Photoworks and the Photography Research Group at the University of Brighton are co-organising a conference as part of the upcoming edition of Photoworks Festival. The theme Un/Stable: Lands, Anxieties, Dreams will explore geographical, psychological and metaphysical flows and connections of life, culture, and the environment.

This call for papers invites responses to the fragile and current states of personal and collective geographies. Through photography practices and perspectives on photography, we seek to address anxieties and fractured realities, opening speculative spaces of care, resistance, and reimagining.

The conference will take place on Friday 2 October 2026 at the University of Brighton, School of Art and Media, City Campus, and aims to support development of new research locating photography within various fields of study.

To find out more please go to the direct link.