Karen Knorr: Journeys, Collaborations and Women in Photography

Artist Talk with Maidenhead Camera Club

Zoom / Cox Green Community Centre

Tuesday 18 November 2025, 8:00 – 10:00pm

Maidenhead Camera Club are hosting an online talk with Karen Knorr on Tuesday 18 November, 8:00 – 10:00pm. Watch the talk via Zoom, or join at Cox Green Community Centre in Maidenhead where it will be screened. Book your ticket here, non-members welcome.

In her presentation, Journeys, Collaborations and Women in Photography, Karen will be talking about the evolution of and changes in her practice from 1976 – 2025. Her photography explores cultural heritage and its ideological underpinnings. Questions concerning post colonialism and its relationship to aesthetics have permeated her photographic work since the 1980’s.

Based at Cox Green Community Centre, Maidenhead Camera Club’s programme includes talks, exhibitions, practical and studio evenings, visits and walks.

Paris Photo 2025
Grand Palais, Paris
13–16 November 2025
Opening Preview: 12 November

Book Signing of Fables and Other Stories 
Filigranes Éditions, Stand K09
13 November, 3:15 – 4:00pm

Karen Knorr will be present at Paris Photo and will be signing copies of her book Fables and Other Stories with Filigranes Éditions on Thursday 13 November!

Fables and Other Stories, offers a unique immersion into Karen Knorr’s world with around forty photographs and eleven short stories for children written by Knorr herself. The publication accompanied the Matmut Pour Les Arts exhibition from earlier this year, which brought together recent works from Knorr’s newest series, Scavi, and emblematic photographs from Fables, India Song and Monogatari. In Fables and Other Stories, she uses subtle collages of animals, objects and architectural settings to question the authority of museums and heritage. Its visual dialogue, between reality and fiction, invites the reader to explore worlds mixing traditions and illusions, opening the way to a poetic reflection on the authenticity and power of the image.

Paris Photo 2025
Grand Palais, Paris
13–16 November 2025 (Opening Preview: 12 November)

Les Filles du Calvaire (Booth C31) & Augusta Edwards Fine Art (Booth B4)

Karen Knorr will be present and exhibiting works at the upcoming Paris Photo with Les Filles du Calvaire and Augusta Edwards Fine Art.

On view with Les Filles du Calvaire (Booth C31) will be selected photographs from Knorr’s co-authored series with Olivier Richon, Punks, alongside works by Laia Abril, Helena Almeida, Diana Markosian, Katrien de Blauwer, Katalin Ladik, Lore Stessel, Nelli Palomaki, and Marie Quéau. From 1976 to 1977, Karen Knorr and Olivier Richon documented the London punk scene revolving around the Roxy in Covent Garden and the Global Village in Charing Cross. The first prints from their Punks series were originally presented at The Photographers’ Gallery in 1978, and featured many years later, in 2012, at Tate Britain in the retrospective titled Another London.

Augusta Edwards Fine Art (Booth B40) will be exhibiting a selection of works from Ladies (2011) in a group presentation also including

Launching Online: 17–30 November 2025

Karen Knorr and Olivier Richon are delighted to have donated a print from their Punks series for Four Corners‘ 50 at Fifty Anniversary Print Sale.

Launching online on 17 November 2025, the 50 at Fifty print sale will offer collectors and photography lovers alike the chance to purchase a print by one of 50 acclaimed image-makers for just £50. Each 10 x 8” print is produced on Hahnemühle Fine Art Pearl paper and accompanied by a certificate of authentication. The sale runs for two weeks only, ending 30 November.

All proceeds will go towards Four Corners’ future exhibition programme, helping to sustain their support for artists and communities. Click here to explore the participating photographers and keep an eye on Four Corners’ instagram for further details!

Karen Knorr is pleased to also be supporting Photofusion’s Autumn Print Sale, with a 10 x 12″ print of Hera’s Eyes, Oplontis Villa, Torre Annuziata, 2024 from the series Scavi (2023–2024). Available for £100 until 15 October 2025.

 
As a registered charity and one of the few socially engaged photography centres in London, Photofusion’s Autumn Print Sale will raise much-needed funds to allow them to continue providing free to access gallery spaces, developing new photographic talent, and amplifying unheard voices and narratives.

Click here to explore available prints by over 60 photographers. Every print sold helps secure Photofusion’s future in their new space.

The 6th Fast Forward: Women in Photography Conference

Beyond The Canon: Exhibiting, Curating and Collecting Photography by Women

10–12 October 2025

Centre of Contemporary Art, Torún, Poland

Karen Knorr is delighted to support and will be present at the upcoming Fast Forward: Women in Photography conference in Torún, Poland. The conference is open to the public and free to attend.

The sixth Fast Forward conference explores the (hi)stories of women in photography with a particular reference to how women’s work is curated, exhibited and collected by museums, institutions, festivals, galleries and individuals.

Tokyo Gendai Art Fair
with Sundaram Tagore Gallery
Pacifico Yokohama
11–14 September 2025
Booth B07

Works from Karen Knorr’s Monogatari (2012–2017) series are on view at Tokyo Gendai Art Fair with Sundaram Tagore Gallery! Find them on Booth B07.

Launched in July 2023, Tokyo Gendai presents leading contemporary art galleries from Japan, the wider Asia-Pacific region and around the world. This year, the third edition is being held at PACIFICO Yokohama from 12–14 September 2025 (VIP Preview and Vernissage on 11 September, by invitation).

Taking place in one of the most dynamic cities in the world and accompanied by extensive programs centred on art awareness and education, Tokyo Gendai is a platform for commercial, artistic and intellectual exchange, and a nexus of cross-cultural discovery.