Belfast Exposed

This place is open and the staff are friendly and very helpful. The exhibition was great and the place was a buzz of excitement and activity.

This is a photo archive treasure trove. From it's inception it has been the eye of Belfast throughout the troubles to the present day. The gallery also supports and commits to new artists and image makers ensuring the future of up and coming phitographers.

Always a pleasure to visit and usually never fails to impress me. Last week's malarkey was however a joke and its presetation was almost an insult to the eye.

Photo gallery with regular exhibitions in Cathedral area. Would be great to have it open on Sundays. Recent show is amazing, Rwanda downstairs, Jewish history upstairs. Keep it up!

Fantastic conversation between Paul Seawright and Colin Davidson

Emperor's new clothes: lots of craven admiring students, lots of monochrome off focus photos on display without titles or camera data. Shambles with church aura.

The staff in Belfast Exposed Charity are magnificent! Not only do they teach disadvantaged groups around Northern Ireland but they also help people to capture their mental health problems with the camera opening up their minds to present the wider public how the likes of depression and ptsd look to them in their minds eye represented by photos. Generous with time to talk to anyone with mental health problems a very safe and positive place to be if you like to take photos.

Belfast Exposed are a fantastic Northern Irish organisation which brings stunning local and regional photography to the masses. Not only is the gallery is wonderful but we have had the pleasure of working with Deirdre and the team in recent months and they are a delight to work with, excluding passion and creativity. Brilliant people!

Some of there galleries have beautiful photos. And they are very friendly and helpful.

Fantastic gallery that changes display often. Simple layouts that don't feel cluttered and a great usage of space in the building. The atmosphere is very welcoming in here and staff are friendly and engaging. My favourite gallery in Belfast.

This place is all about superb photography. Don't let appearances mislead. A quick glance does not do justice and you will take away little. You need to work a bit at understanding the back stories of the photographers and their aims for particular projects. Staff on duty are knowledgeable and helpful and the exhibition space is usually peaceful, allowing contemplation.

There are plenty pamphlets and books you can and should consult. This is a place to take time and to think yourself into the mind of the photographer - to understand to what he/she wishes to draw attention. Seldom disappoints. Afterwards, find your way to Clement's Coffee House and take time to reflect over a really good coffee and a stupendously generous pastry.

Great gallery with plenty of exhibitions and workshops throughout the year. Check out the opening nights!

Nice place, two floors if exhibition, and great to have free entrance. Nice staff, and interesting exhibitions

I attended a photography training course in Belfast Exposed. The course was an introduction to using digital photography and was perfect for beginners. The tutor Chris was great. he was able to work with everyone who came to the course with a range of knowledge and experience and made everyone feel valued. The weekly assignments he sets are great fun and really get you thinking about using our camera.

It was a great way to spend a Saturday morning and I feel much more confident about getting out and using my camera. The course being located in the Gallery also meant we got a tour of the latest exhibition which was really interesting. This course was really worthwhile and great value for money. I will definatly be back to Belfast Exposed to take part in the next Stage of the training. Highly recommended

Great Belfast photography gallery! It has a huge archive of Northern Ireland's history and examples of contemporary photography related exhibitions On top of this they also conduct a series of classes and lessons for people of all experience levels that are interested in learning more.

Belfast Exposed is a medium sized gallery in the centre of Belfast. I have been here, not for the conventional admiration of art but for an after hours party. The details are shady, but if you knock on the door after midnight on a Friday they may open up the shutters and invite you in to this secret haven for people looking to party late into the night. (I'm making it sound seedy, am I?

Cause it's not.) The bar is pretty basic at night, but I remember having a few refreshing gin and tonics and spending the night dancing to some great and eclectic music. From The Beatles, to The Rolling Stones to erm Will Smith's Boom Shake Shake Shake the Room?! I left around 4ish (after spilling one too many G and T's up the walls!) but am informed that it stays open until 6am in truly decadent style.

As for the Gallery itself, it focuses on community based photography and try to encourage local communities to use photography to record and understand their environment. It has compiled an archive of half a million images, some of which are accessible online. Belfast Exposed also offer some excellent training courses and artists talks which come highly recommended from friends who travel the hour and a half journey to attend.

Belfast Exposed was founded in 1983 as part of a community photographic initiative. It now acts as a gallery / exhibition area for photographers with an emphasis on commissioning and a view to publishing new work. It is an extensive gallery which also runs a community outreach programme. Their aim is to help people to learn from and understand their community through photography and they offer a range of courses and developmental programmes. Belfast Exchange is the archive programme compiled of over half a million images collected over the last 30 years in Belfast.

These are a great and interesting insight in to Belfast life and events over the past years. Call in to the gallery, or to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum to see the archive of photographs. You never know, you might spot some one you know! This is an invaluable part of our history which should be cherished and supported. As far as the gallery goes, most of the time I've been in I have to say I haven't been overly impressed with the work they've decided to show, but that's just my taste.

On occasions there's been pictures that have blown me away, that's more a rarity though. The gallery has great potential for doing some amazing things but I think its stuck in a bit of a rut as far as choice and selection is concerned. Their concept of the community gallery is a great idea; I just wish they could carry it all through properly.

Belfast's answer to the Photographer's Gallery in London where local photographers showcase their work, as well as hosting exhibitions by those acclaimed internationally. The gallery is situated at ground level in an old warehouse building in Donegall Street and there are usually talks and films to accompany the exhibitions. There are other events such as a recent open day where you could call into the gallery and get advice on getting work published, which I was glad to stumble across one Sunday afternoon, my first visit there having wanted to see Belfast Exposed for some time before I actually got there.

Over the years the gallery has collected a large archive of images in Belfast, much of which is the product of community projects in West Belfast. Though immensely valuable and stimulating from a cultural point of view, I do find the gallery a little bleak and cheerless. Perhaps that is because it is not as generously funded as it could be - a great pity because this type of organisation deserves maximum support.

Belfast Exposed was founded in 1983 as a community based arts initiative. The photographers who founded Belfast Exposed wanted to use the art form of photography as a way to break down barriers in Belfast and the rest of the world. Since then, Belfast Exposed has been holding art exhibitions, community events and also training and development classes for those looking to learn the art form of photography.

The gallery exhibition changes every couple of months and hosts a fantastic collection of work from Belfast, Ireland and beyond. Their web site holds a treasure trove of archival material from Belfast and Northern Ireland's past.