Blog Posts

American photographer Peyton Fulford has been announced the winner of the 2018 Firecracker Photographic Grant for her ongoing project 'Infinite Tenderness'. This project is a highly personal account of growing up queer in a religious household in Southern America. She will receive funding from Firecracker and support with printing services from Genesis Imaging.

The Tusk Rhino Trail is a London wide art installation, kindly curated for the charity by Chris Westbrook, that celebrates the magnificence of the rhino, and draws attention to the severe threat of poaching to their survival.  Each rhino has been specially designed, decorated and embellished by internationally renowned artists and is sponsored by a Tusk supporter or partner. Genesis are proud to support the Tusk Rhino Trail and the production of rhinos adorned with artwork by David Yarrow and The Chapman Brothers.

Genesis is proud to support students as part of our commitment to the next generation of creative professionals. We have forged...

PhotoX 2018 has come to a close and the shortlisted artists have been announced. The overall winner of the competition will be announced at the Finalists' Exhibition at Menier Gallery in London on the 10th July 2018.

Calibration and profiling. These two elements may not the most interesting part of creating artwork, but they are probably two of the most important.  It is first important to note the terms themselves: calibration is the act of setting your monitor to a well-defined, standard state, and profiling is the result of accurately translating input values to output values.

It's almost that time of year again where thousands of students prepare to leave university and the arts calendar is full of student events! It's an exciting time, full of creative potential for the next generation of arts practitioners. We've compiled our top tips to make sure that this period runs smoothly, and you have the most stress-free experience showing your work to the world…

Social media is something that is now imperative to successful marketing… But that doesn't mean you shouldn't be selective when using it. As a photographer, grappling with social media often involves sharing lots of images (mostly yours) in the hope that someone will see it, re-tweet it, and it'll go viral and result in thousands of orders… Result! Unfortunately that rarely happens. You're more likely to be successful on social media with a strategy - but don't worry, that can be easier to implement than it sounds...

2018 marks the year that the AOP celebrate their 50th Anniversary with an enormous retrospective of members most iconic images...

Our Client Relationship Consultant Caitlin uses her experience in the industry assisting photographers and artists with their promotion. to offer insight into our next topic; how to promote yourself.

Our Marketing Manager Gabrielle offers insights into the (sometimes daunting) topic of why it's important to market your artistic practice in the first of our Genesis Examines blog series.

POP' is a comprehensive exploration of the music photography of Brian Griffin shot for album covers, single sleeves, posters and press. The 350 pages of this new book are illustrated over 160 record covers from more than 100 bands and musicians including many which are previously unpublished - including Ian Dury, The Clash, Depeche Mode, Echo And The Bunnymen, Iggy Pop, Kate Bush, The Specials, Elvis Costello and many more.

Genesis Imaging are once again delighted to support The FORMAT International Photography Festival 2017, the UK's leading contemporary festival of Photography. In addition to this support we partnered with Fujifilm on the Genesis and Fujifilm Production Award - an award of £1000 worth of framing and printing (on Fujifilm Crystal Archive paper) which will be awarded to one photographer selected from the artists chosen to participate in this year's festival.