We are a hub for Community, Creativity & Collaboration.
Keighley Photo Hub CIC is a not for profit social enterprise, founded in March 2021 by Lisa Holmes, promoting social inclusion, we faciliate community events, develop sustainable recipes, bring communities together, run workshops, studio hire, improved community cohesion, the wellbeing of local people and an increased understanding of our shared environment, through engagement with environmentally sustainable, photography-based creative projects available to all.
The Photo Hub engages with the local community through photography workshops, public project and providing both analogue and digital facilities. At the heart of Keighley Photo Hub CIC is the desire to teach and promote more about sustainable photography practices.
As part of this, funded by the Arts Council and supported by Impressions Gallery, they are currently creating the countries first Eco Darkroom which focuses on using plant-based chemistry and environmentally friendly techniques. They are also working in collaboration with a brewery to create a reliable and sustainable plant based developer from the waste products of the brewing industry. In 2022 Keighley Photo Hub won Social Enterprise of the Year 2022 and in 2023 they launched Creative Earth Network, which looks to bring together artists, groups, organisations and businesses who are committed to making photographic and artistic approaches that are sustainable and better for the environment. In 2024 they will be holding their first sustainable photography and arts festival, Creative Earth.
Founder / Lisa holmes
Lisa Holmes has been a photographer for over 20 years and a lecturer in photography for 10 years. She is a fine art and contemporary portrait photographer, with a commercial studio based in Keighley, West Yorkshire. Her work has been exhibited widely and published in various magazines and blogs such as Contemporary Photography Magazine, Studio Vox, and Print Space. She has also won accolades such as a gold award from The Society of Wedding and Portrait Photography and being named as one of The Best Photographers of 2016 by One Eyeland..
Alongside her teaching and commercial work, Lisa is also the Founder and Director of Keighley Photo Hub CIC, a not-for-profit social enterprise driven by a belief that everyone should have access to photography, the arts and culture, and the opportunity to express themselves in a supportive environment.