Bury After Reading: The Afterlife of Images
Collected Writings on Photography in the Ecological Crisis

Alternative photography has the potential to radically reshape the photographic landscape into the future. It is within the alternative that transformative ideas emerge like weeds from the cracked pavement. It is in this space, apart from the mainstream, and its relentless focus on capital accumulation – that we can imagine new worlds, and photography apart from devastating consumption. A photography that is a true alternative, not simply another niche in our failing system.

For six years, The Sustainable Darkroom has fostered an international community dedicated to rethinking photography in an age of climate and ecological crisis. While many seek quick technical fixes for sustainability, our approach has aimed to look deeper—beyond material substitutions—towards more nuanced, critical, and imaginative understandings of what photography is and what it can become.

With the surge in popularity of alternative processes – this book aims to break the loop of hyperfocusing on process. We want to go further than what is the best plant for anthotypes, or the appropriate pH for cyanotypes. Instead, we want to hear radical visions of the past, present, and future.

For this open call, we invite written contributions for our most ambitious publication to date: a collection of essays and creative texts exploring the afterlives and futures of photography. We are looking for voices that go beyond the technical into the environmental, social, and political dimensions of photographic practice. Submissions on moving image are also welcome.

To find out more and apply please go to the direct link.