The London Alternative Photography Collective (LAPC) was founded by Melanie King in 2013, and has grown from a small group of analogue and alternative photography practitioners to a collective which produces large-scale symposiums, exhibitions and workshops. The collective is currently directed by Melanie King and Hannah Fletcher and supported by project managers; Constanza Isaza Martinez, Katrina Stamatopoulos, Martha Gray and Diego Valente.
LAPC is an open collective, which anyone can inform and work within. Open to artists who have ideas for projects, LAPC has always been about promoting the accessibility and creative possibilities of analogue and experimental photography. We aim to support practitioners who challenge traditional ways of using photography to reflect on contemporary issues and provide a platform for skill exchange. The premise of the open collective allows a wide range of artists, photographers, makers, curators and theorists to guide the activities of LAPC in a democratic way, enabling practitioners to swap ideas, skills and foster collaborations. We also have a specific interest in contemporary art which revitalises antiquated and forgotten processes, encouraging tutorials and recipes to be shared so that these processes do not die out with time.
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Exhibitions Curated by the LAPC
Symbiosis III at Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton, UK, 2024
Equivalentbehaviour Space presents Air Index by Rachelle Bussières, London, UK, 2024
Symbiosis II at Four Corners Gallery, Bethnal Green, London, UK, 2024
Illumination // Centrespace Gallery, Bristol with Bristol Folkhouse Darkroom, UK, 2024
Symbiosis Exhibition at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton,UK, 2024
Collective Polyphony Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2023
Beyond Silver, The Hive, Birmingham, UK, 2022
What On Earth, The Koppel Project, London, UK, 2021
Transmutation, The Margate School, Margate, UK, 2021.
Unstable/Sustainable, Format Photo Festival, Derby, UK, 2021.
In and Of The Land, Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton, UK, 2020.
Time Dilated, Offo Festival, Poland, 2021.
Objectivity, Off Shoot Gallery, London, UK, 2019.
LAPC X Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, 2019.
Time Dilated, Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton, UK, 2018.
PIC London, London, UK, 2018.
LAPC at Unseen Festivsl Amsterdam, 2018.
Open Door, The Photographers Gallery, London, UK, 2017.
Making It Real, Ugly Duck, London,UK, 2017
London Pinhole Festival, Four Corners Gallery, London,UK, 2017.
London Pinhole Festival, Doomed Gallery, London, UK, 2016
Experiencing Photography at Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton, UK, 2016
Photo Pioneer: Photo Primitive Exhibition, St John on Bethnal Green, London, UK, 2016.
Capturing Light, Silverprint Gallery, London, UK, 2015.
Chasing Shadows, Sugar Store Gallery, Brewery Arts Centre, The Lake District, UK, 2016.
Unstable, Format Photo Festival, Derby, UK, 2015.
London Pinhole Festival, Doomed Gallery, London, UK, 2015.
Capturing Light, Lewes Castle Museum, Lewes, UK, 2015.
Residencies
TEST. GROW. TEACH. LEARN | Digital residency with Guest Projects 2020
The Sustainable Darkroom: Recycle / Remove / Repurpose / Rework, XYZ Books 2019
Whitechapel Gallery, Educational Residency, 2018
Symposia
SHADOWS II: Natural Transformations / UAL, London College of Communication, 2017
SHADOWS / UAL, Camberwell College of Art, 2015.
Info here: https://www.londonaltphoto.com/symposiums
Talks
See an extensive list here: https://www.londonaltphoto.com/past-talks
We are a volunteer run community interest company, any donations are hugely helpful and go directly into our programming.