Since the first exhibition in November 2005, the Viewfinder has devised and programmed photography based exhibitions to provoke and expand image making and discussion.

The Viewfinder Photography Gallery aims to be a pragmatic, changing field of imagery and to provide a platform for project based work from new and emerging practitioners. There is an emphasis here on coherent, cohesive bodies of work with strong concept foundations.

The Viewfinder has strong local community awareness as well as a city wide, nationwide and global approach to issues and discussions.

The gallery is a charitable company (its income is currently too low to register with the Charity Commission), and is free to visit.

 

© Mike Whelan

 

Support

"The Viewfinder Gallery in Greenwich has made a valuable contribution to photographic and visual arts communities over recent years, particularly around supporting emerging artists. Exhibitions cover a wide range of practices and they have enthusiastically placed themselves within an ongoing dialogue about the nature of photography in London, and how it might speak to a wide constituency of practitioners, gallery audiences, educators and theorists."

Paul Halliday,
Course Leader of MA Photography and Urban Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London

 

Awards

Finalist in Environmental Business of the Year, Archant London Environmental Awards 2008

 

Opening times

Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays: 12 to 4pm
We are closed on Easter Sunday, 25 & 26 December and 1 January.

Getting here

Viewfinder Photography Gallery
Linear House
Peyton Place (off Royal Hill)
Greenwich
LondonSE10 8RS

Click here for a map

By train

You can catch a train to Greenwich from Charing Cross, Waterloo East (connection from Waterloo) and London Bridge.

From Greenwich Railway station, follow signs to the Town Centre. Having exited the station onto Greenwich High Road, turn to your left and head for the clock tower which you can see over most buildings. Turn right on Royal Hill, and the gallery is on the right after around 200 yards – next to the Greenwich Dance Agency and opposite the police station.

By DLR
From Greenwich station, follow the directions above.

From Cutty Sark, exit the station and turn left. When you come out onto Greenwich High Road, turn right and follow the main road past Snappy Snaps, Nat West and Cafe Rouge. Turn left onto Royal Hill, and the gallery is on the right after around 200 yards – next to the Greenwich Dance Agency and opposite the police station.

By bus
Routes: 177, 180, 188, 199
For a map of these bus routes to Greenwich, you can download/view a PDF file from Transport for London by clicking here.

By car (if you must!)
There is limited parking available near the gallery – pay and display meters on surrounding streets, plus a Pay and Display car park is situated off Burney Street, a short walk from the gallery.

 

 

We would love to see your work.

We usually hold group exhibitions, in which a range of works are presented exploring a particular theme or idea. These groupings evolve organically, in reponse to the work submitted. Please see below for a list of themes currently in development.

SUBMITTING WORK FOR CONSIDERATION

To submit work for consideration, send up to ten low res images, each as separate files, with a brief outline of the project, to gallery[at]viewfinder.org.uk.

If you would like to submit more than one project, please do, but send each in a separate email.

Please note that due to time constraints we are unable to offer individual feedback on submissions.

FUNDRAISING

We ask photographers to help us with fundraising to cover the gallery's running costs.

Within the fundraising target of £300 per week (shared between all participants involved in an exhibition), we provide the following services:

0% commission on print sales

Design and editing of an exhibition catalogue, available for sale through the gallery and the Viewfinder website

Hanging assistance

Marketing and publicity: exhibitions are featured in e-bulletins to 1400+ subscribers; exhibition page on the Viewfinder website (and inclusion in past exhibitions); promotion through our Facebook page; design of printed publicity, including flyers and posters

Press service: writing the press release, and contacting 1200+

Invigilation Monday to Friday

Arranging and promoting a private view, including ordering food and drink

Public liability insurance

Weekly cleaning

Wall repair

Documentation pack collating visitor numbers, photographs of the exhibition, press coverage, catalogue research, exhibition poster and visitor book comments

Permanent exhibition page on www.viewfinder.org.uk/exhibitions.html

THEMES CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT

You may like to submit projects which relate to the following exhibition themes which are currently in development:

Alchemists (light experiments, photograms
and so on)

Busman's Holiday (series while taken on
holiday - when the camera isn't used for holiday
snaps but on a new body of work)

Family Photographs (series exploring ideas
of family, or made using family photographs)

Food (food being produced, food as subject,
the process of eating)

Home (series taken at home, in others'
homes, about ideas of home)

Keepers / Kept (zoos, animals,relationships)

Labelled (items, buildings, people and so on)

Me Again (self-portraits in different guises)

Miniature (miniature models used in art
photography)

Missing (missing objects and so on)

Non/fiction (truth, fiction, and the grey
area in between)

Not Here Yet (planned events, buildings,
sense of waiting and so on)

Post (series using the postal service, or
with subjects exploring post or postage)

Revisiting (places, people and so on)

Shut Eye (sleeping subjects)

Stuck Together (montaged series)

 

The Viewfinder is available for hire for a variety of purposes – do contact us if you have another idea and we will do our very best to accomodate it! If desired, your event can be promoted to our mailing list, and included on the calendar and events page.

 

Evening events

The gallery space can also be hired for evening events, with up to 80 guests, for £150 per evening. The gallery is an unusual and memorable setting for parties and corporate events.

Please email gallery[at]viewfinder.org.uk for further information.

 

Classes

The Viewfinder space is available for hire for classes, such as yoga (for which the underfloor heating will especially appeal!) or drawing classes. The space is available for £15 per session, with block booking preferred.

 

 

Email: gallery[at]viewfinder.org.uk

Press: press[at]viewfinder.org.uk

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Viewfinder Photography Gallery
Linear House
Peyton Place (off Royal Hill)
Greenwich
London SE10 8RS