Belfast Exposed

Belfast Exposed

Belfast Exposed
23 Donegall Street
Belfast
BT1 2FF
United Kingdom

Opening Hours

Gallery opening hours: 11:00am - 5:00pm, Tuesday to Saturday

Office opening hours: 9:30am - 5:30pm, Monday to Saturday

Belfast Exposed comprises of a contemporary gallery, futures gallery, community engagement programmes, photography training courses, bookshop, reading room and archive.

Belfast Exposed is Northern Ireland’s principal gallery of contemporary photography, commissioning, publishing and showing work by artists and photographers from Northern Ireland and across the world. 

Founded in 1983 by a group of local photographers as a challenge to media representation of the city’s experience of conflict, our work continues to reflect a socially engaged ethos, while responding to contemporary currents in photography and politics further afield. Located in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, our exhibitions, publications and photography projects with artists and local communities are usually accompanied by related talks, community events and discussions.

Open for browsing during gallery hours, our Bookshop stocks a range of thought provoking photographic, arts and social sciences titles, while our Reading Roomprovides welcoming space for study and research, with access to an extensive collection of books and reference materials. A selection of almost 2,000 images from our archive has been digitised and made available for browsing on the iMac in the upstairs Exchange Gallery. A smaller selection is accessible online.

Belfast Exposed also provides Photography Courses for the general public and designs bespoke photography training for schools, colleges, businesses and community groups.

Gallery opening hours during exhibitions: 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday. 

Contact us for more information.

Belfast Exposed's Content

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Art & Culture Training/Advice Workshop

Belfast Exposed

This practical, hands-on course is designed for beginners, those wishing to refresh previous knowledge, and those who have completed ‘Level 1: Introduction To Your Digital Camera’. You will learn new camera settings and develop your photography skills, focusing on how to use white balance, metering, bracketing, focusing, histogram and more. This course will also enable you to apply a practical and theoretical knowledge to help you use a digital camera effectively and creatively.
Dates:
05 October 2019
Belfast
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Art & Culture Training/Advice Workshop

Belfast Exposed

This practical, hands-on course is designed for beginners, those wishing to refresh previous knowledge, and those who have completed ‘Level 1: Introduction To Your Digital Camera’. You will learn new camera settings and develop your photography skills, focusing on how to use white balance, metering, bracketing, focusing, histogram and more. This course will also enable you to apply a practical and theoretical knowledge to help you use a digital camera effectively and creatively.
Dates:
11 September 2019
Belfast
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Art & Culture Training/Advice Workshop

Belfast Exposed

This practical, hands-on course is designed both for beginners and those wishing to refresh previous knowledge. You will get an introduction to your camera’s manual controls, focusing on how to control aperture, shutter speed and ISO to correctly expose your photographs. This course will also enable you to apply a practical and theoretical knowledge to help you use a digital camera effectively and creatively.
Dates:
09 October 2019
Belfast
Event
Art & Culture Training/Advice Workshop

Belfast Exposed

This practical, hands-on course is designed both for beginners and those wishing to refresh previous knowledge. You will get an introduction to your camera’s manual controls, focusing on how to control aperture, shutter speed and ISO to correctly expose your photographs. This course will also enable you to apply a practical and theoretical knowledge to help you use a digital camera effectively and creatively.
Dates:
07 September 2019
Belfast
Event
Art & Culture Training/Advice Workshop

Belfast Exposed

This practical, hands-on course is designed both for beginners and those wishing to refresh previous knowledge. You will get an introduction to your camera’s manual controls, focusing on how to control aperture, shutter speed and ISO to correctly expose your photographs. This course will also enable you to apply a practical and theoretical knowledge to help you use a digital camera effectively and creatively.
Dates:
14 August 2019
Belfast
Event
Art & Culture

Belfast Exposed

Belfast Exposed invites you to the Artist Talk with Max Pinckers, following the opening of his exhibition 'Margins of Excess' in Gallery 1.
Dates:
14 June 2019
Belfast
Event
Art & Culture

Belfast Exposed

Margins of Excess exists at the intersection between accepted truth and subjective realities, between fact and fiction. The series focuses on the stories of six characters based in North America all of whom momentarily received nationwide attention in the US press.
Dates:
14 June - 27 July 2019
Belfast
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Art & Culture Outdoor Activity Training/Advice Workshop

Belfast Exposed

We are delighted to launch our 2019 Summer Schemes! A week full of fun, creative and educational activities and workshops!
Dates:
22 July 201929 July 2019
Belfast
Event
Art & Culture

Belfast Exposed

Belfast Exposed invites you to the Artist Talk with MFA Photography Students, following the opening of their exhibition 'Post Truth' in Gallery 1.
Dates:
30 May 2019
Belfast
Best Small Visitor Attraction
News

Belfast Exposed

We have very exciting news and we need you help! We are delighted to have been shortlisted by for 'Best Small Visitor Attraction' in Northern Ireland.

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Type of Organisation

VCSE

Team

  • Conor O'Brien
  • Pauline Hadaway