Two bursary places for UK-based photographers facing barriers to participation are available for each review session, also on a first come, first served basis. Please apply by emailing projects@tpg.org.uk by noon on the Friday before the session, briefly stating your reason for applying for a bursary place. All information will be kept confidential and anonymous, and destroyed after processing within GDPR guidelines.
Anna Dannemann is a Senior Curator at The Photographers’ Gallery in London, United Kingdom. She curated numerous exhibitions, including the annual Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize; Helen Levitt: In the Street (2021 with Walter Moser); Simon Fujiwara: Joanne (2016); Charlotte Dumas’ Anima & The Widest Prairies (2015); Viviane Sassen: Analemma (2014); Feminist Avant-Garde (2016, with Gabriele Schor) and Four Saints in Three Acts (2017, with Patricia Almer & John Sears). She has curated numerous international and touring exhibitions as well as public displays, including Radical Imagination – Seven international women photographers (2022) and Christian Thompson: Being Human Human Being (2022). She regularly edits catalogues and writes texts for art publications.
Clare Grafik is Head of Exhibitions at The Photographers’ Gallery. She has worked in a number of public institutions in London including the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Whitechapel Gallery, Hayward Gallery and National Portrait Gallery. She has originated a range of shows at The Photographers’ Gallery including The Photographic Object (2009), Perspectives on Collage (2012) and Double Take: Photography & Drawing (2016) and, more recently, Evelyn Hofer (2023).
Shoair Mavlian is Director of The Photographers’ Gallery and leads the strategic vision and artistic direction of the organisation. She was previously Director of Photoworks, and Assistant Curator, Photography and International Art at Tate Modern, London.
Karen McQuaid is Senior Curator at The Photographers’ Gallery. She has curated numerous exhibitions including Jim Goldberg, Open See (2009); Andy Warhol, Photographs: 1976 – 1987 (2014); Rosângela Rennó, Río-Montevideo(2016); and Shot in Soho (2019) with Julian Rodriguez. She has also curated external exhibitions at The Moscow House of Photography and The National Gallery of Kosovo. She regularly participates in international workshops, writes for photography publications, guest lectures across the UK and edits artists books.
Sam Mercer is an artist, curator and producer. Sam is Producer of the Digital Programme at The Photographers’ Gallery. Sam has curated a number of projects in galleries and online, including Data / Set / Match, a year-long programme of commissions that sought new ways to present, visualise and interrogate scientific image datasets; and Imagin(in)g Networks that investigates ecological, social and political aspects of networks. Sam was assistant curator for the exhibition All I Know Is What’s On The Internet.
