This week, Tom and Toby explore the value of collaboration in photography—how working together can strengthen projects, challenge creative assumptions, and build communities that are greater than the sum of their parts.
The conversation ranges from exciting new collaborative initiatives such as Tri This and the Baby Holga Project, through funding opportunities for photographers, documentary practice, and reflections on competition, creativity, and photographic culture.
Tri This – exploring a new collaborative initiative built around trying ideas, sharing creative experiments, and learning from one another.
The Baby Holga Project – a global community analogue photography project, how it works, and how photographers around the world can get involved.
Collaboration Opportunities – why collaboration matters in photography, different ways photographers can work together, funding opportunities, and how community-led projects can lead to stronger, more meaningful work.
Summer holidays finally providing time to work on long-term personal projects.
Designing and 3D printing accessories for analogue photographers.
The creative possibilities—and challenges—of collaborative photographic practice.
Why grants often provide more meaningful support for photographers than competitions.
Documenting illness, recovery, and the everyday moments that often go unseen.
Building trust and access within documentary projects.
The REMEDY Photo Festival open call and other funding opportunities.
The growing Baby Holga Project and other international collaborative initiatives.
Simon Norfolk's evolving photographic practice and how photographers' visual styles develop over time.
New developments in analogue photography, including Dragon Film.
REMEDY Photo Festival
https://remedyphoto.com/
Simon Norfolk
https://www.simonnorfolk.com/
Dragon Film
https://dragonfilm.co.uk/
Vintage Visual – FRANK Crowdfunder
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/arnopeever/frank-film-processor-motion-picture-film-development-made-easy?utm_source=vintagevisual&utm_medium=frank_page&utm_campaign=prelaunch
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https://tombobwarland.com
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https://www.tobiasbeachwyld.com
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https://www.instagram.com/tobiasbeachwyld/
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