1000 Words Photography Magazine

1000 Words is a digital magazine that appears every three months, focused on exploring contemporary photography in the UK and internationally. It features detailed reviews of exhibitions and photobooks, along with essays, interviews, and multimedia content that respond to thoughtfully chosen images, usually centered around a specific theme. Established by Tim Clark in 2008, the magazine aims to push the boundaries of photography while encouraging discussions about its current trends and conversations. With the recent launch of its 24th issue, 1000 Words draws around 140,000 unique visitors each month from over 120 different countries.

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London's top five photography galleries

Jun 12, 2024 | 1000wordsmag.com | Tim Clark

London city guide Top five photography galleries Selected by Tim Clark and Thomas King As the dust settles on Photo London 2024 and Peckham 24 – the capital’s two key points of reference within the UK photography calendar – we benchmark five leading London galleries and museums who are making a sustained effort to create productive and welcoming spaces for the encounter, use and consideration of photography today.
Lydia Goldblatt | Fugue

May 29, 2024 | 1000wordsmag.com | Tim Clark

Lydia Goldblatt Fugue Interview by Anneka French Bones, skin, flowers, mirrors, golden light and heavy shadow are sensitively woven throughout Fugue, a new title by Lydia Goldblatt that explores her transition into motherhood while simultaneously carrying the loss of her own mother, she explains to Anneka French. Published by GOST, the book brings together tender photographs and fragments of text that touch upon this complex period within Goldblatt’s life.
After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989–2024

Apr 29, 2024 | 1000wordsmag.com | Tim Clark

After the End of History British Working Class Photography 1989–2024 Exhibition review by Lillian Wilkie Debuting its tour at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry, After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989–2024, has been curated by writer and photographer Johny Pitts, with the exhibition’s title wittily alluding to Francis Fukuyama’s famed essay The End of History, citing an unfulfilled anticipation of global stability.
Café Royal Books

Apr 10, 2024 | 1000wordsmag.com | Tim Clark

Craig Atkinson Café Royal Books Exhibition review by David Moore Currently exhibited at The Photographers’ Gallery in London, Craig Atkinson’s Café Royal Books presents an eclectic collection of social relics where regional pasts intermingle, and previously unseen or half-remembered social histories are vividly recalled.
A tribute to Brian Griffin (1948-2024)

Feb 8, 2024 | 1000wordsmag.com | Tim Clark

A tribute to Brian Griffin (1948-2024) Leading figures from the UK photography community – including Photoworks Director Louise Fedotov-Clements and founder of the Centre for British Photography James Hyman – remember Brian Griffin, who died this month at the age of 75.
Karla Hiraldo Voleau: Another Love Story

Jan 9, 2024 | 1000wordsmag.com | Tim Clark

Karla Hiraldo Voleau Another Love Story Book review by Anneka French Through a combination of writing, photography and performance, Another Love Story, Karla Hiraldo Voleau’s new photobook with Mörel, re-narrates the final moments of a romantic relationship by casting a similar-looking actor as her ex-lover.
Daido Moriyama | A Retrospective

Oct 24, 2023 | 1000wordsmag.com | Tim Clark

Daido Moriyama A Retrospective Exhibition review by Mark Durden Presented on four floors of The Photographers’ Gallery, London, Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective has been deftly curated by Thyago Nogueira of São Paulo’s Instituto Moreira Salles to offer an anti-modernist, Pop, all over display of pictures that extends the montage aesthetic of print media to the gallery wall, writes Mark Durden. What does it mean today to show Daido Moriyama at The Photographers’ Gallery?
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine

Oct 9, 2023 | 1000wordsmag.com | Tim Clark

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine Hayward Gallery, London Interview with Director, Ralph Rugoff Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine opens tomorrow at the Hayward Gallery, London and marks the largest retrospective to date of the internationally renowned Japanese artist.
Lina Pallotta | Porpora

Sep 18, 2023 | 1000wordsmag.com | Tim Clark

Lina Pallotta Porpora Book review by Mariacarla Molè An exhibition at Centro Pecci in Prato, Italy, and accompanying book published by Nero brings together nearly three decades of work from Lina Pallotta centred on the artist’s friendship with Italian trans activist Porpora Marcasciano. What emerges is a family album shaped by alliances, complicit looks and shared visions; a newfound space of fabulousness, writes Mariacarla Molè.
Felipe Romero Beltrán: Dialect

Sep 4, 2023 | 1000wordsmag.com | Tim Clark

Felipe Romero Beltrán Dialect Book review by Tanvi Mishra The Foam Paul Huf Award 2023 and 2022 Aperture Portfolio Prize winner Felipe Romero Beltrán has released a new book with Loose Joints titled Dialect. Presenting the temporal dimension of the period of asylum which a group of nine young minors from Morocco navigate as they wait to be validated as documented citizens of Spain, it offers a possibility of restoring a personhood to the immigrant body, writes Tanvi Mishra.