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Remember the project continues until 30 September 2023, so you can still submit your high street photos.
Picturing High Streets Outdoor Exhibition
Historic England and Photoworks present the Picturing High Streets outdoor exhibition, touring towns and cities across England from March 2023.
Since September 2022, people across England have been sharing their high street photos with Historic England on Instagram as part of Picturing High Streets, a project to celebrate and document the high street of today.
In January this year, a panel of judges including designer and retail expert Wayne Hemingway, renowned artist Camille Walala, Ben Hope, Clear Channel’s Marketing Director, and Duncan Wilson, Chief Executive of Historic England, chose a selection of more than 60 winning images from the thousands submitted by the public. These will be exhibited in different spaces and formats across England from March 2023, from panels in Bristol to window vinyls in Middlesbrough, to projections outside The Photographers' Gallery in London, and on Clear Channel advertising space across England.
The collection presents a snapshot of a year in the life of the English high street, documenting and celebrating the people, places and stories it holds.
Visit the exhibition near you
Stoke-on-Trent
25 August to 5 November
Shop windows featuring a selection of winning images are on display at Level 5 at The Potteries Centre and Lamb Street in the city centre, opening as part of Appetite’s festival The Big Feast Festival.
The exhibition will also feature Natalie Willatt's images, developed with the local community as part of a photographic residency in Stoke.
Walsall
2 September to 1 October
An outdoor exhibition on Gallery Square in the city centre featuring a collection of photographs presenting a snapshot of a year in the life of the English high street.
The exhibition will feature three winning images from Picturing Walsall, celebrating what is special, unusual and unique about Walsall's high streets.
You can also see the winning images appearing on outdoor advertising screens across England from March 2023 onwards.
Past exhibitions
- Derby
Outdoor exhibition in Derby City Centre as part of FORMAT23 International Photography Festival - London
Projections at Soho Photography Quarter off Oxford Street, outside The Photographers’ Gallery - Bristol
First stop of the touring exhibition featuring over 60 winning images comes to Merchant Street, Bristol - Norwich
Second stop of the touring exhibition featuring over 60 winning images displayed outside The Forum, Norwich - Bradford
The penultimate stop of the touring exhibition featuring 60 winning photographs alongside Picturing Bradford, animating windows in City Park, Darley Street, Godwin Street, and the Kirkgate Centre. - Middlesbrough
Shop windows at 28 to 33 and 31 to 22 Albert Road, outside the Cleveland Centre and at Hillstreet Shopping Centre. - Hastings
Shop windows at Holden & Co, 32 to 33 Robertson Street and Rock House, 49 to 51 Cambridge Road - Prescot
An outdoor exhibition in the windows of Prescot Shopping Centre.
Take a look at our previous exhibitions
Please click on the gallery images to enlarge.
More about Picturing High Streets
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Picturing High Streets Collection
Chosen from thousands of images, this collection of more than 60 reveal just some of the stories behind our shopfronts.
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Photographers in Residence
Meet the six artists, selected via open call, undertaking residencies at six high street locations across England.
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