On Wednesday, 14 May 2025 our director John Fleetwood will moderate a series of discussions at Symposium Future memories, a one-day international symposium at the Rijksmuseum exploring the impact of documentary photography and photojournalism on how we perceive the world.

During the 2024 Bamako Encounters, African Biennale for Photography, director of Photo:, John Fleetwood moderated a conversation between photographers Akinbode Akinbiyi and Eva Diallo about recent publications. They explored themes of urban documentation, cultural memory, and the evolving language of photography in African contexts.

The 30th edition of the Bamako Encounters, African Biennale for Photography took place from November ’24 – January ’25 in Bamako, Mali. John Fleetwood (director of Photo: ), served on the jury alongside Akinbode Akinbiyi (renowned photographer), Awa Konate (Assistant Curator Guggenheim Abu Dhabi), and Zaynab O. Odunsi (ATHR  Gallery, Saudi Arabia).

One of Photo:’s projects, Intimacy and Resistance is included as a contribution to the publication ‘Talking about Photobooks’ published by Photobook Week Aarhus and FW:Books in Oct’24.

‘Talking about Photobooks’ gives an insight in the history of the photobook medium, its relationship to architecture and artificial intelligence, and the many roles the photobook can play in art and society, in the centre and the periphery.

Ingrid Pollard is the Hasselblad Award laureate 2024. The ceremony was held on 11 October in Gothenburg, Sweden. Pollard’s four-decade exploration of race, identity, and colonial history is currently being exhibited at the Hasselblad Centre. John Fleetwood, director of Photo:, was the jury chair.

John Fleetwood presents a course exploring South African photography and its contribution to global dialogues on culture, identity and social justice in a four-week online course, through The Photographers’ Gallery

John Fleetwood presents a course exploring South African photography and its contribution to global dialogues on culture, identity and social justice in a four-week online course, through The Photographers’ Gallery

Photo: hosted 10:10 on 10 July 2024. 10:10 is a presentation and feedback format session in which photographers are invited to present their work followed by feedback from peers and invited respondents. 10:10 aims to generate feedback to photographers on their ongoing and existing work and engage with work created under differing photographic practices.

Photo: hosted another 10:10 on 2 May 2024. Participants were Kristoff Tizora, Marika Du Toit, Lillian Benny, Bonga Ndlovu, Ahmed Khirelsed, Visule Kabunda, Coenraad Torlage, Farren Van Wyk, Hazel Mphande, Thando Nxumalo. Particpants were joined by respondents John Fleetwood and Dana Whabira.