Rhiannon Adam presents a major new solo exhibition of her landmark project, Rhi-Entry at the International Centre for the Image in Dublin’s docklands. It is her Irish exhibition debut and the most complete rendition of the project to date, open between September 10th and December 23rd, 2026.
This July, I’ll be participating in the Royal Geographical Society’s Summit Photo weekender in association with Photoworks and the Royal Photographic Society. We’ll be discussing a broad range of engaged practices, touching on issues from climate change to conflict, to humanitarian concerns and the ways that imagery can mobilise action. I’ll be presenting both an artist’s talk and participating in the photography ethics panel on Friday the 17th.
Happy to be speaking at the brilliant POST in Hove with my friends the Kraszna-Krausz book awards within a brilliant lineup for the inaugural photobook weekender. I’ll be presenting my own personal book-making practice alongside recent nominees, judges and winners and will be participating in a panel discussion on the future of the photo book form.
I’ll be speaking about my work, running portfolio review sessions and teaching a masterclass on delivering and sustaining long term projects at Brussels Street Photography Festival this May.
I’m happy to announce that Rhi-Entry has been shortlisted for the Merck Prize 2026 from 688 entries from 47 countries. As a part of the prize, all 6 nominees will be showing work between April 24 to May 3, 2026 at the Museum Künstlerkolonie (Olbrichweg 13 A, 64287 Darmstadt).
Hours: Tue – Sun, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Rhiannon Adam is showing work from Rhi-Entry in the 10th edition of the PhotoVogue Festival, co-curated by Caterina De Biasio and Daniel Rodríguez Gordillo and directed by Alessia Glaviano at the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense.
Running from 16 October 2025 to 18 January 2026, this edit of the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition 2025 will feature a selection from the Rhi-Entry project.
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is until 5:30 p.m.
The universe is a never-ending source of fascination, inspiration and big questions. The exhibition SPACE – A Visual Journey explores the celestial frontier where artistic expression and scientific inquiry meet, and captures the grandeur of the cosmos through the eyes of astronomers and the interpretive visions of artists alike.
Through works by 14 different artists, we encounter questions like who we are in the face of eternity and when we leave our planet behind, what values we bring with us when we discover new worlds, and who has the right to dream about a future outside of Earth’s atmosphere.
I am thrilled to be taking Rhi-Entry to the beautiful Verzasca Valley in Switzerland as part of Verzasca Foto’s 12th edition, where I won the grand prize for the Rhi-Entry project. The main festival run between the 3rd and 7th of September but exhibitions continue until October 5th.
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“Rhi-Entry” charts artist Rhiannon Adam’s psychological recalibration to “normal life” after the cancellation of the dearMoon mission, the world’s first civilian lunar circumnavigation, on which she was to be a crewmember.
With Edward Burtynsky's imagery of industrialization as context, join photographers Rhiannon Adam and Brooke Holm as they dive into their expansive practices around the photographic landscape.
I am delighted to be exhibiting the Rhi-Entry project as a part of the inventive and exciting PhEST festival in Southern Italy until November. The exhibition takes place in two rooms opposite one another in a former monastery. The show has been artfully curated by Arianna Rinaldo, bringing together several never-before seen works and objects alongside the better known images.
A selection of works from the Rhi-Entry project will be on show as part of the touring Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition featuring 52 different photographers. This showcase is curated by Barbara Silbe and is hosted at the Museo Diocesano in Milan.
I’m delighted to be a guest on the PBS American Experience documentary Mr. Polaroid airing May 19th talking about the man, the brand, the history.
”Before the iPhone, the Polaroid camera let people instantly chronicle their lives. Along with instant photo mania, its company culture became the model for Silicon Valley. Mr. Polaroid is the story of Edwin Land, the man behind the camera.”
Watch the trailer here.
ANTIDOTE: A Polaroid Exhibition
Featuring Polaroid works by Rhiannon Adam / Nobuyoshi Araki / Roger Ballen / Leonard Bourgois Beaulieu / Harriet Browse / Charles Johnstone / Cyrus Mahboubian / Sara Sahores
I’m delighted that my winning series (professional category, Creative) “Rhi-Entry” will be on show in London’s Somerset House this spring. The exhibition features images entered for the award as well as a film piece, dummy book, and your chance to apply to go to space and participate in my ongoing project.
For tickets please visit here.
One universe. Thirteen artists. Welcome to Space – A Visual Journey, this winter’s major exhibition at Fotografiska. A grandiose art journey through space with themes ranging from science and technology to astrology and philosophy. “Space is an experience where we delve into the immensity of space and truly are able to expand our senses and our universe through art,” says Johan Vikner, Global Director of Exhibitions at Fotografiska. Space – A Visual Journey is open from October 18 to March 2.
I’m delighted to be showing work with Elijah Wheat Showroom once more in PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, showing my work for the first time in China.
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Elijah Wheat Showroom anticipates curiosity, wonder and reverie, presenting the unique works of three USA based experimental photographers: Jon Verney, Rhiannon Adam & Liz Nielsen at PHOTOFAIRS: Shanghai 2024. Each artistic photographer is bending the constructs of what photography can be, and what can be executed with a Polaroid camera, or entirely without.
About the series: Foam x Polaroid
Foam and Polaroid team up to host a series of artist talks and student workshops dedicated to the captivating world of Polaroid photography. This four-part series delves deep into the Polaroid phenomenon, exploring it through the lenses of art, science, experimentation, and technology, unravelling its social and cultural heritage and impact.
Each event is headlined by an acclaimed camera artist known for their creative use of Polaroid photography and pushing the boundaries of what instant film can do. Throughout the evening, they will engage in an artist talk to discuss their work, their perspectives on the storytelling possibilities, and the enduring relevancy of this unique medium.
I’m thrilled to be bringing a new series of 6 large scale Polaroid emulsion lift works to the inauguraL PHOTOFAIRS in NYC, It’;s a solo presentation with the fantastic Elijah Wheat Showroom, and it’s new, never before seen work. Each piece is a 1/1 using my remaining stocks of Polaroid peel apart film.
The event is open to the public between the 8-10th of September, and to VIPs from 1pm on the 7th.
A new solo exhibition exploring queer histories. This is the debut of a new body of work entitled “A Blueprint for Living”. The show explores the intersections between photographic process, colour, technology, and history to present a queer blueprint for happiness – a blueprint that has been conspicuous in its absence, with queer lives being forced into secrecy, and a generation decimated by the AIDS crisis.
Join us for a series of presentations which will focus on the development of the book, its collaborative approach, and its significance within photobook history. The authors of the winning title, WHAT THEY SAW (Historical Photobooks by Women), will be joined by several contributors to their anthology, including Erika Lederman who will discuss the publications of the V&A’s own professional photographer, Isabel Agnes Cowper, and curator Mariama Attah, who wrote the book’s foreword.
The event will close with a presentation from artist Rhiannon Adam, whose complex book “Big Fence / Pitcairn Island” (Blow Up Press) is based on her dark personal experience staying on Pitcairn, an isolated volcanic island in the south-central Pacific Ocean. Adam’s book was longlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards alongside an overwhelmingly female led line up including Deana Lawson, Bieke Depoorter, Doris Derby and Tarrah Krajnak.
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
16.00 – 20.00, The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, V&A South Kensington
Free event
I’ll be signing Big Fence / Pitcairn Island at 7:00 – 8:00PM on Friday the 11th of November at Polycopies (on the boat!) with Blow Up Press. If you can’t make the in-person signing, my publisher will be in attendance with a limited number of copies.
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Bateau Concorde-Atlantique - Berges de Seine
Port de Solferino - 75007 Paris
Métro: Assemblée Nationale ou Concorde
RER C: Musée d'Orsay
19:00–20:00 PM signing
Sadly I won’t be there for this one, but I’m happy that my book is included in the selection of books on show at the 10×10 Photobooks collaboration with Mmuseumm.
A pop-up library of recent photobooks not by men. Books as objects; books as stories; to touch, to inspire, to reflect!
Where: Mmuseumm, 6 Cortlandt Alley, New York, New York 10013 United States
When: October 14 @ 11:00 am – October 23 @ 6:00 pm EDT. Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: 11 am – 6 pm. 24/7 viewing windows.
BOP – Books on Photography – is the annual photobook festival from Martin Parr Foundation and The Royal Photographic Society. This year BOP will take place 08 to 09 OCT and be held across the MPF gallery, RPS House and the Paintworks Event Space, Bristol.
The festival brings together a wide-ranging group of photobook publishers who will be showcasing new work, as well as booksellers and photographers from across Europe.
BOP is produced by the Martin Parr Foundation and The Royal Photographic Society.
I will be signing BIG FENCE / PITCAIRN ISLAND with Blow Up Press on Saturday the 8th at 6:00pm.
The tenth edition of the Photo Fringe festival is running from 6 – 30 October with exhibitions and events taking place online and in venues across and beyond Brighton & Hove.
In the Main Gallery at Phoenix Art Space, eight photography or lens-based artist collectives have been selected to exhibit. The Collectives Hub has been an important part of Photo Fringe since 2014 and has consistently formed one of the most visible, visited and critically acclaimed exhibitions of the festival. Myself, Emily Graham, Laura Pannack, and Jon Tonks are exhibiting new work, and work in progress as part of our collective, AION.
Our work is on show in the collectives hub gallery at Phoenix Art Space (0-14 Waterloo Pl, Brighton BN2 9NB) and is open Wednesday – Sunday, 11.00 – 17.00 during exhibition dates.
For the first of my two Arles sigings, I’ll be signing copies of my new book, BIG FENCE / PITCAIRN ISLAND at 7:00 - 8:00 pm at COLLÈGE SAINT-CHARLES and the CAPITOLE on Friday the 8th of July with Blow Up Press.
Folio Fridays are our regular in-person portfolio review and networking sessions for photographers and artists working with photography.
These sessions are free for participating photographers and include two presentations by photography professionals, as well as time for a complimentary lunch and networking with participating photographers. As part of this session, each photographer will receive two, 15-minute one-to-one reviews by the two photography professionals and an opportunity to share work with other participating artists/photographers, as well as gallery visitors.
This sessions reviewers are our regular host Steve Macleod and Rhiannon Adam.
The session is 'closed' from noon to 14.00 for presentations, lunch and discussion. From 14.00 to 17.00, we open the door to gallery visitors. In this way, Folio Friday creates opportunities for the public to view and discuss work with presenting photographers and is included with exhibition entrance.
If you're a photographer or artist wanting feedback on your work or a recent project – either completed or in progress – Folio Fridays are there to support you. Each photographer is allocated an individual table where you can present your form in physical/digital form for feedback. (Please, no framed work.)
I’m delighted to be showing a selection of work from Big Fence / Pitcairn Island with L A Noble gallery in booth D21 (Discoveries Section) at PHOTOLONDON fair at Somerset House. I will also be hosting a book signing on Saturday afternoon.
You can virtually visit the show here: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=roVZUmRBK2N
For more information visit https://photolondon.org/exhibitors/
‘An Invitation’ is a virtual NFT exhibition designed to uplift the NFT photography community by celebrating those photographers who have already found the blockchain and to encourage new artists and collectors to join the community. Launching on newart.city in March 2022.
In unity with the invitational goals of the exhibition, the photographs will follow a harmonious theme: Photographs which bring forth an Invitation.
Simon Roberts, Rhiannon Adam, Andy Feltham and Natalie Christensen will be featuring alongside Mark Forbes as the 5 headlining photographers. Each contributes a unique take on the invitational theme and has accepted a special duty to help judge the open call submissions. Following a 2 week open call, myself (exhibition director) and Marc Hartog (founder of ART3), alongside the 5 artists, will select the final 15 NFT photographs to exhibit.
Visit the metaverse show on Newart.city
I’m happy to announce that my book, Polaroid: The Missing Manual, published by Thames and Hudson is now available again and in softback. It is available at all major retailers.
See: https://www.waterstones.com/book/polaroid-the-missing-manual/rhiannon-adam/9780500296523
How relevant are NFTs to photographers and the industry?
In this webinar we are in conversation with our guest speakers to discuss NFTs (non-fungible tokens) in relation to photographers, image-makers and the photo industry. WIth such hype around NFTs, it can be hard to find out about them above all the noise, how relevant are they to what you’re doing, or even decide whether to get involved or not?
Join Nick Dunmur the AOP’s Business & Legal adviser in conversation with; Jack Lowe, Rhiannon Adam and Anna Skurczynska.
