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Breaking Glass Magazine – June 2023

Hope everyone’s doing well out there. We’ve had a wave of new photographer features lately and it’s great to see the range of talent and images being produced. So, it feels like a good time to put together another photo gallery and, reflecting the run of warm weather while it lasts, let’s get a Summertime gallery together.

You can interpret this fairly freely – maybe you’ve been down to the beach or at a festival, did a seagull steal your ice cream or has your cat been napping in the sun? Images can be recent or from a previous year. Happy to include music related shots but if you’re going down the festival route please give us something that reflects the theme, not just something that happened in the summer – people in the crowd, vendor stands, sunsets, etc. are going to fit the bill better for this one rather than stage shots, and there are/will be plenty of opportunities to have your music photos featured other times.

Here’s how to submit:
– Breaking Glass is not a profit-making publication; we can’t pay for contributions nor do we charge for submissions as some sites do
– Everyone is welcome to join in; professional or amateur, camera or phone, film or digital photographer
– Copyright remains with the photographer; by submitting your photos you grant us permission to include them on the website and our social media with credit
– You may submit 1 or 2 images per person
– Please include a title for each image (no additional text needed), your name, how you would like to be credited and links you would like us to include to your work, e.g. website / socials
– Photos should be sent as jpg files – portrait / landscape / square / colour / black & white are all fine, any style, you can send with or without watermark – email to breakingglassmag@gmail.com
– Please ensure there is no offensive content and that you have permission to share images of people not taken in a public place or including minors
– Submissions open 1st – 18th June 2023

Previous galleries can be found here

Cover shot – Brighton Seafront by Siobhan

1st June 2023

Breaking Glass Magazine – May 2023

Well, it looks as though spring has sprung and being close to the Brighton seaside, May is shaping up to be a busy, busy month! We’ll be covering some Fringe events again this year, and destroying our feet running around The Great Escape – come and say hello if you see us there.

Once all of that has quietened down, it would be great to get another photo gallery online. Any ideas for themes are very welcome, just drop us a message if you have thoughts on what would be good to include – previous galleries can be found here.

Cover shot from Brighton Fringe 2022 by Siobhan

1st May 2023

Breaking Glass Magazine – April 2023

We’ve had a lot of new interest in the magazine lately so, for anyone just joining us, here’s a little more about what we do…

The two key and often colliding components of Breaking Glass are music and photography. We love to discover and support new music, bringing you coverage from gigs and festivals across the UK. That’s not to say you won’t see some established artists popping up too, plus contributors from overseas, and we also maintain an interest in other events, films, books and exhibitions.

Throughout the year we offer up the opportunity for photographers to showcase their work, in an individual feature and/or in one of our themed galleries. All subjects and styles of photography are welcome, as are all levels of experience – Breaking Glass will always be a safe and inclusive space and we’re really proud of its ever growing community.

The best way to keep posted on new content is to give us a follow on Instagram and Twitter – and feel free to drop us a message if you have any ideas for new features, we’d love to hear from you.

Cover shot by Siobhan

1st April 2023

Breaking Glass Magazine – March 2023

As always, March brings International Women’s Day. At a point where there’s still the need for much conversation about equality (or lack of) in the creative industry, we’re delighted to take the opportunity to celebrate the work of some awesome women photographers.

Our IWD gallery will be live on Wednesday 8th and we look forward to sharing some fantastic images with you. For a flavour of what’s to come, our cover picture for March is of Meduulla, rapper and poet, at Love Music Hate Racism, Matt & Phreds, Manchester.

Cover shot by Ingrid Turner

1st March 2023

Breaking Glass Magazine – February 2023

Well, January felt like the longest, coldest month ever… enough with the doom and gloom though, it’s February, it’s Independent Venue Week and there’s loads of great new music and gigs coming through, so things are undeniably looking up.

Supporting grassroots venues is more important than ever, and this week is a fitting celebration of all they do to promote upcoming artists – if you want to share your IVW experiences or photos, drop us a message, we’d love to hear from you.

Cover shot – Vintage Emporium, Shoreham-By-Sea by Siobhan

1st February 2023

Breaking Glass Magazine – January 2023

Happy New Year everyone, here’s hoping that 2023 will treat us all well, and bring heaps of great music and photo opportunities.

Getting things off to a promising start, we’re off to our first festival of the year at the inimitable Rockaway Beach, and looking forward to being back in the midst of things – come say hi if you’re heading there too.

Also keen to start running more photographer features again – we have one ready to publish in the next couple of days and would love to hear from you if you’d like us to showcase your work, all styles and subjects welcome; some previous features here.

Let’s make 2023 a good one…

Cover shot of Goring seafront by Morgan Elliott

1st January 2023

Breaking Glass Magazine – November 2022

Remember, remember, that now it’s November… we have to start planning our year end galleries. It’s a highlight every year and I’m sure 2022 will keep the bar high.

For those who haven’t taken part before (or have just plain forgotten) we publish two online galleries each December; the first is for live music shots, and the second is a general gallery of your favourite images you’ve taken this year – any subject matter excluding live music photos because they have their own special place.

Details for submission are below, and you can check out our 2021 galleries here for inspiration:

Best Music Shots of 2021 | 2021 Through the Lens

How to submit:

– Breaking Glass is not a profit-making publication; we can’t pay for contributions nor do we charge for submissions as some sites do.

– Everyone is welcome, professional or amateur, camera or phone, film or digital photographer.

– Copyright remains with the photographer; by submitting your photos you grant us permission to include them on the website and our social media with credit.

– You can submit to one or both of the galleries, a max of 2 images per gallery.

– For the live music gallery please include artist, venue and month taken.

– For the general gallery please include a title for each image, or just a note of what the picture is of.

– For both galleries, include your name, how you would like to be credited and links you would like us to include to your work, e.g. website / socials.

– Photos should be sent as jpg files please – portrait / landscape / square / colour / black & white are all fine, any style, you can send with or without watermark.

– Please ensure there is no offensive content and that you have permission to share images of people not taken in a public place or including minors.

– Let’s aim to get these in by a deadline of Wed 7th December, any time from now is fine.

Can’t wait to see what 2022 brings!

Words and cover shot by Siobhan

1st November 2022

Breaking Glass Magazine – October 2022

Time to say goodbye to the summer and wrap up for the winter. We’ll have plenty of new music and live coverage to warm your hearts as always.

After our festival gallery last month, it’s almost time for all you music photographers out there to start contemplating your best live shots of 2022 for our year end feature – full details to follow. We’re also planning another general gallery for you to submit images of any subject (other than live music!) that reflect your memories of the year.

In the meantime as we find ourselves in uncertain times, take care, take solace in your favourite music and look out for each other.

Cover shot: All Points East Festival by Siobhan

1st October 2022

Breaking Glass Magazine – August 2022

Hope you’re all doing OK in the heat; personally am dreaming of autumn leaves and blankets but each to their own!

As festival season is still in full flow, we’ll be compiling our festival photography gallery during September and will post details of how to take part nearer the time.

Any ideas for themes for future galleries are welcome, and if you’re a photographer who’d like to have a feature on the website, we’d love to hear from you.

Cover shot: Worthing Pier by Siobhan

1st August 2022

Breaking Glass Magazine – July 2022

Throughout July we’ll be joining in with #FemaleVoices on our socials, posting a track from one of our favourite female artists every day. With only 31 spaces to fill, it’s not going to be easy to choose, but suffice to say there will be some long established artists in the mix surrounded by a whole bunch of new talent. Check out our choices on Twitter and Instagram – and why not join in with some of your own?

Festival coverage will continue throughout the summer, and we’ll be looking to put together a photo gallery of your best-loved festival memories from 2022 a little later in the year, so bookmark your best shots!

Cover shot: PINS at Victorious Festival by Siobhan

1st July 2022

Breaking Glass Magazine – June 2022

As well as being the harbinger of the Summer Solstice, June is also the proud owner of National Yo-Yo Day (6th), Go Skateboarding Day (21st) and Asteroid Day (30th). Maybe the best one though falls today with Say Something Nice Day.

We’ve always used Breaking Glass as a platform to write about things we like and to feature the work of an amazing collective of photographers, and we have plenty of nice things to say about them. We get lots of feedback from artists saying thank you for taking the time to actually listen to their music and write heartfelt things about it, rather than just copy and pasting the press release. We have photographers inspiring and encouraging each other to believe in their work and try new things. Every single contribution plays a part in making the magazine so thank you!

If you’re in need of some sunshine, real or metaphorical, check out our Spring/Summer gallery that went live yesterday; our cover shot this month is just one of the gorgeous images you’ll find there.

Cover shot: Hastings Pier Beach Huts by Petra Eujane Photography

1st June 2022

 

Breaking Glass Magazine – May 2022

It’s that time of year again when the streets of Brighton are heaving with entertainment on every corner. We’ll be heading out to cover Brighton Fringe and The Great Escape, and can’t wait to share some new discoveries alongside some BG favourites with you.

And there’ll be plenty of content from elsewhere too. Away from the music and drama, let’s have another photo gallery. The theme is Spring & Summer – interpret that how you will. Images from nature, holidays, festivals and anything else that fits the bill all welcome. Could we get these in by close of play on Saturday 14th May? The usual guidelines apply:

– Breaking Glass is not a profit-making publication; we can’t pay for contributions nor do we charge for entries as many sites do
– Copyright remains with the photographer; by submitting your photos you grant us permission to include them in the stated gallery and to promote this and related posts on the website and social media with credit
– Jpg files please – portrait / landscape / square are all fine
– You can send with or without watermark; please ensure you have permission for images not taken in a public space or of under 18s
– Max 1 or 2 images per photographer
– Please let us know how you’d like to be credited and include links to website/socials
– Email to breakingglassmag@gmail.com

Look forward to seeing your seasonal shots!

Words and photo by Siobhan

1st May 2022

Breaking Glass Magazine – April 2022

It’s Spring, the clocks have gone forward, it’s sunny, it’s snowing… welcome to April, hope you’re all doing well out there.

With lots of music content coming through for the magazine, we’ll be looking for some more photography content in the coming months. If you’ve got a photo project you’d like to shout about or would just like us to feature your work, get in touch with a brief outline at breakingglassmag@gmail.com or use the form on the Contact Page. Ideas for photo galleries welcome too – look forward to hearing from you.

Words and photo from Worthing Beach by Siobhan

1st April 2022

Breaking Glass Magazine – March 2022

March means International Women’s Day is coming around again, this year falling on Tuesday 8th.

Championing “a gender equal world, a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination, a world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive, a world where difference is valued and celebrated”, it’s an event that we’re happy to be part of.

This year, we’d love to feature photos of women taken by women – portrait shots, live music shots, your friends, family, neighbours, anyone at all, just pick your favourite image that fits the bill and email to us here at breakingglassmag@gmail.com with a link to your Insta and/or website/other socials, and tell us about yourself and your photo in 40 words or less.

Some more details if you’d like to join in…

– Please send in by midday on Monday 7th March
– Breaking Glass is not a profit-making publication; we can’t pay for contributions nor do we charge for entries as many sites do
– Copyright remains with the photographer; by submitting your photos you grant us permission to include them in the stated gallery and to promote this and related posts on the website and social media with credit
– Jpg files please – portrait / landscape / square are all fine
– You can send with or without watermark; please ensure you have permission for images not taken in a public space or of under 18s

Look forward to seeing your shots!

Words and photo from Brighton Fringe by Siobhan

1st March 2022

Breaking Glass Magazine – February 2022

Well, we made it through January – hope you’re all safe and well out there.

Apparently, February hosts an odd selection of national celebrations, including National Storytelling Week (29th Jan – 5th Feb), World Ukelele Day (5th), Random Acts of Kindness Day (17th) and International Polar Bear Day (27th).

It’s also Independent Venue Week in the UK, something I was looking forward to attending for various show at different venues, till Covid decided the time was perfect to hit my household. I’m still getting clear negative tests but don’t want to put anyone at risk in case I might be infectious, so sadly will be ducking out of this one. If you have the opportunity, this week always throws out the chance to catch some great artists in sometimes surprising places, so it’s definitely worth checking what’s on in your local area – let us know who you’re seeing…

Otherwise, if you have the urge to tell us a story about how you proffered a random act of kindness by playing tunes on your ukulele to a polar bear, you know where to find us (at home for now!) Details on the contact page if you want to get involved.

Take care x

Words and photo by Siobhan feat. street art by Horace 

1st February 2022

Breaking Glass Magazine – January 2022

Happy new year!

Who knows what this year will bring but whatever it proves to be, we’ll be here taking in the best of new music and showcasing images from photographers from far and wide.

We’re introducing a couple of new features…

No Place Like Home:

As we have contributors and readers from across and outside the UK, we’d love for photographers to show us round their city, town or village (or just a favourite place) in pictures. Looking for 6-10 photos with a brief note about what’s in each one – think cityscapes, landscapes, venues, shops, places with happy memories, whatever makes it special to you.

The Vinyl Countdown:

We’ve all got playlists of our favourite songs, mixtapes if we’re talking old school. If you’re interested in sharing your very own Desert Island Discs, send us the artist and title for any 10 tracks and a sentence or two about each. Tell us why they’re on your list, do they make you laugh, cry, dance on the kitchen table?

If you’d like to take part, drop us an email to breakingglassmag@gmail.com and let us know if you’re interested in either one or both.

All the very best for 2022, look forward to hearing from contributors old and new – big love to the Breaking Glass community x

Words and photo from The Hope & Ruin in Brighton by Siobhan

1st January 2022