects, supporting creativity and career development, and offering innovative opportunities that might not always be available elsewhere. The ‘Curate for the Community’ project will see the production of a series of online exhibitions, curated by Shutter Hub members and selected guest curators, for … Continued










